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Shot 2020-08-02 at 15.00.03https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-02-at-14.04.18.pngScreen Shot 2020-08-02 at 14.04.18A clear stream enters the turbid river here and several closely packed fish face into it. Relative to the flow of the coloured main river they are facing downstream. https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-02-at-14.03.26.pngScreen Shot 2020-08-02 at 14.03.26This is a picture of my "home stretch." It is a lovely section of river and interesting and challenging to fish. I consider myself to be very fortunate having it on my doorstep!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-02-at-15.00.03.pngScreen Shot 2020-08-02 at 15.00.03This was the hottest day of the year so far. We had 42 degrees in the shade in the mid afternoon. The fish will continue to feed in such conditions but the heat can be energy-sapping so a morning fishing session is probably the best way to go!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-02-at-14.55.05.pngScreen Shot 2020-08-02 at 14.55.05https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-02-at-14.51.07.pngScreen Shot 2020-08-02 at 14.51.07https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-02-at-14.46.48.pngScreen Shot 2020-08-02 at 14.46.48https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-02-at-14.04.49.pngScreen Shot 2020-08-02 at 14.04.49This one was feeding close to the edge. He was not easy to approach.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-02-at-14.05.17.pngScreen Shot 2020-08-02 at 14.05.17There are a few fish here but it´s a bit of a swamp and there are some deepish bits. I would guess it might provide good refuge in low water levels.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-02-at-14.05.54.pngScreen Shot 2020-08-02 at 14.05.54There is little cover on this bank. This is Johan at the beginning of the stretch. I didn´t disturb him but headed downstream to do a little exploring.2020-10-04T19:51:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/07/24/in-a-class-of-their-own/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-24-at-11.58.00.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-24 at 11.58.00Here is my "downstream" barbel which was probably the best fish of the day. I wonder how many fish the otter had?2020-07-24T10:08:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/07/22/not-quite-a-marlin/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-22-at-14.34.13.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-22 at 14.34.13Johan says his back has never been the same since he came across this black marlinhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-22-at-13.26.33.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-22 at 13.26.33https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-22-at-14.33.47.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-22 at 14.33.47https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-22-at-13.24.38.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-22 at 13.24.38Ready to go! The water is shallow here. There are fish but they are spooky! Prospects are best where there is more current as can be seen further upstream.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-22-at-13.24.26.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-22 at 13.24.26There was plenty of this kind of stuffhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-22-at-13.22.57.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-22 at 13.22.57Here we are, Johan and I (the cool-looking one on the right is obviously me)2020-07-24T08:44:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/07/18/serendipity/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-18-at-18.53.39.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-18 at 18.53.39And here is the fly they all fell for - a good size home-tied streamer with dumbell eyes.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-18-at-18.53.09.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-18 at 18.53.09This is one of a couple of carp that were also keen on the same streamer. This fish was a strong as an ox.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-18-at-18.55.44.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-18 at 18.55.44The river is very clear here and it is helpful to use what ever cover you can find!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-18-at-18.56.27.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-18 at 18.56.27On his way againhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-18-at-18.54.39.pngScreen Shot 2020-07-18 at 18.54.39A happy encounter (for me at least!)2020-07-18T18:09:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/07/09/woodlice-on-the-march/2020-07-12T20:49:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/06/19/camping-with-leo/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2020-06-19-at-12.21.49.pngScreen Shot 2020-06-19 at 12.21.49https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2020-06-19-at-12.21.19.pngScreen Shot 2020-06-19 at 12.21.19https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2020-06-19-at-12.20.51.pngScreen Shot 2020-06-19 at 12.20.51https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2020-06-19-at-12.20.32.pngScreen Shot 2020-06-19 at 12.20.32What a bunch of pros!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2020-06-19-at-12.21.32.pngScreen Shot 2020-06-19 at 12.21.32Leo avec truite2021-03-04T15:08:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/06/14/what-kind-of-bugs-end-up-in-the-river/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2020-06-14-at-14.47.25.pngScreen Shot 2020-06-14 at 14.47.25For what it´s worth here are a couple of examples of the dries I use on the occasion that the barbel will take a dry. The body is dubbed and the foam is that stuff used in packaging of things like mobile phones. It is very thin and so I cut out strips and fold them over a couple of times before tying them in. I use thick thread to tie them in because thin thread can cut through. Once the wing is in place off goes the ticker thread and a thinner thread is used for the dubbing and to finish off the fly.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2020-06-14-at-14.45.35.pngScreen Shot 2020-06-14 at 14.45.35A few spiders were present. I have never heard of an imitation. The vast majority of the insects cannot really be seen in these photos. They were very tiny and liberally "sprinkled" across the surface of the pool.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2020-06-14-at-14.44.55.pngScreen Shot 2020-06-14 at 14.44.55Here is a sample of what the fish could choose. It occurs to me that many insects - particularly ants have very narrow "waists" and that their bodies are very clearly compartmentalised. I wonder if we imitate this well in general?2020-06-14T13:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/06/13/whose-egg-is-it-anyway/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2020-06-13-at-18.24.28.pngScreen Shot 2020-06-13 at 18.24.28Mis tres gallinas rojas.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2020-06-13-at-18.23.32.pngScreen Shot 2020-06-13 at 18.23.32There will be no custody disputes - I had to be very clear on that.2020-06-13T16:41:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/06/10/crocodile-on-the-loose/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2020-06-10-at-15.39.52.pngScreen Shot 2020-06-10 at 15.39.52The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is pretty common in Africa where they are found in 26 countries. They are found also in Madagascar. They are aggressive and can grow up to 6 metres, second only to the saltwater crocodile. As well as Spain, a few have turned up in Florida from time to time.2020-06-11T13:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/05/31/bastard-campo-dog/2020-05-31T15:51:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/05/28/one-snake-and-two-dogs/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen-shot-2020-05-28-at-16.50.45.pngScreen Shot 2020-05-28 at 16.50.45Here is a nice photograph of a ladder snake (Zamenis scalaris) stolen from Wikipediahttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen-shot-2020-05-28-at-16.49.27.pngScreen Shot 2020-05-28 at 16.49.27And here is "my" ladder snake. You can see from the dark shadow that this was taken early in the day. I think the snake was just warming itself up before getting on with its day.2020-05-29T08:16:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/05/18/a-portrait-of-my-mother/2020-05-18T13:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/05/12/hydrotherapy-treatment-for-lockdown-syndrome/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen-shot-2020-05-12-at-14.56.09.pngScreen Shot 2020-05-12 at 14.56.09https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen-shot-2020-05-12-at-14.55.45.pngScreen Shot 2020-05-12 at 14.55.45https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen-shot-2020-05-12-at-12.27.39.pngScreen Shot 2020-05-12 at 12.27.39https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen-shot-2020-05-12-at-12.39.58.pngScreen Shot 2020-05-12 at 12.39.58https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen-shot-2020-05-12-at-12.28.13.pngScreen Shot 2020-05-12 at 12.28.13https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen-shot-2020-05-12-at-12.26.52.pngScreen Shot 2020-05-12 at 12.26.522020-05-18T12:03:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/05/09/drinking-wine-and-tying-flies/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen-shot-2020-05-09-at-09.31.34.pngScreen Shot 2020-05-09 at 09.31.34mildly inebriated carp flyhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen-shot-2020-05-09-at-09.31.20.pngScreen Shot 2020-05-09 at 09.31.20sober carp flyhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen-shot-2020-05-09-at-09.30.50.pngScreen Shot 2020-05-09 at 09.30.502020-05-09T07:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/04/26/strange-crayfish/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-26-at-19.57.41.pngScreen Shot 2020-04-26 at 19.57.41This is my version! It certainly lacks class but I think it might just do the trick!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-26-at-19.50.42.pngScreen Shot 2020-04-26 at 19.50.42This is the real deal. The full tying instructions can be seen by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPQ2O53RBS8&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR39TVRDVSNRYwSXKppr-VTFD45QEy4F8pFX0ncMXLoiwuabTiHbOTAzOKE2020-04-26T18:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/04/17/watercolour-barbel/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-17-at-18.26.49.pngScreen Shot 2020-04-17 at 18.26.49My best effort!2020-04-19T09:14:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/04/05/the-road-to-damascus/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-05-at-20.41.24.pngScreen Shot 2020-04-05 at 20.41.24The inspiration behind a legend! You can see the little fly bottom right before he was let go and told to sleep it off.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-05-at-20.40.57.pngScreen Shot 2020-04-05 at 20.40.57https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-05-at-20.40.19.pngScreen Shot 2020-04-05 at 20.40.19"El primero" (looking at him now I realise he needs a bit of a haircut)2020-04-06T19:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/04/04/the-f-word/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-04-at-12.39.58.pngScreen Shot 2020-04-04 at 12.39.58And here is the man himself, Dietrich. with a trout he is about to release.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-04-at-12.33.43.pngScreen Shot 2020-04-04 at 12.33.43Here´s Dave Medlyn excited about fishing prospects!2020-04-04T18:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/03/19/two-big-fish/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dscf4318.jpgDSCF43182020-03-19T20:59:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/03/18/lockdown/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dscf4317.jpgDSCF4317On the day before lockdown I sneaked away to the Guadalhorce. I took just this fish. For a few weeks I won´t be around to bother them. They can all sleep easy!!2020-04-04T18:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/03/15/a-ridiculous-fly/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-01-at-20.43.09.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-01 at 20.43.09Mediterranean barbel are beautiful fish. They are quite powerful fish In the hand they heavy for their length.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-01-at-20.41.57.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-01 at 20.41.57The day after I fished silkweed on a bare hook. I lost a fish because a hook broke and I retrieved my line to see the line knotted to the eye of the hook. I used another hook of the same kind to take this one.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-08-at-22.07.52.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-08 at 22.07.52https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-08-at-21.59.18.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-08 at 21.59.18The fish ran downriver and I had to follow it. Antonio was on hand with his net.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-08-at-22.00.26.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-08 at 22.00.26Finally! A Mediterranean barbel2020-03-15T07:28:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/03/08/parrots-among-other-things/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-01-at-20.45.15.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-01 at 20.45.15This is the Río Júcar as it runs through the town of Álcala del Júcar. You can just about make out Antonio standing upriver close to the bank. This is a really beautiful spot.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-01-at-20.53.20.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-01 at 20.53.20The river here runs through a gorge and the scenery is lovely. Here Paul is fishing the downstream section of the river.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-01-at-20.46.36.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-01 at 20.46.36All that is missing is his cape!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dscf4301.jpgDSCF4301Here are PR and PH after tackling up in the car park in Álcala del Júcar. Both of these magnificent anglers are primed and ready to go.2020-03-09T11:16:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/03/05/talking-to-antonio/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-05-at-13.03.45.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-05 at 13.03.45It´s not as easy as he makes it look!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-05-at-13.03.25.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-05 at 13.03.25This is Antonio with one of five fish he caught on the day we fished with him.2020-03-05T12:13:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/03/02/fun-and-games-in-valencia/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-02-at-11.49.07.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-02 at 11.49.07I can´t claim this one either! This is PR´s shot of the town from an elevated viewpoint and was taken before descending a series of hairpin bends down into the gorge. On the left at the bottom you can see a couple of bridges over the river at the downstream end of the section we fished.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-02-at-11.43.35.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-02 at 11.43.35Here is a lovely picture of Álcala del Júcar with its fine roman bridge over the Río Júcar. I would like to claim to have taken this photo but being a man of some (limited) integrity I must come clean and say that I stole it from here: https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2019/06/18/radio_albacete/1560845704_275095.html2020-03-02T10:55:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2020/02/24/instructing-sheep/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-24-at-14.13.28.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-24 at 14.13.28Mark says that the grouchy dog that snarled at him is somewhere among this lot.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-24-at-14.15.30.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-24 at 14.15.30These really are handsome fish!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscf4293.jpgDSCF4293Get up close so that you can hear better! Mark lectures on the basic principles of fly fishing.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscf4291.jpgDSCF4291https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscf4297.jpgDSCF4297This is my first about to go back into the Guadalhorce. https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-24-at-14.14.50.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-24 at 14.14.50And his second! This one from the Río Grande.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-24-at-14.16.17.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-24 at 14.16.17Mark´s first fishhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-24-at-14.16.53.pngScreen Shot 2020-02-24 at 14.16.53Primed and ready for action!2020-02-25T23:52:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/12/03/a-little-silver-trout/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/screen-shot-2019-12-02-at-20.33.46.pngScreen Shot 2019-12-02 at 20.33.46A little silver trout!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/screen-shot-2019-12-02-at-20.28.50.pngScreen Shot 2019-12-02 at 20.28.50The fish is very silvery. This is not a great photograph I´m afraid because my camera decided to retire for want of charged battery and I took this snap with my phone. The lateral line seems unusually pronounced and the head seems relatively small.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/screen-shot-2019-12-02-at-20.05.17.pngScreen Shot 2019-12-02 at 20.05.17How beautiful is this?! The trout tool my fly in the seam of water close to the bank opposite.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/screen-shot-2019-12-02-at-20.05.58.pngScreen Shot 2019-12-02 at 20.05.58Here is Pablo fishing our "barbel" pool. If there are barbel in it they did not reveal themselves to us!2019-12-04T11:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/11/22/a-half-chance/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/screen-shot-2019-11-22-at-13.15.39.pngScreen Shot 2019-11-22 at 13.15.39¡Hasta otra día!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/screen-shot-2019-11-22-at-13.15.05.pngScreen Shot 2019-11-22 at 13.15.05Back in the drink2019-11-22T12:24:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/11/16/the-elusive-mediterranean-barbel/2019-11-17T15:32:32+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/11/04/adventures-in-lilliput/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dscf4258.jpgDSCF4258https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dscf4256.jpgDSCF42562019-11-05T15:43:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/11/02/getting-a-fishing-license-in-valencia/2025-01-29T17:59:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/10/25/bollox-to-brexit/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-25-at-14.24.43.pngScreen Shot 2019-10-25 at 14.24.43https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-25-at-14.24.22.pngScreen Shot 2019-10-25 at 14.24.22https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-25-at-14.23.59.pngScreen Shot 2019-10-25 at 14.23.592019-11-02T15:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/09/01/jumping-off-pippas-rock/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screen-shot-2019-09-01-at-14.46.37.pngScreen Shot 2019-09-01 at 14.46.37Why not?2019-10-09T19:42:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/08/26/fooling-around-with-leo/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-26-at-11.27.34.pngScreen Shot 2019-08-26 at 11.27.34This was the only fish of the day. Leo beached it and it was a bit muddy and so he wanted to rinse it before I tool a picture. When the fish was immersed back in the drink it turned on the after burners and disappeared.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-26-at-11.28.50.pngScreen Shot 2019-08-26 at 11.28.50Primed and ready for action!2019-10-09T19:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/08/18/bass-at-el-chorro/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-18-at-16.11.33.pngScreen Shot 2019-08-18 at 16.11.33This is black bass number two. Once when I was having dinner with my brother Sean he looked at my hands and said "those aren´t your hands! Those are the hands of a gorilla! I can see what he means when I look at this photo! This is the best bass I have had for quite some time and so I was a very happy bunny!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-18-at-16.09.00.pngScreen Shot 2019-08-18 at 16.09.00I´m used to fishing nymphs on a size 14 hook so these lures seem huge to me. Black bass have huge gobs and can engulf big lures easily.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-18-at-16.09.50.pngScreen Shot 2019-08-18 at 16.09.50Drop shotting seems to work! This was fish number one.2019-10-09T19:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/08/08/an-afternoon-with-johan-terblanche/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-08-at-13.34.26.pngScreen Shot 2019-08-08 at 13.34.26https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-08-at-13.29.10.pngScreen Shot 2019-08-08 at 13.29.10There is a fair bit of sneaking around involved.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-08-at-13.27.44.pngScreen Shot 2019-08-08 at 13.27.44Johan has a soft spot for black bass. This is one of a whole bunch he caught at Istán earlier in the year. He told me about effective ways of catching them and I look forward to giving them a go.