BEST TACTICS OF LATE

This page is updated regularly to ensure that all Allandale visitors are aware of the best flies and tactics to use for great sport. We use up-to-the-day reports from all our anglers who have had particularly good catches to make this report. This report is as of 28/12/2011.

With todays forecast, I honestly thought not a single mad soul would be in today for fishing, but a day off was not to be had! lol..
Actually, regardless of the SEVERE winds, sleet & rains the Tarn fished its woolly socks off! Slim lures were getting the odd fish but more nips & chases than anything. The Best flies for today even during the raging wind gusts, were suspender buzzers or a black & pearly spider just popped under the surface! Both flies caught some healthy beasties up to about 8lb & the spiders even caught 2 fish in one cast. I'm told the fish were willing to chase & even hooking fish again straight after dropping them! The fishing certainly kept the spirits warm even if the fingers were getting bitten off! lol..

Temperatures permitting, Allandale will be open for fishing all Winter, closing on Christmas day & New Years day only!..


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This report is as of 23/10/11.
Aye no a bad day for fishing afterall! Inspite the virtually flat calm, overcast muggy conditions, fish were feeding hard on or near the surface pretty much most of the day! Top of the water sport was to be had plain Black Spiders, skinny Blakeston buzzers & Blue winged Olives again. Diawl Bachs & small Damsel nymphs were also catching well off the floating line, again not far down.

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This report is as of 20/10/11.
Well, Wednesday really was a rare, braw day for wetting a line! Best tactics in the nippy, sunny morning was a size 10 beaded body blood apts off a floating line. As the air warmed into the afternnoon, Allandale regular Steven Rae was sconing the fish on his own wee size 16 peacock spider with a single turn of dyed yellow CDC as a hackle. George Burns also ended up releasing fish into double figure by switching from the blood apts, to a large blue winged olive later in the day. For the chaps looking ofor a more laid back afternoons fishing, they couldn't go far wrong with black fritz's!.

Tight Lines folks!
*Iona @ The Tarn*
 
 
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