Green power!
Rivers are shot and so guiding has had to be postponed so Mark and I did some work on our lake. We have had a touch of broad leaf in there and the first signs of Canadian pondweed getting a hold so we thought we would do a little bit about it. Now, I hope you don’t expect us to do any thing remotely normal or by the book and I am pleased to inform you that this wasn’t the case!
We thought we would try to harness the super human strength that both of us pocess and keep our carbon footprint as small as possible. We gave it some thought and decided that the best method would be to use one of our 2 man kayaks with Mark at the back and me at the front with a scythe! I had Mark constantly chirping on at me about being either Old Father Time, or worse still, the Grim Reaper. I found the best way was to sit with my legs over the side and work the scythe as close to the bottom of the lake as possible one handed which I think made Mark’s life rather difficult to control our kayak. I would have thought it looked rather comical to see me shouting ”left a bit, NO left” as Mark rolled his eyes trying to control quite an unstable platform. We managed to stay dry but I am not sure what the fish must have made of it! We were really pleased with how it looks and rewarded ourselves with a quick casting session.
I had a go with the scythe on the bankside vegetation too as we have a group of 12 coming up the weekend after next and I wanted to cut a few more casting spots. It’s a lot easier on dry land! We felt very pleased with ourselves and quickly hugged a tree and felt very green!
Mark had Jim down for some fly casting tuition on Weds and it looked like he was hitting some seriously nice loops and I think Mark has infected him with the world of casting! I am hoping to be doing some guided river fly fishing with him next week too….please stop raining!
I got a mail from Jo who seems to be nailing salmon on the Exe this year and I spoke to my friend Michael the other night who used to live right on the Torridge. The guy who bought his house is a dead keen salmon fisherman and hadn’t touched one all season until last Saturday where he had 5 and lost one he reckoned was in the high teens. It is really nice when all those hours of hard work pay off.
Below Jim Evans on Weds.
Tags: Fly Casting, Fly Fishing, fly fishing guide, Fly Fishing Lessons Devon, Fly Fishing Tuition Devon, Pete Tyjas, Scott Fly Fishing School