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-08-at-13.26.58.pngScreen Shot 2019-08-08 at 13.26.58Johan with a nice gypsy barbelhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-08-at-13.24.53.pngScreen Shot 2019-08-08 at 13.24.53Ready to go!2019-08-08T15:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/07/29/seans-big-trout/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-27-at-16.37.27.pngScreen Shot 2019-07-27 at 16.37.27Here is Sean´s big trout lying on the seat of one of Finny Dodd´s boats. Shortly after the picture was taken Sean slipped it back into the lough. I imagine a few pints were consumed to celebrate later2019-08-08T16:57:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/07/25/the-pubs-of-inistioge/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-25-at-11.45.41.pngScreen Shot 2019-07-25 at 11.45.41https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-25-at-11.47.16.pngScreen Shot 2019-07-25 at 11.47.16https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-25-at-11.52.52.pngScreen Shot 2019-07-25 at 11.52.522019-08-19T23:19:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/07/27/the-trout-of-inistioge/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-25-at-18.40.41.pngScreen Shot 2019-07-25 at 18.40.41https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-25-at-18.41.16.pngScreen Shot 2019-07-25 at 18.41.16I had both trout and dace on both small dries and nymphs but the nymph fishing was more consistent. This modest team of nymphs accounted for quite a few fish on my final evening. Interestingly even though they are small nymphs I "got away" with relatively strong fluorocarbon leader (0.18mm - 6.6lbs). I add this as a little footnote to myself for the future!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-25-at-17.48.22.pngScreen Shot 2019-07-25 at 17.48.22At Inistioge the Nore stops being tidal. It is said to be tidal up to the bridge. It is slow flowing for the most part and so a bit of leg work is needed for "trouty" sections like this. Interestingly, I foul-hooked and released a little flounder from upstream of the bridge.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-25-at-17.45.42.pngScreen Shot 2019-07-25 at 17.45.42The trout are plentiful and though there are good fish around most of them, like this little fella, are unlikely to end up in a trophy cabinet!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-25-at-17.47.06.pngScreen Shot 2019-07-25 at 17.47.06Dace are well established on the Nore and take a small dry fly or nymph readily.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-25-at-17.49.07.pngScreen Shot 2019-07-25 at 17.49.072019-07-31T15:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/06/03/looking-at-bugs/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screen-shot-2019-06-03-at-19.25.47.pngScreen Shot 2019-06-03 at 19.25.47Brian tied me up a number of caseless caddis "hydros" and they are a very good copy of the original. One or two were given an extra bit of flash.2019-08-19T23:21:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/05/16/promotion-from-the-substitutes-bench/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screen-shot-2019-05-16-at-23.02.22.pngScreen Shot 2019-05-16 at 23.02.22This is a barbel from the Río Verde which flows into Concepción Reservoir. I took him on Sunday on a weighted "cousin" of the foam nymphhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dscf4207.jpgDSCF4207This picture is looking downstream. A spit of land separates a quiet blind ending arm on the right of the picture from the main flow. There were three fish in this quiet cul de sac. I spooked two of them but managed to get the third.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dscf4200.jpgDSCF4200After releasing the first fish that had taken the foam nymph I turned round to take a photo of where he had been stationed between the nearside obstacles and the bank. I cast to him from the elevated bank opposite. I had my work cut out to land him!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dscf4191.jpgDSCF4191This fella was hooked on a "conventional" beaded nymph in the fast water and he obligingly swam down into a slow flowing stretch where he could be easily landed.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screen-shot-2019-05-16-at-22.08.18.pngScreen Shot 2019-05-16 at 22.08.18Sorry about the poor focus here. When the foam is tied in along the hook shank it gives the thing a nice "segmented" profile and then the hackle gives it a bit of "life".https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screen-shot-2019-05-16-at-22.07.59.pngScreen Shot 2019-05-16 at 22.07.59Here´s the nymph. The body is foam and it has a a hackle giving it a "spidery" appearance. It sinks quite slowly.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screen-shot-2019-05-12-at-07.40.00-1.pngScreen Shot 2019-05-12 at 07.40.002019-05-28T16:58:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/05/12/cocaine-and-hookers/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screen-shot-2019-05-12-at-07.40.00.pngScreen Shot 2019-05-12 at 07.40.00I guess we all have our little indulgences!2019-05-14T19:44:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/05/04/taking-a-horse-to-water/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screen-shot-2019-05-04-at-12.46.26.pngScreen Shot 2019-05-04 at 12.46.26I tied up these carp flies and am confident that they will work when I come across more cooperative carp. They have foam in the dressing and so are slow sinkers and they are easy to follow if they need to be moved towards a fish. On Wednesday I used the second to bottom fly and, while the carp didn´t want it, I had 8 barbel with it.2019-05-11T18:22:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/04/27/ten-years-on/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-27-at-14.48.44.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-27 at 14.48.44We caught a good number of these trout. This one was the biggest and was caught by Mark McCann a few years ago.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-27-at-14.38.00.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-27 at 14.38.00This was my first shot at this fish. Kate Jakson was kind enough to write out the words beneath the picture.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-27-at-14.39.58.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-27 at 14.39.58Getting better!2019-05-05T07:06:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/04/20/backstage-pass/2019-04-20T11:15:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/04/08/chasing-after-fish/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-07-at-21.58.28.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-07 at 21.58.28This is a little clearer. The water was somewhat coloured so this is about as well as I could manage. The fish were sifting the bottom sediments and sorting out the edible bits. Clouds of discoloured water are released from the gills.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-07-at-21.57.35.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-07 at 21.57.35The fish were feeding so well that after having caught a few I decided to just observe them. Here are a couple of fish feeding in the shallows.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-07-at-21.37.01.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-07 at 21.37.01You can make out a path on the far side. Both fish were hooked just on the left of the bush in the centre of the picture. The nymph was swung a little upstream and allowed to fall to where the fish were. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn´t. I think I was lucky enough that the water was cloudy enough to conceal me.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-07-at-21.35.49.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-07 at 21.35.49After releasing the fish I looked back upstream. The fish was hooked further upstream and came charging down with me charging after it! https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-07-at-21.35.07.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-07 at 21.35.07Back he goes.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-07-at-21.31.57.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-07 at 21.31.57Phew!2019-04-09T22:34:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/04/07/skunked-again/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-07-at-13.30.54-1.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-07 at 13.30.54The rain was coming my way!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-07-at-13.29.59-1.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-07 at 13.29.59It´s beautiful here.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-07-at-13.29.28.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-07 at 13.29.28Returning to my home river was a good call!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-07-at-13.30.54.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-07 at 13.30.54https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-07-at-13.29.59.pngScreen Shot 2019-04-07 at 13.29.592019-04-07T12:05:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/04/03/what-mr-jones-had-to-say/2019-04-03T20:27:32+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/03/31/putting-things-back/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dscf4116.jpgDSCF4116https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dscf4115.jpgDSCF4115It took a little while before the fish could be beached in the margins.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dscf4118.jpgDSCF4118Brian Jones with his first gypsy barbel.This thing went like a rocket as soon as it was hooked.2019-03-31T18:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/03/24/a-little-piece-of-heaven/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-24-at-08.08.08.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-24 at 08.08.08At this time of the year some fish sport red blotches. I looked carefully at this fish and it appeared healthy and uninjured. Some fish are spawning around now. Curiously the red blotches were on one side of the fish but not on the other.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-24-at-07.59.23.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-24 at 07.59.23This one was number 2. It ran upstream through a hollow in a giant concrete structure and I had to coax in back downstream through the same obstacle. In the process I put down every other fish in that pool!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-24-at-07.57.39.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-24 at 07.57.39This is the fish that led me around the corner into this beautiful pool. It was the last of six fish that had all taken the same little nymph.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-24-at-07.56.13.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-24 at 07.56.13Heaven! The sun was only out sporadically and so this picture does not give the pool full justice.2019-03-24T21:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/03/17/telling-stories/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-17-at-07.52.40.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-17 at 07.52.40Here we are the two of us after Paul´s talk on wildlife film making. Shortly after this photo was taken we had a picture taken with the audience on the steps outside the venue and then, of course, it was time for a couple of glasses of wine!2019-03-17T06:58:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/03/02/leo-wins-the-league/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-02-at-19.32.36.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-02 at 19.32.36League Champions!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-02-at-19.32.11.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-02 at 19.32.11https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-02-at-19.31.47.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-02 at 19.31.47https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-02-at-19.31.24.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-02 at 19.31.24https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-02-at-19.31.00.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-02 at 19.31.00https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-02-at-19.30.25.pngScreen Shot 2019-03-02 at 19.30.252019-03-03T16:33:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/02/17/showing-how-its-done/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen-shot-2019-02-17-at-20.40.44.pngScreen Shot 2019-02-17 at 20.40.44This was the first of a couple of barbel I had this evening. I have not had many this year and this is the best I have had yet.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen-shot-2019-02-17-at-20.56.46.pngScreen Shot 2019-02-17 at 20.56.46https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen-shot-2019-02-17-at-20.54.32.pngScreen Shot 2019-02-17 at 20.54.32Unfortunately this image is not as sharp as the original shown to me at the river.2019-02-17T20:13:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/01/28/a-skinny-bird/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/screen-shot-2019-01-28-at-18.42.39.pngscreen shot 2019-01-28 at 18.42.39This lovely photograph of a great white egret shows the distinctive way the herons and bitterns fold their necks during flight. Like all egrets it is a member of the heron family. This photo was pilfered from the internet and I cannot give credit because I forget where I found it!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/screen-shot-2019-01-28-at-20.58.37.pngscreen shot 2019-01-28 at 20.58.37Thar she blows! 2019-02-17T23:58:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/01/20/threes-a-crowd/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/screen-shot-2019-01-20-at-20.29.01.pngscreen shot 2019-01-20 at 20.29.01The fish I caught didn´t stick around long enough to have its photo taken but here is a picture of the river a short distance downstream.2019-01-26T08:32:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2019/01/13/close-but-no-cigar/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/screen-shot-2019-01-13-at-20.48.09.pngscreen shot 2019-01-13 at 20.48.09Here it is!2021-03-04T15:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/12/27/so-much-for-santa/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCF4073.jpgDSCF4073https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCF4070.jpgDSCF40702019-01-26T08:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/12/14/ha-ha-ha-ha-or-maybe-not/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-18.56.55.pngScreen Shot 2018-12-14 at 18.56.55ha ha ha ha ha !!!!!!!!2019-07-31T15:19:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/12/08/peregrin-falcon/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/screen-shot-2018-12-08-at-12-30-53.pngScreen Shot 2018-12-08 at 12.30.53You can probably guess that this lovely photo has nothing to do with me! I pinched it from here: http://www.raptorrehab.org/peregrine-falcons.html2018-12-08T11:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/12/03/good-news/2018-12-03T19:43:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/11/16/what-fish-look-like/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/screen-shot-2018-11-16-at-10-20-46.pngScreen Shot 2018-11-16 at 10.20.46This is what the real fish looks like. This is a drawing made by an Australian ichthyologist. The following comes from IFL Science: The blobfish ain't so blobby at deep-sea pressures. Alan Riverstone McCulloch (1885-1925) - Fisheries: Zoological results of the fishing experiments carried out by F.I.S. "Endeavor" 1909-10 under H.C. Dannevig. Public Domain.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/screen-shot-2018-11-16-at-10-22-04.pngScreen Shot 2018-11-16 at 10.22.04Here is the "altered" form of the blobfish which has made headlines for itself.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/screen-shot-2018-11-16-at-10-10-03.pngScreen Shot 2018-11-16 at 10.10.03Führer oder Fisch?2018-11-16T09:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/10/20/can-i-ask-a-favour/2018-10-20T11:18:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/10/16/an-otter-on-the-rio-grande/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/screen-shot-2018-10-16-at-22-18-03.pngScreen Shot 2018-10-16 at 22.18.03I did not take photograph of the otter I came across on Sunday but here is a nice photo of another Spanish otter that I pinched from http://www.iberianature.com/2018-10-20T11:29:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/10/07/the-mystic-and-the-mug/2018-10-16T19:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/09/30/isidro-and-the-donkey/2018-10-20T11:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/09/21/another-day-another-vulture/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screen-shot-2018-09-21-at-21-00-28.pngScreen Shot 2018-09-21 at 21.00.28We tried not to get too close to the vulture in order not to stress it.2018-10-14T13:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/09/19/news-from-ireland-2/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screen-shot-2018-09-15-at-19-53-25.pngScreen Shot 2018-09-15 at 19.53.25https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screen-shot-2018-09-15-at-19-52-32.pngScreen Shot 2018-09-15 at 19.52.32https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screen-shot-2018-09-15-at-19-48-16.pngScreen Shot 2018-09-15 at 19.48.16https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screen-shot-2018-09-15-at-19-47-43.pngScreen Shot 2018-09-15 at 19.47.43https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screen-shot-2018-09-15-at-19-46-56.pngScreen Shot 2018-09-15 at 19.46.56https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screen-shot-2018-09-15-at-19-46-13.pngScreen Shot 2018-09-15 at 19.46.13https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screen-shot-2018-09-15-at-19-53-49.pngScreen Shot 2018-09-15 at 19.53.49If you have fished in Ireland you will know what this photo encapsulates. The Kelly kettle is about to boil and the pot noodles are waiting.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screen-shot-2018-09-15-at-19-54-58.pngScreen Shot 2018-09-15 at 19.54.58This is Mr McCann. Despite his success as a fishermen I have no photos of him cradling trout from his recent adventure. So here is one of him cradling a pint of the black stuff.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/screen-shot-2018-09-15-at-19-51-41.pngScreen Shot 2018-09-15 at 19.51.41Here´s Sean with a nice brown.2018-09-19T17:06:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/08/26/golden-dorado/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-26-at-13-52-22.pngScreen Shot 2018-08-26 at 13.52.22https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-26-at-13-52-37.pngScreen Shot 2018-08-26 at 13.52.37https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-26-at-13-52-55.pngScreen Shot 2018-08-26 at 13.52.55https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-26-at-13-53-22.pngScreen Shot 2018-08-26 at 13.53.22https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-26-at-14-35-44.pngScreen Shot 2018-08-26 at 14.35.442018-09-01T09:08:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/08/25/seans-killer-mayfly/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-25-at-09-58-03.pngScreen Shot 2018-08-25 at 09.58.03https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-25-at-09-58-56.pngScreen Shot 2018-08-25 at 09.58.56https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-25-at-09-59-32.pngScreen Shot 2018-08-25 at 09.59.32https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-25-at-09-59-55.pngScreen Shot 2018-08-25 at 09.59.55https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-25-at-09-56-03.pngScreen Shot 2018-08-25 at 09.56.03Sean´s killer mayfly. I should mention that Sean, being a man of principle released the trout that he caught and so "killer" in this context means no more than "yummy" in the eyes of trout feasting on Ephemera danica.2018-08-26T20:58:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/08/04/three-stupid-looking-flies/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-04-at-18-28-01.pngScreen Shot 2018-08-04 at 18.28.01I bet it was the hairdo that attracted Homer.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screen-shot-2018-08-04-at-18-29-48.pngScreen Shot 2018-08-04 at 18.29.48These are not going to win any beauty contest but hopefully there´s a dumb carp out there that might just take a fancy to one.2018-08-04T16:48:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/07/30/leo-graduates-2/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-30-at-14-13-32.pngScreen Shot 2018-07-30 at 14.13.32Here we are between gusts of wind. There were mortar boards flying off heads everywhere!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-30-at-13-50-38.pngScreen Shot 2018-07-30 at 13.50.38Well worth it!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-30-at-13-50-13.pngScreen Shot 2018-07-30 at 13.50.13https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-30-at-13-49-29.pngScreen Shot 2018-07-30 at 13.49.29Leo´s closest buddies are both called Ollie (Ollie Kinsella is on the left of the photo and Ollie Toseland is on the right)2018-08-04T15:58:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/06/28/mayfly-time-2/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-28-at-12-24-18.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-28 at 12.24.18https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-28-at-12-24-01.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-28 at 12.24.01https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-28-at-12-23-48.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-28 at 12.23.48https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-28-at-12-23-27.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-28 at 12.23.27https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-28-at-12-23-07.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-28 at 12.23.07https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-28-at-12-22-52.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-28 at 12.22.52https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-28-at-12-21-43.