I did the same around 17 years ago after planning for a week I got there just to late as the tide turned. Best I got was a seaward bound mullet following a trimmed snail pattern (to look like a piece of broken bread). The follow was exciting but the mullet had more pressing needs. For those who haven't tried it a fly rod is great way to catch fish right fom the first contact. From the take the rest of the world dissppears and you are angling for your life! I'd be happy to live there and fish everyday for the rest of my time.
Glad you enjoyed it David. I'm up the Scottish borders trying to get a Salmon on the gopro. Only time I get owt is when I leave it in the drawer😅 Saw a huge Salmon yesterday but it wouldn't play with me😪
Hello Alan, Thank you for sharing with us your video. Everything looked good for you to catch and I'm sorry you didn't. You deserved to, for your effort alone. I fly fish, and a few years ago, we holidayed in North Wales, once near Conwy, then Tenby. Both beautiful, beautiful places. I tie my own flies and made a few lure type flies with white marabou tails and gold tinsel, repesenting segmented bodies, maybe some red in the gill area. On some of them, I made foam posts to keep them up in the water. The others I weighted to get them down in any current. My intention was to represent small fry and maybe attract Bass, Mullet, or an odd Sea Trout? I fly fished in the Conwy Estuary and another year on the rocks at Manorbier beach, Tenby area. It was nice just to get out and have cast, knowing anything could happen. As it happened, nothing did, lol. However, when I was fishing Conwy, mid afternoon, a big silver fish jumped clean out of the water, in the distance. It was lovely to see and I would guess it was a Sea Trout? I don't know how you went on with your fishing tackle, using it in saltwater? I used an older rod I wasn't too fussed about and a graphite Snowbee reel. Both times when I arrived home, I stripped the running line off the reel and thoroughly washed everything as saltwater can be so damaging if you don't respect it. Anyway, at least we had a go and any experience and effort is better than none at all. Best wishes and tight lines, Ian, Lancashire.
Looks like a cracking spot for it - lovely video! I wonder if there’s a fly out there that might tempt a gilt head bream…maybe one of those bonefish crab imitations? Will need a strong hook though mind
Those sand banks where its soft we used to get sprats or sand eals as we called them we used to wade along the edge with some thing called a sprat hook used to cut through the sand and flick them out onto the dry sand we used them for bass bait my father and Grandfather were always doing it deadly bait for bass I am taking about 70 years ago the fishing of the beach in those days was amazing it was common to catch 6-10 lb bass and friend of my father caught 17 lb sea trout.
Yeh... a time machine would be bloody handy pal. Never heard of a Sprat hook, sort of thing that would have been on Jack Hargreaves, Out of Town, back in the 70's. If your local you'll have seen massive change down there. I've got local relatives, so know it well.
@@AboveAverageAngler we used to make our own sprat hooks I had one up until a couple of years ago always intended to come down that far but have not been on Crantock beach for 30 years or there abouts sprats are the best bait for bass we used go down at low tide fairly well down towards the sea you have to be very careful there are or used to be some very soft areas. I seem to remember that there might have even been a sign on the cliff side in those days something dangerous but if you’re interested in a sprat hook I will try and find my old one and send a photograph. Best regards.
I’ve fished the estuary at lostwithiel think it’s the fowey caught mullet on stick float with bread flake and mashed bread ,also a couple of small sea trout,never tried with fly rod but I think it might be good ,thanks for the vid enjoyed it,tight lines
Hi Alan, wearing 8mm diving boots would make you more comfortable and safer . In Australia, we also have Reef shoes with good grip. i am sure you could purchase through the internet. All the best
Get an empty 2kg onion bag, the mesh type, fill it full of ripped up bread and put a fair sized stone in it. Tie up the neck and attach a long line for retrieval and throw it out into the channel, it acts as an attractor, I found if you cast bread into the water it drifts away taking the fish with it, you can get bread flies for mullet fishing or there’s patterns to tie your own I’ve caught mullet like this in the med around Greece, not on fly gear but on a normal course rod fishing free floating flake bread fished fly style if u catch my drift, I’m taking the fly gear next time however as I’m determined to do it, it’s quite common around the canaries and fueteventura, I’ve seen some content of huge mullet taken there on the fly;-)
Sounds like a cunning plan. I caught a cracking Guilt head bream of a rock jetty in Ibiza a couple of months back. Figured if the tide was ebbing the freeby bread chunks would go out into the bay, and you could see fish following it back to me. Had to reduce the hook size to get any takes tho. 65cm the Guilt was, reet scrapper on light tackle
That's what I do Trying, not that bothered if I catch or not, I always enjoy a couple of hours at the waters edge wherever that is. Thanks for commenting pal.
I did the same around 17 years ago after planning for a week I got there just to late as the tide turned. Best I got was a seaward bound mullet following a trimmed snail pattern (to look like a piece of broken bread). The follow was exciting but the mullet had more pressing needs. For those who haven't tried it a fly rod is great way to catch fish right fom the first contact. From the take the rest of the world dissppears and you are angling for your life! I'd be happy to live there and fish everyday for the rest of my time.