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-28 at 12.21.43https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-28-at-12-20-06.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-28 at 12.20.06https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-28-at-12-21-00.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-28 at 12.21.00Mayfly: what all the fuss is about.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-28-at-12-22-01.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-28 at 12.22.01And Mister McCann2018-06-28T11:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/06/24/frank-the-mountain-man/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-24-at-17-35-50.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-24 at 17.35.50According to Wikipedia (where these images were pinched from) the Mont Blanc Massif has an average of 100 fatalities each year and between 6000 and 8000 in total (more than any other mountain). Frank climbed this thing without any climbing gear!2018-06-25T20:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/06/18/fly-fishing-and-fly-tying-monthly/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-18-at-11-15-55.pngScreen Shot 2018-06-18 at 11.15.55Well I guess this will keep me out of trouble for a while.......2018-07-23T20:59:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/05/23/margaritas-dead-crab/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screen-shot-2018-05-23-at-11-43-53.pngScreen Shot 2018-05-23 at 11.43.53Lazarus is a little quiet today. I put some food in his tank but he didn´t come out of hiding to eat it. He´s normally out like a greyhound. I had to remove his log to take this picture. I think it may take a good while for his new exoskeleton to harden up fully and he feels a little vulnerable.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screen-shot-2018-05-23-at-10-55-10.pngScreen Shot 2018-05-23 at 10.55.10This is the fish tank in my lab. Lazarus is the star of the show and often wanders around and climbs up on things.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screen-shot-2018-05-23-at-10-54-37.pngScreen Shot 2018-05-23 at 10.54.37Athropods need to shed their exoskeletons to grow and we have duped into thinking that Lazarus was dead! The real Lazarus was sniggering away behind a log when I took this photo.2018-05-23T15:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/05/19/news-from-the-river/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screen-shot-2018-05-19-at-17-24-45.pngScreen Shot 2018-05-19 at 17.24.45This morning I tied up a few little nymphs using the little tungsten beads that Paul Reddish gave me. The carp and a few barbel considered them palatable enough to accept.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscf4040.jpgDSCF4040The fish took the nymph right in front of the grass in the foreground. The "hole" in the vegetation behind was caused by fly line as the carp decided to run across the river.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1030260.jpgP1030260Around this time last year I fooled this carp by simply lowering a nymph under the rod tip as it rummaged around tight in against the near bank. As it happens it was the day of the royal wedding. Prince Harry might consider Meghan Markle a pretty good catch but I think I did even better!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscf4038.jpgDSCF4038On Wednesday after work I had a chance to meet up with Simon and we headed down to the river for a while.2018-05-20T14:03:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/05/13/new-boots/2018-05-13T13:26:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/05/06/fishing-two-rivers-at-the-same-time/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screen-shot-2018-05-06-at-20-20-02.pngScreen Shot 2018-05-06 at 20.20.02All the fish were taken on this nymph. There is nothing magical about it. It got pretty battered during the course of the evening with the body slipping down the hook but when I pushed it back up and tucked the tungsten bead back where it should be it behaved itself once again.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscf4028.jpgDSCF4028Two rivers for the price of one! You can see a pretty clear demarcation between the murky water of the Guadalhorce and the clear water of the Río Grande. All the fish were taken in the clear water.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscf4030.jpgDSCF4030This is one of ten or so barbel that was fooled by a little nymph.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscf4037.jpgDSCF4037Here is a gypsy barbel a few seconds before it swam away. It is being released in the clear water of the near side of the confluence downstream of where it was taken.2018-05-06T18:54:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/05/01/no-flies-on-me/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screen-shot-2018-05-01-at-17-07-21.pngScreen Shot 2018-05-01 at 17.07.21There are a few dries here on the right and a few nymphs on the left. Most of the ugly ones I tied myself and the pretty ones were given by friends. Paul Reddish tied some of the nymphs and Colin McLachlan tied some of the foam bodied dries.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screen-shot-2018-05-01-at-17-06-50.pngScreen Shot 2018-05-01 at 17.06.50The big ugly things might just tempt a carp mooching around the margins of a reservoir (or maybe not!)https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1030254.jpgP1030254Here is my little tupperware fly box. It´s pretty small so it can fit easily into a pocket.2018-05-08T06:18:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/04/30/kays-last-hen/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1030241.jpgP10302412018-05-08T06:18:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/04/22/crossing-paths-with-a-slug/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screen-shot-2018-04-22-at-13-35-50.pngScreen Shot 2018-04-22 at 13.35.50And here is our good friend the slug.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screen-shot-2018-04-22-at-13-35-27.pngScreen Shot 2018-04-22 at 13.35.27Up ahead are my dogs Chica and Barney on one of the rough track near our place. My ancient car may never win any beauty competition, and her value may fluctuate according to how much diesel there is in the tank, but she will get me along tracks like this one! 2018-05-08T06:18:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/04/21/out-on-the-river-with-paul-reddish/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1030226.jpgP1030226https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1030229.jpgP1030229Paul gave me a few of his nymphs. Like mine they are tied on barbless hooks.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p1030225.jpgP1030225https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscf4013.jpgDSCF4013https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscf4017.jpgDSCF4017Here I am fishing with Paul Reddish. Who is the mystic? Who is the mug? Maybe we are both a bit of each!2018-04-21T19:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/04/07/opening-my-account-2/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screen-shot-2018-04-06-at-12-37-12.pngScreen Shot 2018-04-06 at 12.37.12The carp was the last of eight fish which included a mullet (my first from the Guadalhorce), as well as six nice barbel. The first of these was probably over four pounds. It was lovely to see some barbel taking dries on the far bank and a little foam ant allowed me to get acquainted with three.2018-04-09T11:08:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/04/03/the-rio-grande-revisited/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screen-shot-2018-04-03-at-22-14-17.pngScreen Shot 2018-04-03 at 22.14.17Here are three of the survivors from my little team of four that I tied up between my last visit to the river and today. The absentee took two or three fish today before falling apart and is now retired from active duty.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screen-shot-2018-04-03-at-22-14-05.pngScreen Shot 2018-04-03 at 22.14.05Red and pink seem to go down pretty well.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screen-shot-2018-04-03-at-22-13-53.pngScreen Shot 2018-04-03 at 22.13.53This scruffy looking thing has been through the wars. It got dragged around the river by a succession of fish and became intimately acquainted rocks and weeds. In its heyday it looked prettier!2018-04-07T15:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/03/09/pissing-rain/2018-05-08T06:19:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/01/24/the-view-from-the-top/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screen-shot-2018-01-24-at-19-30-20.pngScreen Shot 2018-01-24 at 19.30.20Crunchy and distinctively flavoured "merde e lapin aux Grylls" Unfortunately I had no image of my own to stick in so I stole this from: http://www.arkive.org/rabbit/oryctolagus-cuniculus/image-A7192.htmlhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscf4009.jpgDSCF4009Concepción Reservoirhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screen-shot-2018-01-24-at-19-22-38.pngScreen Shot 2018-01-24 at 19.22.38La Concha is the spectacular backdrop to many images of Marbella and Puerto Banús. I took this picture from the deck of my own gin palace. (actually I pinched it from http://www.andalucia.com/marbella/fascinating-facts-3.htm)https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/p1030223.jpgP1030223Here I am with on the top of La Concha with Chloe Quinlan who is one of our sixth form and a driving force behind our fund-raising adventure.2018-03-09T13:52:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/01/14/fishing-program-link/2018-01-14T20:36:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/01/04/a-whale-called-hope/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screen-shot-2018-01-04-at-22-12-45.pngScreen Shot 2018-01-04 at 22.12.45I pinched this one too! This is the 4 metre blue marlin which is undergoing preservation. You can see that it is "anchored" in position by some wires.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screen-shot-2018-01-04-at-22-12-19.pngScreen Shot 2018-01-04 at 22.12.19I took a gazillion photos of Hope with my ageing phone but none do her justice as much as this one that I pinched from the Natural history Museum´s website.2018-01-06T19:35:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2018/01/06/trying-out-grandads-hat/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscf3994.jpgDSCF3994This is number four being returned to the water. Hasta la vista Baby!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/p1030216.jpgP1030216This is number three.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/p1030211.jpgP1030211Grandad´s hat does more than make me look very suave! It is shaping up to be a first rate fishing hat. This gypsy barbel is my first fish of 2018 and was followed by three more.2018-01-06T22:15:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/12/30/barbel-and-baubles/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/screen-shot-2017-12-30-at-10-38-13.pngScreen Shot 2017-12-30 at 10.38.13Grandad revived me using a defibrillator after I looked at this one! This is a comizo barbel which is the largest-growing of the Spanish barbel species.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/screen-shot-2017-12-30-at-10-39-25.pngScreen Shot 2017-12-30 at 10.39.25Then I spilled some tea down my lap when I saw this one! A common barbel.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/screen-shot-2017-12-30-at-10-37-30.pngScreen Shot 2017-12-30 at 10.37.30I nearly choked on a coconut roll when I saw this! This is a gypsy barbel.2018-02-18T15:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/12/28/meet-the-family/2018-02-16T12:22:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/11/23/the-missing-link/2017-12-24T16:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/11/19/on-the-telly/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-19-at-08-28-33.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-19 at 08.28.33Here is John catching landing a barbel. It is one of the frames taken from the programme.2017-11-20T20:48:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/11/14/a-tale-of-two-flies-2/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscf3957.jpgDSCF3957This is a Guadiana barbel from Extremadura who also showed an interest in the same fly.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1030196.jpgP1030196One of these flieshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1030193.jpgP1030193I tied this thing up for black bass and it turned out to be quite acceptable to carp. I have had to repair its snout after its last outing as the orange thread tends to unravel.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1030195.jpgP1030195Colin´s foam beetle.2017-11-17T08:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/11/10/the-man-who-stares-at-goats/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p1030199.jpgP1030199And here´s me looking very pleased with myself!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p1030197.jpgP1030197I tied up a few little nymphs before I went out. In the end I only tried two of them. The one on the top didn´t seem to do me any good at all but they did go for the one on the bottom which I have christened the Río Grande nymph.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscf3990.jpgDSCF3990There is a little seam of water entering from the left. It is very shallow around here but several fish were cruising around and I managed to fool a couple of them.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscf3991.jpgDSCF3991I managed to catch three barbel from this pool. The fish were spooky and wanted a longish cast and longish leader. They also wanted you to stand well away from the river. The easiest way to spot them was to look towards the bank of eucalyptus trees on the far side where the water is darker.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscf3985.jpgDSCF3985The dogs came hopped into the river to warn me off.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscf3984.jpgDSCF3984Oh great!2017-11-11T08:01:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/11/04/the-rio-grande-nymph/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p1030206.jpgP1030206No barbel in the Río Grande can consider itself safe anymore!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p1030205.jpgP1030205This is a slightly bigger version but tied on a jig hook. I used a copper wire rib for this one.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p1030204.jpgP1030204The RGN - an absolutely infallible nymph!2017-11-04T13:07:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/10/29/felix-and-the-fish/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscf3971.jpgDSCF3971The arm of the reservoir into which the river flows has extensive shallows. There were no obvious signs of fish here yesterday.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscf3970.jpgDSCF3970The Río Turón is really showing its bones now. The fish have little cover here and have probably dropped back into the reservoir.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscf3982.jpgDSCF3982This lad took the big fly too. He was in a cloud of disturbed mud but gave enough away to allow me to figure out which way he was facing. He chased down the big fly as it was being drawn away.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscf3977.jpgDSCF3977Most of the carp I catch are common carp so catching a mirror is unusual.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscf3978.jpgDSCF3978Thanks!2017-10-30T12:56:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/10/21/painting-a-perch/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-21-at-12-17-03.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-21 at 12.17.032017-10-23T18:11:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/10/20/bad-news-on-the-river/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-20-at-20-24-09.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-20 at 20.24.09This picture was taken from a story published in Málaga Hoy. In the article the river was described as "una cloaca" - a sewer. This is language I would not use myself to describe the general condition of most of the river but in the context of the region under consideration it may not be too far off the mark.2017-10-20T18:35:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/10/15/fishing-with-colin/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1030185.jpgP1030185Colin ties some lovely flies. He was very generous in allowing me to dip into his fly box. I hope to write a post about his flies soon.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1030180.jpgP1030180Here is Colin McLachlan. We fished together in Extremadura in November. Colin is excellent company and an enviable fly tier. I had hoped to post something about his flies but never got round to it!2017-10-16T13:43:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/10/12/straight-for-the-snags/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscf3963.jpgDSCF3963After I had released the first fish I wandered back to where I had abandoned the rod. If you have sharp eyes you can just make out the rod sticking out of the water in the foreground . It looks remarkably like the rushes but you can just make out the yellow fly line! The fish was somehow extracted from this lot after swimming around and about the various stems.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1030188.jpgP1030188This was the second of three fish. He took a little nymph and was better behaved!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscf3962.jpgDSCF3962The little foam beetle was taken by a couple of my "local" gypsy barbel.2017-10-12T20:35:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/10/08/did-you-try-picking-up-the-vulture-sir/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1030182.jpgP1030182There was no sign of injury but a healthy bird would have been long gone!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1030179.jpgP1030179The vulture flew close to Colin and landed a short distance away.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1030181.jpgP1030181What a beautiful birdhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1030176.jpgP1030176Did you pick it up Sir? Yeah right!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1030175.jpgP1030175It was extraordinary to be able to get close to the bird.2017-10-16T13:41:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/10/25/blokes-in-a-boat/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscf3755.jpgdscf3755Antonio, Keith and Steve Lawler fishing up in Extremadura. We had a field day chasing bass.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscf3751.jpgdscf3751The monsters eluded us but here is Keith with a respectable bass.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/p1030034.jpgp1030034And me!2017-10-08T17:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/09/30/a-couple-of-square-metres/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dscf3940.jpgDSCF3940When you get to the rock you can get some cover and pitch the nymph to where the fish should be. If you haven´t alerted them you are in with a shot.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dscf3939.jpgDSCF3939I slipped into the river here and waded up to the large rock. From here it was possible to pitch the nymph into the sweet spot which was pretty tight to the left bank.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-30-at-20-31-54.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-30 at 20.31.54Here is the second of the two fish in the moment before it was returned to the river.2017-09-30T19:32:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/09/26/news-from-ireland/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1123.jpgIMG_1123This is a stocked brown trout. The wild fish are smaller but more beautifully coloured according to Sean. I asked him to get some pictures of the wilds next time so I can have a stab at painting one.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1112.jpgIMG_1112This is my brother Sean. We have been fishing together since the dawn of time often in the company of.......https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1099.jpgIMG_1099Mark McCann! Here is the man himself with a handsome trout.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-26-at-22-15-02.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-26 at 22.15.02All you need for a day to remember: a boat, some fly fishing gear, a kelly kettle and the best of company.2017-09-26T20:38:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/09/24/fishing-report-from-zahara/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dscf3937.jpgDSCF3937I forgot to take a picture of the three anglers together but here at least is Tom emerging at the second of the two places we explored.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dscf3931.jpgDSCF3931The water level is very low right now.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dscf3936.jpgDSCF3936The reservoir has only existed since 1995 and is one of three reservoirs on the Río something.2017-09-24T10:41:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/09/21/a-poem-from-clare/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-21-at-18-57-08.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-21 at 18.57.082017-09-22T20:48:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/09/17/something-to-celebrate/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-17-at-19-04-56.pngScreen Shot 2017-09-17 at 19.04.56A river with fish in it and a hip flask with brandy in it. What more do you need?https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/p1030153.jpgP1030153I never saw this fish until well into the fight. I thought he was bigger! Obviously he shrank while I was playing him.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/p1030147.jpgP1030147https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/p1030143.jpgP1030143The glossy ibis feed in very shallow water and take worms and leaches and various aquatic insects and snails. They were quite a long way away so I struggled to get a good photo!2017-09-28T14:27:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/08/14/fishing-with-johan/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-14-at-11-28-30.pngScreen Shot 2017-08-14 at 11.28.30My reel this time! This particular fish had been feeding well (lots of displaced mud) in fastish current. I drifted a nymph to him many times and eventually he took. I feared I had foul-hooked him but once I worked him back after his initial run I could see that he had taken the nymph fair and squarehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-14-at-11-58-00.pngScreen Shot 2017-08-14 at 11.58.00One of Johan´s fish (you can tell by the reel in the photo!)https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/p1030141.jpgP1030141Here is Johan Terblanche. He hails originally from South Africa and is a pretty frequent visitor to Spain. We have fished together a few times and I am looking forward to meeting up again for a few more adventures in 2018.2017-09-12T08:23:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/08/06/jumping-off-valentia-pier/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-06-at-20-35-26.pngScreen Shot 2017-08-06 at 20.35.26I didn´t get a photo of Sean´s jump but here is his daughter Molly enjoying that ephemeral moment. My own daughter Pippa is holding the rail. She will be the next to go. Notice that everyone is wearing wetsuits? Wonder why?2017-08-15T00:07:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/08/01/tying-clousers/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dscf3898.jpgDSCF3898The more or less finished article.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dscf3897.jpgDSCF3897Here is Nancy Hogan, her silly Dad and brother Dan. They are taking a bit of down time during an energy-sapping fly tying session in Valentia!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dscf3896.jpgDSCF3896Nobody can tie flies as well as this lot. From left to right we have Nancy, Sean and Dan Hogan. The Hogans take their fly tying extremely seriously.......2017-08-15T00:05:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/07/29/shit-creek/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dscf3902.jpgDSCF3902Here is my nephew John Hogan paddling his old man´s kayak. I added this photo because John does´t seem to be in the next one....https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dscf3907.jpgDSCF3907I practised my paddling earlier in the day in the safe confines of the marina in Knightstown.2017-07-31T12:29:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/07/18/funeral-of-a-fisherman/2017-07-28T10:11:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/07/14/brutus-bows-out/2017-07-16T15:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/07/12/mad-dogs-and-englishmen/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/p1030135.jpgP1030135The gypsy barbel are much more frequently caught. This one took a little nymph after I had spotted it cruising in deepish water just off a grassy margin.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/screen-shot-2017-07-12-at-16-09-00.pngScreen Shot 2017-07-12 at 16.09.00An unusual capture - a mirror carp.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/p1030131.jpgP1030131Most of the carp in the river are fully-scaled commons. This one which I caught this morning is fairly typical.2017-07-12T19:17:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/07/04/two-fish-and-a-hundred-million-goats/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/p1030126.jpgP1030126This is looking a little the worse for wear now but the fish took this dry fly. There´s not much to it, just some hackle and a foam body on a size 12 jig hook.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/p1030121.jpgP1030121I managed to shake off my ruminant friends and came across a few fish further upstream.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dscf3879.jpgDSCF3879You got to take your hat off to goats. They never miss an opportunity to keep themselves entertained.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dscf3881.jpgDSCF3881I was about to work a nymph through this water when my old buddies turned up.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dscf3880.jpgDSCF3880Hi. It´s us again!2017-07-06T11:12:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/07/02/pippas-big-speech/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/family.jpgFamilyFrom the left, my son Leo, my lovely wife Catriona, me and our daughter Pippa. This photo was taken after Pippa´s graduation from school last summer. As Head Girl she made a terrific speech and we were all buzzing!2017-07-03T13:27:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/06/29/fishing-with-frank/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscf3878.jpgDSCF3878Shortly after I took this photo Frank had a second fish. The fish here were very spooky in the shallow water.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscf3875.jpgDSCF3875Here is Frank Huisman at the river. Frank is a former student and is now studying Aerospace Engineering at UCLA.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscf3872.jpgDSCF3872Frank Huisman2017-06-29T10:16:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/06/08/one-for-the-yearbook/2017-06-08T19:05:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/06/05/fourteen-inches-of-water/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscf3868.jpgDSCF3868I´ve tried painting gypsy barbel a few times and I´ve never really got it right. For one thing I can´t quite nail the olive colour of their backs. You can see here how beautifully they merge into the colour of their background.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscf3867.jpgDSCF3867I popped the handle of the rod in front of the fish so I could take a quick snap. He was a lovely fishhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscf3869.jpgDSCF3869The fish was hooked in the narrow stretch in the centre of the photo and ran upstream to the broken water.2017-06-05T20:08:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/05/28/mayfly-time/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-28-at-23-13-19.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-28 at 23.13.19What more do you want?https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-26-at-11-19-15.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-26 at 11.19.15Sean avec chienhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-26-at-11-20-10.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-26 at 11.20.10Noodle Man!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-26-at-11-23-30.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-26 at 11.23.30https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-26-at-11-24-19.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-26 at 11.24.19https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-26-at-11-24-38.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-26 at 11.24.38https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-26-at-11-25-43.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-26 at 11.25.43I don´t think these guys fish at all. The just tie up the boat and eat pot noodles.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-26-at-11-18-04.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-26 at 11.18.04Let the good time roll! Here is Sean living it up.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-28-at-21-45-24.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-28 at 21.45.24Arrow at dusk. Sean took this one.2017-06-01T04:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/05/27/lost-monster/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1030114.jpgP1030114When I got home I took a photo of the fly that the carp (and a couple of barbel) had taken. It is a home-made thing - a sort of hybrid nymph and North Country Spider. Might be useful to remember this one!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1030113.jpgP1030113I had a few barbel today and this one was taken on the way back to the car after losing the carp. It was a toddler by comparison!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscf0693.jpgDSCF0693This is my previous best carp from this river but I suspect today´s fish might have been a good bit bigger.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscf3865.jpgDSCF3865The Guadalhorce and Río Grande´s flows are meeting here and you can see that the Guadlahorce is quite discoloured. This is why I never saw my big carp despite having it just in front of me in water about three feet deep. https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-27-at-20-11-22.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-27 at 20.11.22It is surprising that a river as little as this one has monsters in it.2017-06-08T19:12:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/05/26/a-keeper/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-26-at-23-07-32.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-26 at 23.07.32Beached on the soft weed, photographed and then off again!2017-05-27T06:16:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/05/15/on-the-river-with-harry-and-david/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscf3857.jpgDSCF3857There´s nothing like an afternoon on the river.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscf3859.jpgDSCF3859It wash´t clear whether this was a barbel or a carp when I cast to it but it became clear pretty soon after it was hooked! Carp are much more dogged fighters although they don´t have the barbel´s speed on the initial run.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1030110.jpgP1030110I tied up this thing before we headed for the river. It is a little less subdued than usual but I think that helped a carp see it in water carrying a little colour.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1030109.jpgP1030109Wian Terblanche used this deep diving damsel which is tied with a tungsten bead when he fished on the river recently. He gave me a gift of a couple and David used it to catch his first barbel.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscf3862.jpgDSCF3862Harry Abbott is a fishing friend of many years and he recently introduced me to David Blaire who was over from New Zealand. David and Harry have had all kinds of adventures together over the years.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-15-at-09-46-39.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-15 at 09.46.39The best of the day. David and his fine fish.2017-05-23T05:28:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/05/09/an-afternoon-with-clive/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscf3852.jpgDSCF3852It´s not what it looks like. I didn´t run him over your Honour! This is the tow truck guy trying to get the exhaust tube off the ground so we could get the car up onto his truck.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscf3853.jpgDSCF3853Here is Clive Smith en route to the river. We have fished together only once but I´m sure our paths will cross again soon. Like many fly fishermen I know, Clive is a keen ornithologist.2017-05-15T15:28:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/05/06/walking-with-brutus/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-05-06-at-10-01-29.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-06 at 10.01.29The other day Catriona and I went for a walk with the dogs and Brutus hooked up with another dog who was just hanging around beside a gate. He refused to move and so I had to move him along or we would still be standing there now!2017-05-06T08:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/05/01/a-dry-fly-for-barbel/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1030106.jpgP1030106This is tied with white foam. One of the nice things about these dries is that if they get damaged or you want to, you can tear off the wing and have a serviceable nymph!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1030107.jpgP1030107The nice things about this fly is that you have quite a lot of room to experiment. This one is tied on a conventional hook.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1030108.jpgP1030108Yum yum! This is the fly. It was tied on a jig hook.2017-05-01T19:28:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/04/27/and-dogs-might-fly/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/screen-shot-2017-04-27-at-22-15-40.pngScreen Shot 2017-04-27 at 22.15.402017-04-27T20:21:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/04/25/a-fish-out-of-water/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030103.jpgP1030103As soon as I had released our friend I took a look back at where he had been hooked and took this photograph. The flooded shallows just left of centre is where the fish had been wallowing around, several feet from the main river channel.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030101.jpgP1030101Here we are the two of us.2017-04-25T20:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/04/19/men-on-a-mission/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscf3846.jpgDSCF3846Here we have a fish returned to the water in the seconds before its release.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscf3844.jpgDSCF3844And another for Pieter.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscf3838.jpgDSCF3838A nice fish for Johan taken on the fly.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscf3826.jpgDSCF3826Here it is!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscf3825.jpgDSCF3825A few fish sat in shallow runs and were unwilling to take a nymph. Johan is crossing the river here and just left of centre in the photo you can see a good fish. It was slow to spook and I tried to see if I could get a better photo showing how close they came.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscf3824.jpgDSCF3824Wian exploring a likely-looking run. In the smooth river downstream we came across several fish taking dry flies.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscf3819.jpgDSCF3819The boys caught several mullet of which this was the first.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscf3821.jpgDSCF3821Pieter with the only carp of the day.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscf3816.jpgDSCF3816Wian opens his account.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscf3812.jpgDSCF3812Johan with the first of his gypsy barbel.2017-04-25T18:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/03/30/on-the-move/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/screen-shot-2017-03-30-at-22-50-40.pngScreen Shot 2017-03-30 at 22.50.40Numero dos2017-03-30T21:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/03/29/rescued-by-penguins/2017-03-29T18:57:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/03/26/worth-a-pint/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030094.jpgP1030094This is the weird looking nymph the fish took. It was tied on a size 14 barbless hook. That red stuff is actually some of my daughter´s nail varnish that I added to make the the brass beads a little more subdued.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030091.jpgP1030091The muddied water in the foreground was where the fish was beached, unhooked and released. The two of us slugged it out just in front of where it was landed. The trailing branches downstream would have caused all kinds of trouble if the fish had been allowed to run there.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030088.jpgP1030088This handsome fish was the only one I managed to catch but I was delighted with it.2017-03-26T19:21:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/03/13/fish-are-jumping/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030072.jpgP1030072The fish didn´t want anything to do with the nymphs I offered them but I came across some fish taking dries on the far bank. I switched to dry fly and things looked up. In the end I had three and lost a couple more.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/screen-shot-2017-03-12-at-20-45-50.pngScreen Shot 2017-03-12 at 20.45.50The fish graze on the sides of the weir as they are being swept into the turbulent water below.2017-03-13T11:34:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/03/05/nerves-of-steel/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030067.jpgp1030067The first of the year.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030065.jpgp1030065The fish are often tight to the rocks on the left but the commotion caused by the sheep didn´t help!2017-03-05T22:41:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/03/02/the-man-who-was-eaten-by-chickens/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/screen-shot-2017-03-02-at-09-06-11.pngscreen-shot-2017-03-02-at-09-06-11These are not mine sadly. I have vowed to reinforce the inner sanctum with barbed wire, rocks, a moat and land mines. When I don´t think there is any way for a campo dog to get in I will get a few more hens. Not before!2017-03-08T20:06:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/02/13/sheep-and-arctic-char/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screen-shot-2017-02-13-at-12-48-16.pngscreen-shot-2017-02-13-at-12-48-16Here´s your man with the char. Arctic char like this may live in rivers or lakes or, in common with other salmonids they may migrate to sea to grow before returning to freshwater to spawn.2017-02-13T11:55:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/02/07/fat-trout-and-venison/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screen-shot-2017-02-07-at-14-11-17.pngscreen-shot-2017-02-07-at-14-11-17A very pretty fish this one.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screen-shot-2017-02-07-at-14-10-40.pngscreen-shot-2017-02-07-at-14-10-40As if I wash´t tormented enough already!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screen-shot-2017-02-07-at-14-10-20.pngscreen-shot-2017-02-07-at-14-10-20You can just about see Harry behind this trout. The gastric band appearance is caused by leader wrapped around the trout´s flank. This fish, like the others was returned unharmed.2017-02-07T13:38:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/02/02/news-from-lake-onslow/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screen-shot-2017-02-02-at-12-24-11.pngscreen-shot-2017-02-02-at-12-24-11There are a lot of guys like me who are indebted to Murray´s generosity in allowing us to stay at his hut. I don´t imagine we will ever forget what it was like to stay there.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screen-shot-2017-02-02-at-12-23-25.pngscreen-shot-2017-02-02-at-12-23-25https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/screen-shot-2017-02-02-at-12-23-01.pngscreen-shot-2017-02-02-at-12-23-01Murray´s modest memorial in front of his fishing hut.2017-02-27T11:43:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/01/28/taking-off-the-rough-edges/2017-01-28T12:09:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/04/10/hooking-up/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020031.jpgP1020031Just the ticket2017-01-28T11:00:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/07/24/black-bass-at-concepcion/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1020339.jpgP1020339This is the "Cinderella" of the two bass flies I tied up for Concepción. It was her ugly sister that I used on Sunday and I am too ashamed of this scrawny fly to include its photo. The bass seemed to like it though.2017-01-28T10:58:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/08/03/have-you-got-any-books-on-lampreys/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020378.jpgP1020378Here´s a bunch of people I met up with when my book was launched in the Summer of 2015 at the CLA game fair. Left to right: Marion, Ken, Paul Morgan, myself, Luke and Jane. I had a real blast there.2017-01-28T10:58:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/12/23/a-word-about-harry/2017-01-28T10:58:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/12/31/womanising-getting-dumped-and-an-afternoon-on-the-river/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-11-28-at-18-55-35.pngScreen Shot 2015-11-28 at 18.55.35In November a group of us put on a show at school to raise money for the Red Cross. The proceeds were enough to fill a rage van with goodies for disadvantaged families. If you ant to see a bit of my stand up on Youtube just type in "Paul Hogan at the EIC Staff Show"2017-01-28T10:57:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/01/05/crap-bird-watchers/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020803.jpgP1020803The Guadalhorce River divides before it reaches the sea and so there are really two deltas separated by several hundred metres and, between them, a pretty stretch of beach.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020795.jpgP1020795A little egret hunting for some food.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020810.jpgP1020810The little egret is much more closely associated with water and are often to be found on the river. This one is standing right at one of the the two places that the Guadalhorce enters the sea.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020809.jpgP1020809This is a little egret and looks quite similar to the cattle egret. You can tell them apart by their feet (yellow in the little egret and black in the cattle egret) and by the colour of their beaks (yellow in cattle and dark in the little egret) https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020819.jpgP1020819This is a cattle egret hitching a ride on a horse. They will often stand on horses and cattle!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020783.jpgP1020783Black-winged stilts have, in proportion to their size, enormously long legs but they don´t have very long necks. So, even though they can wade out to a respectable depth, they feed on insects and stuff right in the surface film.