Nice video many thanks
Glad you enjoyed it David. I'm up the Scottish borders trying to get a Salmon on the gopro. Only time I get owt is when I leave it in the drawer😅
Saw a huge Salmon yesterday but it wouldn't play with me😪
Hello Alan,
Thank you for sharing with us your video. Everything looked good for you to catch and I'm sorry you didn't. You deserved to, for your effort alone.
I fly fish, and a few years ago, we holidayed in North Wales, once near Conwy, then Tenby. Both beautiful, beautiful places. I tie my own flies and made a few lure type flies with white marabou tails and gold tinsel, repesenting segmented bodies, maybe some red in the gill area. On some of them, I made foam posts to keep them up in the water. The others I weighted to get them down in any current. My intention was to represent small fry and maybe attract Bass, Mullet, or an odd Sea Trout?
I fly fished in the Conwy Estuary and another year on the rocks at Manorbier beach, Tenby area. It was nice just to get out and have cast, knowing anything could happen. As it happened, nothing did, lol.
However, when I was fishing Conwy, mid afternoon, a big silver fish jumped clean out of the water, in the distance. It was lovely to see and I would guess it was a Sea Trout?
I don't know how you went on with your fishing tackle, using it in saltwater?
I used an older rod I wasn't too fussed about and a graphite Snowbee reel. Both times when I arrived home, I stripped the running line off the reel and thoroughly washed everything as saltwater can be so damaging if you don't respect it.
Anyway, at least we had a go and any experience and effort is better than none at all.
Best wishes and tight lines,
Ian, Lancashire.
I stick all my gear in a bucket of tap water... it is easy to forget tho
Looks like a cracking spot for it - lovely video! I wonder if there’s a fly out there that might tempt a gilt head bream…maybe one of those bonefish crab imitations? Will need a strong hook though mind
Those sand banks where its soft we used to get sprats or sand eals as we called them we used to wade along the edge with some thing called a sprat hook used to cut through the sand and flick them out onto the dry sand we used them for bass bait my father and Grandfather were always doing it deadly bait for bass I am taking about 70 years ago the fishing of the beach in those days was amazing it was common to catch 6-10 lb bass and friend of my father caught 17 lb sea trout.
Yeh... a time machine would be bloody handy pal. Never heard of a Sprat hook, sort of thing that would have been on Jack Hargreaves, Out of Town, back in the 70's. If your local you'll have seen massive change down there. I've got local relatives, so know it well.
@@AboveAverageAngler we used to make our own sprat hooks I had one up until a couple of years ago always intended to come down that far but have not been on Crantock beach for 30 years or there abouts sprats are the best bait for bass we used go down at low tide fairly well down towards the sea you have to be very careful there are or used to be some very soft areas. I seem to remember that there might have even been a sign on the cliff side in those days something dangerous but if you’re interested in a sprat hook I will try and find my old one and send a photograph. Best regards.
I’ve fished the estuary at lostwithiel think it’s the fowey caught mullet on stick float with bread flake and mashed bread ,also a couple of small sea trout,never tried with fly rod but I think it might be good ,thanks for the vid enjoyed it,tight lines
Is it easy to access and not too busy around there. Might have a look, down in July.
Hi Alan, wearing 8mm diving boots would make you more comfortable and safer . In Australia, we also have Reef shoes with good grip. i am sure you could purchase through the internet. All the best
Could you put me a link on ere with what you have in mind please👍
Try varying your retrieve short pulls long pulls roll poly, figure of 8 and let the fly hang at the end of ther retrieve 👍🎣
I do vary retrieves a lot(see trout vids). Roll Poly intrigues me though?
Get an empty 2kg onion bag, the mesh type, fill it full of ripped up bread and put a fair sized stone in it. Tie up the neck and attach a long line for retrieval and throw it out into the channel, it acts as an attractor, I found if you cast bread into the water it drifts away taking the fish with it, you can get bread flies for mullet fishing or there’s patterns to tie your own I’ve caught mullet like this in the med around Greece, not on fly gear but on a normal course rod fishing free floating flake bread fished fly style if u catch my drift, I’m taking the fly gear next time however as I’m determined to do it, it’s quite common around the canaries and fueteventura, I’ve seen some content of huge mullet taken there on the fly;-)
Sounds like a cunning plan. I caught a cracking Guilt head bream of a rock jetty in Ibiza a couple of months back. Figured if the tide was ebbing the freeby bread chunks would go out into the bay, and you could see fish following it back to me. Had to reduce the hook size to get any takes tho. 65cm the Guilt was, reet scrapper on light tackle
I've caught tapon like that in thailand,BREAD FLIES CATCH ALL FISH.
cant fault ya for trying
That's what I do Trying, not that bothered if I catch or not, I always enjoy a couple of hours at the waters edge wherever that is. Thanks for commenting pal.