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020777.jpgP1020777In the distance we have a coot and a little closer a male shovelled duck. Male ducks tend to be more conspicuous and colourful to attract the females but the females tend to be better camouflaged which makes sense if you are sitting on eggs.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020774.jpgP1020774A moorhen.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020769.jpgP1020769Here they are chilling in the trees.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020768.jpgP1020768There were cormorants wherever we looked.2017-01-28T10:53:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/06/28/a-little-trout-from-andalucia/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf3634.jpgDSCF3634A little wild trout from the upper Guadalquivir.2017-01-28T10:52:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/12/03/young-bucks/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-03-at-16-05-31.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-03-at-16-05-31Give us a break! I don´t know anyone who looks like this so I stole this image from: http://www.ginkandgasoline.com/tag/saltwater-flats-fishing/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-03-at-14-08-02.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-03-at-14-08-02Typical diver my arse2017-01-28T10:29:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2017/01/14/fly-fishing-in-the-post-truth-era/2017-01-14T19:56:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/12/30/whatever-floats-your-boat/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-30-at-21-26-45.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-30-at-21-26-45Sean went and caught a pike on a copper spoon. He offered them some flies too but they were´t up for it on this occasion.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-30-at-21-28-02.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-30-at-21-28-02Sean´s shiny new kayak2016-12-31T15:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/12/23/cabin-fever/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-23-at-18-09-28.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-23-at-18-09-28Somewhere to escape to in the future? Gran Canaria has untapped potential if you fancy the challenge of carp on the fly.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-23-at-18-07-56.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-23-at-18-07-56Here is Dave Felce. He pops over to Spain from time to time. We met up in Extremadura one time and hopefully will fish again in Spain (or maybe in Scotland where he comes from!)2016-12-24T17:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/12/18/all-quiet-on-the-moustern-front/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-18-at-18-15-46.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-18-at-18-15-46Small game hunting on a shoestring2016-12-19T07:55:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/12/14/the-goat-pool/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-11-at-22-18-12.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-11-at-22-18-12https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/p1030057.jpgp1030057I ask the fish to smile but they rarely do!2016-12-11T21:54:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/12/11/x-ray-eyes/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-11-at-08-52-22.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-11-at-08-52-22This is one of a couple of gypsy barbel that I landed.2016-12-14T12:49:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/12/05/deluge/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-05-at-16-08-08.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-05-at-16-08-08https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-05-at-16-07-47.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-05-at-16-07-47https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-05-at-16-07-08.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-05-at-16-07-082016-12-05T20:09:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/11/28/what-next/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/screen-shot-2016-11-28-at-22-30-30.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-28-at-22-30-30What next?2016-12-03T15:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/11/27/rivers-in-spate/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/screen-shot-2016-11-27-at-18-48-22.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-27-at-18-48-22This is the Guadalhorce in flood.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscf3793.jpgdscf3793This is the Río Grande. For much of the summer it is dry or has very reduced flows.2016-11-27T18:07:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/11/19/giving-it-everything/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/screen-shot-2016-11-19-at-13-03-56.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-19-at-13-03-56An apt title. This picture was pinched from the following site: http://www.nicolas39-peche-mouche.com/index.php?post/La-Legende-de-Norbert-Morillas2016-11-19T12:11:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/11/16/carp-on-the-dry-fly/2016-11-16T14:52:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/11/13/clearing-my-head/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscf3781.jpgdscf3781All of the fish were taken on a small bead head nymph.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscf3784.jpgdscf37842016-11-13T20:27:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/10/23/waiting-for-number-ten/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/p1030040.jpgp1030040I tend to beach the fish in the mud at the margin of the river. Sometimes they get so muddy that I need to wash them before I can take a picture! https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/p1030039.jpgp1030039Number 6 took where the main current sweeps into this pool. I didn´t see number 7 but he was where I suspected in the little run of current on the far side. I pitched a little nymph in there and everything when solid. I figured I would spook the fish if I approached close enough to get a decent view.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/p1030044.jpgp10300442016-10-23T14:00:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/10/14/more-about-mice/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/p1030030.jpgp1030030Antonio suggested I replace my own popper with this one. He reckons big fish like big flies. I caught loads of bass on this popper - all of them pretty small!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/p1030028.jpgp1030028This is one of Antonio´s more conventional poppers. The white colour is unusual but he tells me it works just fine. To me this looks like the kind of thing you might expect to see walking down the aisle at a wedding.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/screen-shot-2016-10-12-at-13-55-30.pngscreen-shot-2016-10-12-at-13-55-30Steve avec poissonhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/screen-shot-2016-10-12-at-13-55-04.pngscreen-shot-2016-10-12-at-13-55-04Here´s the first of a couple mouse munching bass.2016-10-12T12:07:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/10/12/nymph-fishing-the-upper-guadalquivir/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/p1030026.jpgp1030026https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/p1030023.jpgp1030023https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscf3739.jpgdscf3739https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscf3746.jpgdscf3746https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscf3744.jpgdscf3744https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscf3742.jpgdscf3742Recognise these three? Antonio, Steve and Keith. This time we were fishing for beautiful trout in the upper Guadalquivir.2016-10-12T11:45:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/10/09/beautiful-trout/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/screen-shot-2016-10-09-at-16-02-56.pngscreen-shot-2016-10-09-at-16-02-56Pretty as a picturehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscf3741.jpgdscf3741https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscf3745.jpgdscf3745https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/screen-shot-2016-10-09-at-15-51-08.pngscreen-shot-2016-10-09-at-15-51-08Some fella with a particularly handsome Sheelin trout.2016-10-09T14:21:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/09/14/peter-and-the-monkey/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-09-14-at-19-00-09.pngscreen-shot-2016-09-14-at-19-00-09In the original telling of this tale, Pete suggested he had come face to face with a baboon but baboons seem to be restricted in their distribution. I would suggest that he might have instead come across a rhesus monkey which are commonly encountered in this region. This photograph was pinched from a story in the telegraph which is well worth reading. Here is the link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/11386681/Indian-brides-wanting-perfect-wedding-day-hiring-large-monkeys-to-scare-off-smaller-ones.html2016-09-14T17:20:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/09/13/being-nice-to-mice/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-09-12-at-22-30-06.pngscreen-shot-2016-09-12-at-22-30-06The cheese is impaled on that little spike inside the cage. Mr mouse starts nibbling it and the cage door slams shut. That´s the theory at least....https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscf3736.jpgdscf3736https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-09-12-at-22-57-37.pngscreen-shot-2016-09-12-at-22-57-37Mus musculus - cute but a little trouble maker.2016-09-19T05:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/09/12/fishing-report-of-10-september/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscf3733.jpgdscf3733You can get a feel for how shallow the river is here. The fish took just out of the canes on the far side and he was into them within a couple of seconds.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscf3732.jpgdscf3732He didn´t come quietly!2016-09-12T09:19:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/09/03/shark-scare/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-09-03-at-18-34-38.pngScreen Shot 2016-09-03 at 18.34.38This is a tintorera or blue shark which is relatively common in the Mediterranean. I pinched the photo from wikipedia and it was actually taken in California. Blue sharks are found off all of the world´s continents except the Antarctic. 2016-09-03T16:45:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/08/28/an-evening-with-leo/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscf3726.jpgDSCF3726I´m afraid this is not much of a photograph but it is the best I could manage. Here are some wild boar in the river a little way upstream of us.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscf3718.jpgDSCF3718Believe it or not there is a river here somewhere!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030017.jpgP1030017and with the the old manhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscf3723.jpgDSCF3723Leo avec poisson2016-08-28T20:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/08/28/a-day-with-mariano/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscf3714.jpgDSCF3714https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscf3708.jpgDSCF3708https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-27-at-13-49-29.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-27 at 13.49.29Here are a few of Mariano´s flies.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscf3713.jpgDSCF37132016-08-28T12:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/09/02/cindy-crawford-or-claudia-schiffer/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030007.jpgP1030007I realised that supplies were low and so tied up these nymphs before I went out. They are tied on jig hooks and one of them took the carp and some barbel too.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030014.jpgP1030014Nobody´s perfecthttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030012.jpgP1030012It took a lot of sustained pressure to finally beach him.2016-09-02T15:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/08/29/flies-on-parade/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-27-at-15-08-27.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-27 at 15.08.27Perdigoneshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030009.jpgP1030009Mariano really rates the dragonfly pattern for black bass.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030010.jpgP1030010All spit and polish2016-08-31T12:51:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/08/26/the-adventures-of-david-blair/2016-08-26T17:37:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/08/24/johans-bass-flies/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-24-at-19-16-56.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-24 at 19.16.56This has weighted dumbbell eyes and plenty of movement in the materials https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-24-at-19-16-40.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-24 at 19.16.40I have nothing like this onehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-24-at-19-16-15.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-24 at 19.16.15This popper has rubber legs and marabou. Just the kind of thing that bass like!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-24-at-19-15-47.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-24 at 19.15.47This was waiting for me at Nick and Heike Edwards´househttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-24-at-19-17-09.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-24 at 19.17.09A selection of Johan´s bass flies2016-08-24T17:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/08/22/the-franciscan-monastery-in-palma-del-rio/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-21-at-20-23-05.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-21 at 20.23.05We had a glass or two of red wine here.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-21-at-20-24-06.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-21 at 20.24.06The view from the window of our room.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-21-at-20-22-08.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-21 at 20.22.08The enclosed courtyard gives a little respite from the heat.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-21-at-20-25-02.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-21 at 20.25.02This is the Franciscan Monastery where Columbus stayed after one of his journeys to the New Word.2016-08-22T17:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/08/14/picking-up-a-bird/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-14-at-13-05-33.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-14 at 13.05.33The guy on the far right of the back row is the falconer. He is standing beside the Hogan contingent: Leo, myself and Catriona.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-14-at-14-18-27.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-14 at 14.18.27Picking up a bird at the local padel club! Who would have figured?https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-14-at-14-05-51.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-14 at 14.05.51I have never seen a Harris hawk in the wild and have used a photograph from elsewhere. It was found on this site: https://www.peregrinefund.org/explore-raptors-species/Harris's_Hawk2016-08-14T13:01:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/08/11/hats-off-to-orvis/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscf3707.jpgDSCF3707Just a matter of time!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dscf3706.jpgDSCF3706Look! I have a new fly rod!2016-08-23T11:20:27+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/08/09/return-to-montfrague/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-09-at-18-24-40.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-09 at 18.24.40This is the Salto de Gitano. Again this photo is not mine (have you noticed all the best photos come from someone else?!). This picture was sources from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Salto_del_Gitano.jpg https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-09-at-18-19-35.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-09 at 18.19.35The black vulture is the biggest of the lot. I am not sure if I have seen one. Maybe I did but failed to distinguish it from the much more common griffon vultures. This picture comes from http://birdingandwildphoto.eshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-09-at-18-12-36.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-09 at 18.12.36This lovely photograph shows griffon vultures. These are by far the most common vultures seen in Montfragüe. These vultures were photographed in Bulgaria where their numbers seem to be increasing. It was taken from https://www.rewildingeurope.comhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-09-at-18-05-36.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-09 at 18.05.36I found this lovely picture of a red-rumped swallow on oxonbirding.blogspot.com2016-08-09T16:30:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/08/07/women-in-swimsuits/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/screen-shot-2016-08-07-at-20-07-44.pngScreen Shot 2016-08-07 at 20.07.44Black winged stilts fly away from me whenever I try to photograph the so I pinched this photograph from http://www.birdsinbackyards.net If you want to know what the women in swimsuits looked like you will have to use your imagination!2016-08-07T18:27:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/07/31/just-down-the-road/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1020972.jpgP1020972https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscf3695.jpgDSCF3695This is one of a couple of gypsy barbel I took on a nymph. This fish has a little injury to the operculum (which was not caused by me) and was quickly returned to the river.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1020965.jpgP1020965The river looks good but I suspect the water quality here is poor. Certainly there was little sign of fish.2016-07-31T16:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/07/29/a-chance-encounter-with-mountain-goats/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screen-shot-2016-07-29-at-11-16-23.pngScreen Shot 2016-07-29 at 11.16.23https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screen-shot-2016-07-29-at-11-15-30.pngScreen Shot 2016-07-29 at 11.15.30https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screen-shot-2016-07-29-at-11-14-33.pngScreen Shot 2016-07-29 at 11.14.33https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1020990.jpgP1020990In the evening the ibex will climb down from the surrounding hills to graze close to the margins of the reservoir.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1020980.jpgP1020980They make light work of moving through difficult terrain.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1020984.jpgP1020984More often than not I have seen mothers with a single kid. The males tend to lead separate lives for much of the year.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1020977.jpgP1020977It is usually the movement of the ibex that gives them away.2016-07-29T09:21:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/07/25/crayfish-wars/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screen-shot-2016-07-25-at-12-39-47.pngScreen Shot 2016-07-25 at 12.39.47This is the native species. I have not seen one yet and so I have stolen this image from Wikipedia.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1020970.jpgP1020970The new kid on the block: Louisiana Crawfish2016-07-26T20:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/07/08/a-little-secret/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscf3687.jpgDSCF3687Here is the river flowing towards the northernmost part of Concepción.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscf3682.jpgDSCF3682Looking upstream on the Río Verde.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscf3675.jpgDSCF3675There´s plenty of room to park.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscf3666.jpgDSCF3666The reservoir is fed by the Río Verde. Before the dam wall was built the river would have continued down to the Meditetrranean.2016-07-08T20:58:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/07/03/grand-slam/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscf3677.jpgDSCF3677Where the river flows into Concepción the water is very clear. It is really beautiful here and there are quite a few fish to be seen.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screen-shot-2016-07-03-at-10-07-06.pngScreen Shot 2016-07-03 at 10.07.06One down - two to go!2016-07-03T16:44:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/07/02/a-nice-carp-2/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscf3667.jpgDSCF3667Harry Abbott saw a very big carp in Concepción but this is about as big as I have seen myself. It is certainly my biggest one so far!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscf3668.jpgDSCF3668https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screen-shot-2016-07-02-at-18-52-06.pngScreen Shot 2016-07-02 at 18.52.06An unexpected bonus!2016-07-03T06:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/06/30/new-recruits/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf3665.jpgDSCF3665When the guys move overseas to university they will no longer be able to catch this kind of barbel. It is quite a good reason to return to Andalucía!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screen-shot-2016-06-30-at-09-09-47.pngScreen Shot 2016-06-30 at 09.09.47https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screen-shot-2016-06-30-at-09-09-05.pngScreen Shot 2016-06-30 at 09.09.05I rested my real on a turtle I met in the shallows but he was not particularly amused.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf3657.jpgDSCF3657Frank worked a nymph through the water just downstream of the shallow riffle where we might often expect a fish but there was no one home.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf3656.jpgDSCF3656Two cool guys; Elliot Lee (on the left) and Frank Huisman. We´ve already met Frank. Elliott is now at the University of Leeds studying Environment and Business.2016-06-30T11:12:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/06/27/french-nymphing/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p1020952.jpgP1020952A team of two nymphs like this make up the business end of the operation. I will write something about these flies in another post.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf3629.jpgDSCF3629Here are a bunch of us out on the water learning the technique. Unfortunately there was quite a lot of water in the river due to water release from an upstream dam.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf3625.jpgDSCF3625Antonio Lloreda is showing Steve Lawler the ropes.2016-06-27T16:10:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/06/26/fishing-concepcion-with-johan/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf3655.jpgDSCF3655The scenery here is breathtaking.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf3654.jpgDSCF3654A little stream feeds into this arm of the reservoir. I parked up and explored on foot hoping to spot some barbel or carp at the inflow but, surprisingly, there were none to be seen.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf3652.jpgDSCF3652I hauled out to explore a little of the shoreline.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p1020958.jpgP1020958Johan in actionhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p1020961.jpgP1020961Johan Terblanche - the man himself2016-06-27T21:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/06/20/fishing-the-upper-guadalquivir/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf3647.jpgDSCF3647This is the river in the town of Mogón. I was thigh deep in the river here right underneath a suspension bridge.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf3638.jpgDSCF3638Steve Lawler fishing dry fly on the river. Soon after this photo was taken the river level rose and we had to make a quick exit!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscf3633.jpgDSCF36332016-06-20T08:58:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/06/10/tiger-mosquitos/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/screen-shot-2016-06-10-at-13-02-37.pngScreen Shot 2016-06-10 at 13.02.37Aedes albopictus. Now at a river near you! I pinched this piccie from: (www.bugwood.org)2016-06-10T11:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/05/27/summertime-and-the-living-is-easy/2016-05-28T07:43:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/05/26/mountaineering-turtle/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1020932.jpgP1020932Almost a rock but not quitehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1020931.jpgP1020931watchulookinat?2016-05-26T14:49:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/05/12/giant-catfish-or-tiny-trout/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/screen-shot-2016-05-12-at-17-06-21.pngScreen Shot 2016-05-12 at 17.06.21This Ebro catfish weighs over 240 pounds. It probably makes sense to keep it in the water. I pinched the image from: http://www.gofishing.co.uk/Angling-Times/Section/News--Catches/General-News/Catch-Reports/September-2009/World-Record-wels-catfish-caught-from-Spains-River-Ebro/2016-05-12T15:21:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/05/11/whats-the-best-fly-for-carp/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1020909.jpgP1020909This is the kind of thing I would use on the local river. There´s nothing magical about it but the carp in the river are quite spooky.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1020901.jpgP1020901Dave´s rubbery "beast." This carried plenty of ballast and was plenty lively when twitched back.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1020904.jpgP1020904Colin´s hopper2016-05-08T20:36:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/05/08/extremadura-fishing-party/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/photo-1-2.jpgphoto 1-2The Extremadura fishing party of 2016 (I think!). From left to right: Steve Lawler, Fred Carrie, Colin McLachlan, and Dave Felce. Fred runs an excellent fly fishing forum which can be accessed via this link: http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=forum 2016-05-08T19:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/05/02/dont-blame-the-horses/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscf3620.jpgDSCF3620https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1020884.jpgP1020884Some horses at the Romería2016-05-02T16:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/04/29/a-card-from-new-zealand/2016-04-29T07:36:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/04/24/hotel-peru/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screen-shot-2016-04-20-at-22-07-51.pngScreen Shot 2016-04-20 at 22.07.51Pizarro on his horse. I took a photo of this statue but, frankly, it wash´t great. This one was pinched from Wikipedia.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/unknown-2.jpegUnknown-2This is the statue of Pizarro in the town square.2016-04-24T17:49:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/04/15/greasy-pigs/2016-04-15T13:02:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/04/10/do-fish-play-golf/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screen-shot-2016-04-10-at-16-29-40.pngScreen Shot 2016-04-10 at 16.29.40This is the fella we have in our tank. I "stole" this image from this source: http://www.cheapfish.co.uk/TROPICAL-FISH-ONLINE.html2025-01-29T17:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/04/06/getting-a-fishing-licence/2019-08-12T10:03:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/03/29/back-from-the-river-2/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-18-27-23.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-29 at 18.27.23It´s worth persevering!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-18-27-47.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-29 at 18.27.47Some good barbel were stationed just in front of this rock where the turtles were sunbathing. As soon as you make yourself too obvious the turtles drop into the river and the fish become nervous!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-18-27-03.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-29 at 18.27.03It was an afternoon for seeking out some shade if you could find some.2016-03-29T16:33:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/03/27/goats-helicopters-and-flying-saucers/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-27-at-13-22-40.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-27 at 13.22.40I narrowly avoided aline abduction on the way home.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/p1020871.jpgP1020871This was one of five carp that I took a little further downstream.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/p1020870.jpgP1020870First up was this handsome Gypsy Barbel.2016-03-27T13:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/03/18/big-fish-in-a-small-pond/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-18-at-13-40-47.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-18 at 13.40.47Dave with his pike.2016-03-18T14:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/03/12/off-like-a-bullet/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscf3612.jpgDSCF36122016-03-12T11:17:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/03/11/pippas-poem/2016-03-17T13:22:24+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/03/09/me-in-my-little-red-dress/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-09-at-12-53-43.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-09 at 12.53.43When I wash´t making a fool of myself I tired to get away with a little standup. Here I am talking about a person who joined an online dating site and found only one match, which turned out to be a horse.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-09-at-12-53-22.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-09 at 12.53.22I´m the one in the middle.2016-03-12T12:49:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/03/06/fishing-report-of-5-march/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscf3606.jpgDSCF3606I was hoping to bump into some carp and was fortunate enough to catch three and another three barbel further downstream. Here is the last carp going home. I don´t think he realises he is free. A second after this photo was taken he gave a big swing of his tail and was gone.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscf3598.jpgDSCF3598https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dscf3596.jpgDSCF3596The fish were in the white water beneath the weir.2016-03-07T13:11:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/03/06/murrays-poem/2016-03-06T15:54:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/03/04/murray-thompson/2016-03-04T23:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/01/30/natterjack-toad/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screen-shot-2016-01-30-at-15-40-22.pngScreen Shot 2016-01-30 at 15.40.22¡Hola Maestro!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020855.jpgP1020855The Natterjack Toad. The pale line on his back can help to distinguish him from the common toad.2016-01-30T19:03:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/01/23/better-than-nothing/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020850.jpgP1020850I waited a long time to get him to stick out his head but this is about as far as it got!2016-01-23T19:29:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/01/16/prayers-answered/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscf3591.jpgDSCF3591Just the one today but he was a fine fish.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscf3590.jpgDSCF3590Hiding in plain sight! He´s in here somewhere.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscf3589.jpgDSCF3589It´s a pretty lousy photo but here we can see our little friend Mantis religious on my person somewhere.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscf3587.jpgDSCF3587This is a pretty section of river and it is a little while since I was here.2016-01-17T19:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/01/10/fives-a-crowd/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscf3585.jpgDSCF3585That´s more like it! There are some lovely little pools a kilometre or so upstream of Estación de Cártama. The last time I was here though I was with Steven Lawler and the two of us were nearly eaten alive by flies!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscf3584.jpgDSCF3584This is one of a couple of gypsy barbel taken before the crowds descended!2016-01-10T22:01:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/01/05/last-light/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscf3583.jpgDSCF35832016-01-06T11:51:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2016/01/03/opening-my-account/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020752.jpgP1020752This is Gregorio. He is an African Grey who resides at the Café Europa cafeteria close to the Río Guadalhorce. Having grown up in Andalucía his first language, naturally, is Spanish. When he is not asleep he greets visitors with a hearty "¡hola guapo!"https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020751.jpgP1020751In the foreground you can see the pale bellies of several fish. Close to the far bank a number of fish at the surface were regularly rising to tiny insects in the film.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020750.jpgP1020750This is the "branch" of the river where the first fish was taken. Further downstream there are a lot of snags.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020749.jpgP1020749The first of the year! further downstream I managed to catch a carp and another 8 gypsy barbel.2016-01-03T19:20:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/12/30/karaoke-in-villafranco/2015-12-30T12:52:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/12/28/indian-summer/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1020741.jpgP1020741I think I was thinking so hard about not dropping my camera into the drink that I nearly missed the subject of the photograph! Here the "eddy" carp is being released. I landed it in the calm water downstream of where it was taken.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1020740.jpgP1020740This carp came from an eddy at the moth of a pool. I was forced to "rest" this pool after a woman walked her horse through it!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1020737.jpgP1020737I caught 8 barbel and this was the best of them. It took the big ugly nymph that I used to overcome difficulties trying to cast a very lightweight fly on a long leader.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1020736.jpgP1020736Here´s me an a barbel. I´m the one on the right!2015-12-28T11:54:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/12/24/harrys-adventure/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-24-at-09-40-20.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-24 at 09.40.20 Saying goodbye to the Lochy.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-24-at-09-38-00.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-24 at 09.38.00Harry gets his feet wet in Wakatipuhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-24-at-09-34-50.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-24 at 09.34.50Bush tucker my arse!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-24-at-09-32-41.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-24 at 09.32.41I could get on with a guy like him.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-24-at-09-31-03.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-24 at 09.31.03The shearers accommodation was very comfortablehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-24-at-09-28-55.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-24 at 09.28.55Wow!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-24-at-09-27-31.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-24 at 09.27.31The old homesteadhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-24-at-09-22-35.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-24 at 09.22.35Maybe even happier than Larryhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-24-at-09-16-32.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-24 at 09.16.32Happy as Larryhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-24-at-09-11-20.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-24 at 09.11.20 Passing over the Remarkables Halfway Bay comes into view2015-12-24T08:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/12/21/an-odd-thing-2/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1020725.jpgP1020725Leo and I got a bit chilled when the evening came but we were treated to a fine sunset on the way back to the car.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1020724.jpgP1020724A horse admires the fish.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1020720.jpgP1020720The orange colour on the tail and anal fin is very distinctive on this fish.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1020719.jpgP1020719Leo with a barbel that was taken on a little bead head nymph.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1020715.jpgP1020715This gypsy barbel took a dry fly - a Royal Wulff.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1020712.jpgP1020712This turtle was chilling when we arrived but duly launched himself into the river when we got too close. The water is getting colder now so he was probably pretty pissed off!2015-12-22T22:55:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/12/14/four-thousand-three-hundred-and-twenty-two/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-11-28-at-18-56-12.pngScreen Shot 2015-11-28 at 18.56.12How many Hail Mary´s then?2015-12-16T14:12:32+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/11/02/fishing-report-of-1-november/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p1020574.jpgP1020574One benefit of rain is that sometimes the river becomes unfishable. This can be a good time to tie up a few flies for when things get better.2015-11-02T15:28:32+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/10/26/fly-fishing-for-carp-an-article-from-dave-felce/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screen-shot-2015-10-26-at-14-12-36.pngScreen Shot 2015-10-26 at 14.12.36Dave with a fine-looking carp from a previous adventure.2015-10-26T13:25:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/10/25/a-fine-fish/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p1020569.jpgP1020569I´ve tied some ugly flies before but this one, further mutilated at the riverside is about as ugly as they come!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscf3574.jpgDSCF3574The fish wandered briefly out of the main current into the little recess in the foreground. I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscf3572.jpgDSCF3572This lovely fish was the best of five I had this afternoon.2015-10-27T15:42:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/10/25/a-moment-in-morocco/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screen-shot-2015-10-25-at-13-30-17.pngScreen Shot 2015-10-25 at 13.30.17Having a blast.2015-10-25T12:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/10/11/fishing-report-of-10-october/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p1020521.jpgP1020521This little nymph took, tied on a size 14 barbless hook took 16 fish and held together pretty well. https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screen-shot-2015-10-10-at-21-03-34.pngScreen Shot 2015-10-10 at 21.03.34This carp was the biggest fish of the day.2015-10-18T07:54:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/10/04/a-simple-plan/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p1020507.jpgP1020507These are the nymphs which I use. Today all of the fish were taken on one and I didn´t need any of the spares.2015-10-04T19:29:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/09/27/the-best-of-both-worlds/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscf3546.jpgDSCF3546I caught four of these things - all on the same little nymph.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/p1020505.jpgP1020505Here is our muddy friend before he had a chance to swim off and give himself a good wash.2015-09-27T20:04:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/09/17/the-fishing-party/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscf3535.jpgDSCF3535Stuart did very well to hook a couple of good gypsy barbel. Unfortunately they both came off. He deserved better.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscf3536.jpgDSCF3536Here is another fishing party made up of two brothers and a pal. From left to right: Simon and Stuart Thompson and Jonathan.2015-09-19T20:37:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/08/31/adventures-in-thailand/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-31-at-20-05-32.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-31 at 20.05.32https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-31-at-20-05-22.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-31 at 20.05.22https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-31-at-20-05-08.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-31 at 20.05.08https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-31-at-20-04-55.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-31 at 20.04.55https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-31-at-20-04-44.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-31 at 20.04.44https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-31-at-20-04-31.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-31 at 20.04.31https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-31-at-20-04-20.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-31 at 20.04.20https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-31-at-20-04-08.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-31 at 20.04.08https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-31-at-20-03-53.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-31 at 20.03.53https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-31-at-20-03-38.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-31 at 20.03.382015-08-31T18:55:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/08/29/a-nice-carp/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020503.jpgP1020503This is the little nymph the fish accepted. It is looking a little weary after its adventure but, to be honest, it was never too beautiful to look at even in the flower of its youth.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020501.jpgP1020501A very handsome carp.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020499.jpgP1020499After manhandling the fish grounded in the rushes I had a chance to lay it down and have a better look at it.2015-09-05T07:35:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/08/23/fishing-report-of-22-august/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-23-at-14-01-42.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-23 at 14.01.42I think the lady in Café Europa likes me! https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020492.jpgP1020492A pretty carp.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020490.jpgP1020490Orvis cleverly put their name on the reel seat and so guys like me give them quite a lot of free advertising!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020488.jpgP1020488There were still some fish around!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020487.jpgP1020487Look what hey did to my river! The last time I was here the vegetation next to the river was waist-high. It was a beautiful spot.2015-08-24T10:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/08/19/a-fine-trout-from-rutland/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-19-at-08-50-16.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-19 at 08.50.16This is the trout! It was just shy of 5 pounds and taken a couple of evenings ago. Harry says that he caught a 3 pound "tiddler" afterwards which he returned.2015-08-19T07:05:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/08/16/jim-corbetts-rifle/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020373.jpgP1020373We were allowed to hold the famous rifle presented to Corbett in 1907 but had to put on special gloves to do so.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-15-at-17-43-10.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-15 at 17.43.10Jim Corbett and the Tigress of Champarat. This tigress had killed 436 people over several years in Nepal and India. When Corbett examined the carcass he discovered that the canine two of the canine teeth had been badly damaged in a previous shooting and it is likely that this resulted in the animal switching to humans instead of her natural prey. Corbett found that other man-eaters had suffered injuries which compromised their ability to hunt. 2015-08-17T07:47:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/08/10/all-good-things-come-to-an-end/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf3518.jpgDSCF3518Mark´s face is a picture of jubilation! After a few days of hard fishing his whiskers grow and he looks a bit like Desperate Dan.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf3523.jpgDSCF3523We pinched one of these and headed out into the lough.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf3519.jpgDSCF3519Two fine specimenshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf3507.jpgDSCF3507This is the first rainbow trout I have taken in Ireland2015-08-11T09:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/08/08/another-day-another-lough/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020426.jpgP1020426This handsome trout was taken by Sean. He had another about twice as heavy. All the fish were returned.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020425.jpgP1020425Mark and myself about to embark.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf3502.jpgDSCF3502Here Sean and I are fishing from a pretty conventional boat. Mark McCann took this photo. We were pretty frozen at the time and dreaming of a pint after a few hours out on Lough Mask.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf3500.jpgDSCF3500Corrib is vast2015-08-08T09:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/08/07/trout-from-the-hill-loughs/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020423.jpgP1020423The last fish of the day. There was not enough light to pick up on the red spots but the halos surrounding the dark spots are very clear.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf3499.jpgDSCF3499One of Mark´shttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020417.jpgP1020417Fishing can take you to beautiful placeshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020420.jpgP1020420This lovely trout is no giant but for a lough like this one it is a good fishhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020418.jpgP1020418When you clear a ridge the lough comes into viewhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf3493.jpgDSCF3493Getting ready to trek towards a remote lough.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020415.jpgP1020415Nacorra2015-08-08T10:50:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/08/06/skunked-on-lough-carra/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020394.jpgP1020394Meg susses out the prospects2015-09-09T08:45:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/08/05/great-western-adventure/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p10203871.jpgP1020387https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020387.jpgP1020387https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020386.jpgP1020386A nice place, this.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020385.jpgP1020385All taken at the same time on the first drift!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1020384.jpgP1020384One of Mark´shttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf3490.jpgDSCF3490This is a beautifully marked fish that Sean caught.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf3486.jpgDSCF3486This was fairly typical of the better fishhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscf3487.jpgDSCF3487Look at these mean ugly fishermen. You think a squall will deter them? 2015-08-06T10:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/07/30/three-men-in-a-boat/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscf3481.jpgDSCF3481The scenery around Rutland reservoir is lovely.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscf3480.jpgDSCF3480The fishing this evening was "dour", which is a euphemism for crap. But this was certainly not true of the scenery.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscf3478.jpgDSCF3478These are some of Harry´s flies. He does´t actually use most of these ones but I think they look great.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscf3477.jpgDSCF3477Harry and John Abbott letting the good times roll on Rutland in the summer of 2015. On the previous day Harry caught heaps of trout here and I caught one! The day we fished with John the fishing was pretty crap but we all enjoyed ourselves.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscf3475.jpgDSCF3475Harry with a handsome brown trout. It was pouring with rain when he caught it. https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1020357.jpgP1020357This is my first legitimate Rutland trout. It took a hare´s ear nymph2015-08-08T09:18:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/07/29/when-harry-met-hogie/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1020346.jpgP1020346Here are a couple of damselflies enjoying a bit of "slap and tickle" on my hand.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscf3474.jpgDSCF3474This handsome fish was the only brown trout of the day and was caught and returned by Harry.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1020352.jpgP1020352Here you can see that a pectoral is missing.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscf3469.jpgDSCF3469My own fish showing its "good" sidehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscf3467.jpgDSCF3467We used a drogue to slow our drifts and fished mainly small nymphs.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscf3460.jpgDSCF3460This is Harry with his first and best fish of the day. He lost a bigger fish later. I wonder if he is asleep yet?!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscf3463.jpgDSCF3463Don´t ever go fishing with this man!2015-07-29T23:15:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/07/25/the-royal-wulff/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1020341.jpgP1020341David´s tyinghttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1020342.jpgP1020342The white wings are tied from calf tail and can be easily seen even when the light conditions are not so good.2015-07-25T18:05:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/07/20/a-monster-from-british-columbia/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image.jpegimageJohn Langridge and his White Sturgeon from the Fraser River of British Columbia.2025-08-16T00:27:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/07/15/dry-river/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-15-at-15-35-49.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-15 at 15.35.49Publishing my book was a major highlight of the year. I had so much fun writing it and attending the book launch! If you are interested in it it is sold by anglebooks.com It is largely about fishing but is not a "hard ass" fishing book. My Mum enjoyed it!2015-08-25T09:06:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/07/11/me-and-glamorous-young-women/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-11-at-09-46-26.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-11 at 09.46.26Anmol´s Landscapehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1020318.jpgP1020318This is Anmolhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1020317.jpgP1020317It is entirely to be expected that a charismatic chap like me should be surrounded by beautiful young women. Merel is on the left of the picture and Sarah is on the right.2015-07-11T09:28:27+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/08/15/trout-fishing-with-god/2015-07-10T13:57:32+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/07/10/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1020333.jpgP1020333This is a dry fly which looks like some fly which is having a pretty rough day. It looks like a bit of a mess but that is often the way drowned insects look too.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1020334.jpgP1020334This one is a little less flamboyant and perhaps more likely to be accepted by a barbel.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1020330.jpgP1020330This ridiculous-looking thing is intended to catch the eye of carp when they have their heads down.2015-07-10T13:28:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/07/07/barracuda/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-07-at-18-26-41.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-07 at 18.26.41There are 28 species of barracuda and they are found in tropical and sub-tropical waters worldwide.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-07-at-18-20-52.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-07 at 18.20.52Beautifulhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-07-at-13-24-33.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-07 at 13.24.33This is one of John´s sailfish. John shows a lot of respect for the fish he catches and I´m sure that after a "trophy shot" it will be released again.2015-07-07T16:59:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/07/07/up-to-his-old-tricks/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-07-at-10-03-32.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-07 at 10.03.32A little closer to home - the big bluefin tuna taken by Steven Lawler´s neighbour.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-07-at-10-06-07.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-07 at 10.06.07John Langridge up to his old tricks!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-07-at-10-06-40.pngScreen Shot 2015-07-07 at 10.06.40The sailfish is one of the fasted fish in the sea.2015-07-07T08:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/06/29/fishing-report-of-28-june/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscf3433.jpgDSCF3433When it is very hot the most comfortable place to be is in the river. You can get quite close to the fish but they can be very uncooperative!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscf3425.jpgDSCF3425I got there in the end!2015-06-29T16:42:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/06/21/feckin-flies/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020312.jpgP1020312This gypsy barbel is a male. The distinctive tubercles on the head are still visible. They are very prominent in the spawning season and will soon disappear.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020310.jpgP1020310And the end resulthttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020308.jpgP1020308Steve in action2015-08-20T20:55:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/06/21/may-the-odds-be-ever-in-your-favour/2015-06-21T14:00:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/06/20/glamping/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020262.jpgP1020262And I left my fishing rod at home!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020225.jpgP1020225Here is a Guadiaro fish. Even though it is indistinct, enough can be seen to identify it as a gypsy barbel.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020206.jpgP1020206Here is a section of the Upper Guadiaro.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020193.jpgP1020193Here is Pippa crashed out on a hammock. The tent we stayed in is just behind. Girls like Pippa deserve as much luxury as they can get!2015-06-20T16:15:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/06/14/a-tale-of-two-flies/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020306.jpgP1020306Here is yesterday´s nymph tidied up a bit for the picture alongside the fly that inspired it. The materials give it a hint of life and a kind of "worminess." You may notice the hook has been straightened a little after a tough scrap with a carp.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020296.jpgP1020296Inspired by the success of that fly I put together the "A team"shown here. In the end I fished only one of these and the fish seemed to like it just fine.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020305.jpgP1020305After further abuse at the "fly" is looking as though it is close to retirement. A proper fly tier would probably wince at the sight of something like this but the fish seem to like it.2015-06-14T12:46:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/06/13/fishing-report-of-14-june/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020302.jpgP1020302And another for good measure!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020303.jpgP1020303This carp is no monster but he was quite a handful with snags around. Look at the great big tail he has!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020301.jpgP1020301Most turtles plunge into the river at the drop of a hat but this fella couldn´t be arsed! He did eventually drop in but you could tell he wash´t too keen on the idea.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscf3432.jpgDSCF3432On his way again.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020299.jpgP1020299Gypsy barbel have a very distinctive yellow belly and this can often be enough to identify them.2015-06-13T21:11:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/06/12/what-the-hell-is-a-mero/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-19-39-41.pngScreen Shot 2015-06-12 at 19.39.41Blue-spotted grouper. I pinched this one from: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephelinaehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-20-34-18.pngScreen Shot 2015-06-12 at 20.34.18Dusky grouper. I pinched this picture from: http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=754&pic=682015-06-12T18:56:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/06/11/old-trout/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020295.jpgP10202952015-06-12T10:21:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/06/08/fishing-report-of-8-june/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscf3420.jpgDSCF3420This is a gypsy barbel jest before it went omits way.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020291.jpgP1020291Pretty things thesehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020293.jpgP1020293And here is the carp. It was as strong as an ox.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p1020294.jpgP1020294This is the "nymph" the carp took. It has since become eve more dishevelled.2015-06-08T20:34:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/06/09/glossy-ibis/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screen-shot-2015-06-07-at-13-35-27.pngScreen Shot 2015-06-07 at 13.35.27This is the fella that I saw - the glossy ibis. This picture was taken in the states by a guy called Michael Hogan - no relative of mine! I pinched it from: http://www.acris.nynhp.org/guide.php?id=6762https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screen-shot-2015-06-07-at-13-31-09.pngScreen Shot 2015-06-07 at 13.31.09This is a northern bald ibis or a ibis, sadly now very rare. This picture was pinched from: http://www.konicaminolta.com/kids/endangered_animals/library/sky/northern-bald-ibis.htmlhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/screen-shot-2015-06-07-at-13-25-51.pngScreen Shot 2015-06-07 at 13.25.51This picture of a sacred ibis was taken in France. I pinched it from this site: http://www.birdingworld.co.uk/images/SacredIbises.pdf2015-06-07T12:08:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/06/07/beautiful-game/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_223620_resized.jpg20150606_223620_resizedAll eyes on Barcelona2015-06-07T09:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/22/schrodingers-cat-and-ours/2015-05-22T11:38:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/19/seans-fishing-report/2015-05-19T17:54:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/17/the-night-heron-and-the-fish/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1020190.jpgP1020190https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1020189.jpgP1020189In the foreground you can see a gypsy barbel powering its way upstream over the sill.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1020185.jpgP1020185The night heron (Nyctocorax nictocorax)2015-05-17T21:00:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/19/europa-man/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3392.jpgDSCF3392This would be my choice.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3393.jpgDSCF3393Here is one option.2015-05-20T06:59:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/21/a-man-with-about-400-goats/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3388.jpgDSCF3388Goats seem to get a real kick out of standing on things.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3387.jpgDSCF3387As I walked upstream the goats and herders were approaching on the opposite bank. https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3385.jpgDSCF3385When I arrived at the river the goat were just chilling.2015-05-17T15:28:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/15/snakes-why-did-it-have-to-be-snakes/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-15-at-18-10-43.pngScreen Shot 2015-05-15 at 18.10.43Lataste´s viper - this image was taken from chttp://www.wildaboutspain.com/photo-blog/butterflies-of-the-sierra-nevadahttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-15-at-18-06-41.pngScreen Shot 2015-05-15 at 18.06.41This is a Montpellier snake. This is Spain´s largest snake and can grow to 2 metres. This lovely photo was taken from this site: https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/montpellier-snake2015-05-15T16:26:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/12/first-carp-of-the-season/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3375.jpgDSCF3375On its way again.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3371.jpgDSCF3371The first carp of the year.2015-05-14T11:14:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/12/being-a-man/2015-05-12T09:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/11/close-encounter-with-a-snake/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-11-at-21-01-09.pngScreen Shot 2015-05-11 at 21.01.09This is not my photo but I believe it is the kind of snake we came across this evening. The photo comes from this source: http://amiralles.com/imagemaroc/macro2.JPG2015-05-12T18:59:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/08/barbel-leaping-like-salmon/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3352.jpgDSCF3352This is a nice shot of Steven Lawler after a very good afternoon on the river.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3357.jpgDSCF3357https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3356.jpgDSCF3356https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3353.jpgDSCF33532015-05-08T15:03:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/04/nearly-pissing-on-a-partridge/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3359.jpgDSCF3359All you needhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3361.jpgDSCF3361Fish or no fish, there´s nothing wrong with spending a few hours in a place like this.2015-05-04T18:23:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/03/the-first-of-the-day/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf3347.jpgDSCF3347The first of the day.2015-05-03T16:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/05/02/naked-slovenian-woman/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/250px-soca_4.jpg250px-Soca_4The Soca River, Slovenia2015-05-02T19:03:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/04/30/red-legged-partridge/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/red-leg-partridge-the-last-rays.jpgRed Leg Partridge - the last raysI found this lovely picture on this site: http://galleryhip.com/partridge.html2015-04-30T15:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/04/25/fishing-report-of-25-april/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3343.jpgDSCF3343This was the best fish of the day.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3339.jpgDSCF3339A nice-looking poppy.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3342.jpgDSCF3342Wild boar have been here recently. Their tracks are often seen at the edge of the river.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3334.jpgDSCF3334This is one of three fish from last Saturday just before it was off on its way again.2015-04-26T07:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/04/20/just-what-the-doctor-ordered/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3325.jpgDSCF3325This was the second of two black bass. The first was a similar size.2015-04-20T12:24:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/04/13/el-caminito-del-rey/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3295.jpgDSCF3295We tried to estimate the height of this cliff - we figured it rises straight up about 400 feethttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3289.jpgDSCF3289It is helpful to have a reasonable head for heights here!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3284.jpgDSCF3284https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3282.jpgDSCF3282From a little further back!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3281.jpgDSCF3281This is a gap between two railway tunnels which pass through the rock. A train passed through this shortly before the photograph was taken.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3276.jpgDSCF3276Two intrepid adventurers! My wife saw this picture and says I look like a dork. It´s the hair net apparently! This is a picture of Julio Rodriguez and me on the Caminito del Rey.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3273.jpgDSCF3273https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3272.jpgDSCF3272https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3271.jpgDSCF3271https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3268.jpgDSCF32682015-04-20T16:53:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/04/19/out-with-the-camera/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1020170.jpgP1020170Another flower. Most of my flowers were out of focus. This is better than most! 7/10https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender-7.jpgFullSizeRender-7Barney doing his thing. Pippa´s picture. 7/10https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1020155.jpgP1020155The field down the road. One of mine. 9/10https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender-6.jpgFullSizeRender-6This was the judge´s favourite and mine. Pippa´s picture of flowers just outside the house 9/10https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1020143.jpgP1020143This is one of mine - the bird was a few metres away so I was pretty happy. Unfortunately it was not looking my way! 9/10https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender-5.jpgFullSizeRender-5Flowers in the campo - Pippa 8/10https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1020137.jpgP1020137One of mine - a flower we passed along the way 9/10https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender-4.jpgFullSizeRender-4Here is a picture Pippa took of Brutus in the spring of 2015.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p1020126.jpgP1020126Agave - this is one of mine. 8/10https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender-3.jpgFullSizeRender-3Butterfly. Pippa´s picture. 7/102015-04-19T20:31:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/04/17/a-sad-story/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3286.jpgDSCF3286Poor guyshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3264.jpgDSCF3264Close to here a cable passed from one side to another and people would use it as a zip wire to cross the gorge.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3288.jpgDSCF3288Here is the pipe that now carries the water. It crosses between two cliff faces here.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3299.jpgDSCF3299You can see here a part of the old canal.2015-04-17T13:24:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/04/16/julio-the-king-and-i/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3300.jpgDSCF3300Me too!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3302.jpgDSCF3302Julio sits on the King´s chairhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3208.jpgDSCF3208A more detailed account of the history is provided here.2015-04-16T14:35:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/04/11/chance-encounter/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3317.jpgDSCF3317Lovely fish these!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3315.jpgDSCF3315As luck would have it a chance encounter allowed me share a photo with my second fish. Shortly before this fish was caught I much bigger fish came off.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3312.jpgDSCF3312I carried out a crude survey of this beautiful stretch of the Río Grande. Conditions seemed ideal but it was virtually devoid of fish!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3311.jpgDSCF3311This is where the Río Grande (on the left) meets the Río Guadalhorce.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3308.jpgDSCF3308Here is the first barbel just before it slipped its moorings.2015-04-11T19:46:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/04/06/harrys-clutha-trout/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderHarry´s Clutha trout.2015-04-06T09:30:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/04/07/the-benefits-of-being-a-duck/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3170.jpgDSCF3170Conde del Guadalhorce Reservoir - before the construction of the dam wall in 1920 this did not exist.2015-04-10T19:28:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/04/05/another-way-of-looking-at-things/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3181.jpgDSCF3181softly after this picture was taken the fish was unhooked and swam away strongly.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3182.jpgDSCF3182They are even more prominent here. It is also interesting to see the raised nostril of the fish.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscf3174.jpgDSCF3174This is a male fish. The breeding tubercles are quite clearly visible. They will disappear after the spawning season.2015-04-05T18:05:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/03/31/better-than-chores/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3156.jpgDSCF3156On its way.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3161.jpgDSCF3161Christ! I didn´t realise I was quite so bald! The fish here is swimming off strongly.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3157.jpgDSCF3157This fish was unusually deeply hooked and the nymph had to be removed carefully with forceps.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3152.jpgDSCF3152My turn!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3151.jpgDSCF3151.....and on its way again.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3146.jpgDSCF3146Here is my son Leo. He hooked and played this fish very skilfully in a relatively open water. The odds were in his favour.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3145.jpgDSCF3145Which was carefully unhooked.......https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3142.jpgDSCF3142Within a few minutes odour arrival Leo was into a good fish....2015-03-31T07:07:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/03/29/better-than-watching-the-telly/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3139.jpgDSCF3139I don´t know how many ravens there were but I counted around 40.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3136.jpgDSCF3136It´s really lovely here and rarely another soul to be seen.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3133.jpgDSCF3133Gypsy Barbel2015-03-29T20:49:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/03/29/black-bass-fishing-at-concepcion/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3127.jpgDSCF3127We pulled up to this abandoned stone building. Wild boar have been rooting around here recently and you can see the disturbed ground all around.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3126.jpgDSCF3126What a hunk!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3125.jpgDSCF3125My first black bass of the year.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3121.jpgDSCF3121If you go about things quietly the fish show little fear.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscf3118.jpgDSCF3118Carp were active in the recently flooded shallows.2015-03-29T12:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/03/24/dennis-mosss-trout/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_2597-2.jpgDSC_2597-2The real thing!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mrmossgeoff.jpgmrmossgeoffThe painting2015-03-24T17:23:37+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/03/17/selfies/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020107.jpgP1020107Que guapo!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020103.jpgP1020103The gypsy barbel are in fine fettle at this time of the year. They are also close to their spawning time with the odd male displaying tubercles. When spawning time comes I will leave them alone.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020102.jpgP1020102I think I did a little better this time!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020101.jpgP1020101This was my first attempt but I realise I chopped the nose off my fish!2015-03-19T14:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/03/09/pippas-big-day/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo-5.jpgphoto-5Pipster2015-03-09T09:31:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/03/12/dances-with-gypsies/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020057.jpgP1020057My old partner in crime2015-03-14T12:38:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/03/14/why-did-the-caterpillars-cross-the-road/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020051.jpgP1020051If you look closely you can see the nests high up in the pine trees.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020043.jpgP1020043Here is a typical nest. Interestingly there are no "doors" so when they caterpillars leave they just "bust out" through the silk.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020041.jpgP1020041Here´s the lad in the fronthttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020037.jpgP1020037Head to toehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020034.jpgP1020034Here is the whole procession on its way. Processions like this can be several metres long.2015-03-08T20:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/03/04/seven-points/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020055.jpgP1020055Thanks!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1020053.jpgP1020053Seven points!2015-03-04T20:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/03/03/goodnight-bonita/2015-03-05T08:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/02/15/an-odd-thing/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc01653-2.jpgDSC01653-2One of Norman´s skies.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscf3111.jpgDSCF3111Here is the fish and, on the right, the swim feeder to which it was attached by a short length of line.2015-02-15T21:37:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/02/08/magic-beans/2015-02-08T21:16:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/02/01/yesterdays-sky/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscf3108.jpgDSCF3108https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscf3107.jpgDSCF3107https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscf3106.jpgDSCF3106https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscf3105.jpgDSCF3105https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscf3104.jpgDSCF31042015-02-01T22:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/01/31/incest-and-morris-dancing/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1020029.jpgP1020029I tied these things up especially! 2015-01-31T20:46:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/01/25/pike-fishing-with-steven-lawler/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf3095.jpgDSCF3095From Zahara de la Sierra you can get a fine view of the reservoir. The shadow of the mountain on which the town is perched is beginning to fall over the reservoir.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf3097.jpgDSCF3097They built the towns here in tough terrain for protection against the moors.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf3085.jpgDSCF3085I like it here!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf3091.jpgDSCF3091Steve Lawler sitting in his armchair!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf3088.jpgDSCF3088The bass would love it here2015-01-27T11:43:24+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/01/18/fishing-report-of-17-january/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf3005.jpgDSCF3005Both fish were taken where the current slackened here.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf3006.jpgDSCF3006The second fishhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf3004.jpgDSCF3004Just before releasehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf3002.jpgDSCF3002This fish was unhooked in the water.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1020014.jpgP1020014These were tied a little heavier than usual.2015-01-18T20:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/01/18/walking-with-a-one-eyed-dog/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1010003.jpgP1010003Et tu Brute? Even Brutus ran into the house when the thunder struck. What a baby!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1020012.jpgP1020012No half measures!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf3017.jpgDSCF3017On the hoofhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf3053.jpgDSCF3053Brutus2015-01-18T19:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/01/10/fishing-report-of-10-january/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1000019.jpgP1000019This stupid-looking nymph is what the two fish took. I couldn´t find the prettier and slimmer pink nymph I used last week.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1000018.jpgP1000018Getting darkhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1000014.jpgP1000014And the secondhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1000012.jpgP1000012The first gypsy barbel.2015-01-10T21:33:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/01/05/little-pink-nymph/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pink-nymph.jpgPink nymphVoila!2015-01-05T12:56:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2015/01/03/fishing-report-of-january-3/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf1695.jpgDSCF1695What a nice start to the New Year! https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf1694.jpgDSCF1694The second fishhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf1692.jpgDSCF1692The fish could not be seen but were on the far side of this stretch.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf1690.jpgDSCF1690The little pink nymph and the first fish of the yearhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf1689.jpgDSCF1689Wild boar had made their way to the river recently.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf1684.jpgDSCF1684In water only centimetres deep there were footprints of herons.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf1683.jpgDSCF1683This is a long pool where you might normally expect to spot fish. Not today though! The fish were a little too deep.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf1682.jpgDSCF1682These guys were asking where it would be shallow enough to cross the river. The truth is you can cross almost anywhere.2015-01-03T20:35:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/12/31/frost/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dscf1675.jpgDSCF1675Bonitahttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/frost.jpgfrostWe get relatively little frost herehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/frost-2.jpgfrost 2First light2014-12-31T10:18:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/11/29/rain/2014-11-29T11:25:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/11/25/spanish-imperial-eagle/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/foto_2_aguila_imperial.jpgfoto_2_aguila_imperialHere is a picture I pinched from www.visitextremadura.co.uk2014-11-25T21:38:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/11/23/theres-always-one-sucker-out-there/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1577.jpgDSCF1577With sensitive barbels these fish can feed well even when the river is quite coloured.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1578.jpgDSCF1578There´s always one sucker! This turned out to be a pretty respectable barbel. It is a while since I had a bigger one.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1575.jpgDSCF1575It was good fun trying to stalk along this bank but all to no avail.2014-11-23T13:09:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/11/18/weekend-fishing-report/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1572.jpgDSCF1572This barbel was one of two that were taken on Saturday in the last hour of daylight.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1573.jpgDSCF1573Another afternoon on the river. Here are a couple of horses chilling.2014-11-19T21:43:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/11/15/murray-thompsons-trout-2/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1570.jpgDSCF1570Murray Thompson´s trouthttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fish.jpgfishThe big Onslow trout2015-03-26T08:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/11/08/off-with-you/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1568.jpgDSCF1568Barbel number 10! A red letter day!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1565.jpgDSCF1565All the fish took this little nymph. It is looking a little the worse for wear here!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1561.jpgDSCF1561The barbel can be spooky but today they were feeding well.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1560.jpgDSCF1560The carp in this river often seem to have an orange lower margin on the tail fin. This was my only carp of the day.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1559.jpgDSCF1559Often carp will feed in water too shallow for them to swim in!2014-11-13T19:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/11/07/marks-trout/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2012-09-07-15-43-27.jpg2012-09-07 15.43.27The real thinghttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1533.jpgDSCF1533This is it more or less finished.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1534.jpgDSCF1534The water colour version of Mark´s trout takes shape.2014-11-08T20:09:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/11/01/the-fishing-gods-dole-out-wrath-and-good-fortune/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1557.jpgDSCF1557The carp and three barbel came from this pool. If the fish had gone into the snags on the far side I would have been in real trouble. https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1553.jpgDSCF1553I was delighted with this lovely carp. It took the same little nymph (size 14) as the barbel. It was closely shadowed throughout the fight by a companion fish of almost exactly the same size.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1552.jpgDSCF1552And another onehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1546.jpgDSCF1546Another nice fellahttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1543.jpgDSCF1543I think this was the best of the barbel. It is a while since I had a bigger one!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dscf1542.jpgDSCF1542Sometimes the released fish hang around in the shallows for a bit. It´s almost as though it does not dawn on them that they are free to go!2014-11-02T20:00:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/11/03/wild-boar-on-the-river/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/jabalc3ad.jpgjabalíEl Jabalíhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1506.jpgDSCF1506It looks like they were rooting around here.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1494.jpgDSCF1494I got a bit carried away taking pictures of their foot prints!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1483.jpgDSCF1483These are quite heavy animals. The females normally weigh between 45 and 60 kg although the males can be much heavier.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1508.jpgDSCF1508The boar appeared just to the edge of a dense bank of canes and returned to deep cover as soon as they saw me.2014-10-31T21:22:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/10/31/stuck-in-the-mud/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1539.jpgDSCF1539What a hero!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1537.jpgDSCF1537Here is Mark after he nearly vanished in the mud last time! https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1536.jpgDSCF1536The outlet of the Río Verde is as muddy as hell but some bits are deeper than others.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1535.jpgDSCF1535Mark likes to try to impersonate Lawrence of Arabia when he goes fishing.2014-11-01T17:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/10/29/paying-the-water-bill/2014-10-29T20:15:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/10/29/fishing-report-from-the-guadalhorce/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1510.jpgDSCF1510This was the last of the day. I ever saw him and relied on a little foam indicator.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1509.jpgDSCF1509I hooked a good fish just here. The water is relatively deep. He was on the line just long enough to show what a nice fish he was!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1505.jpgDSCF1505It had been some time since I have had a chance to catch a barbel. This was the first of the day.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1507.jpgDSCF1507It is beautiful here. Just beside the river here are groves of eukalyptus trees.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1504.jpgDSCF1504The tracks of wild boar can be seen here on the riverbank.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1478.jpgDSCF1478River flow on the Guadalhorce has been bolstered by recent rain.2014-10-30T08:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/10/26/fishing-report-from-concepcion/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1527.jpgDSCF1527Handsome things, these.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1526.jpgDSCF1526This was the best of three carp. I hooked one which I think was much bigger but it came off!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1524.jpgDSCF1524This is one of a couple of gipsy barbel that fell for the woolly bugger.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1521.jpgDSCF1521This is the "new" estuary. I would guess that the "old" one is about 2 km away!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1520.jpgDSCF1520We could use a little rain here!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1518.jpgDSCF1518Here and there tracks can be seen in the dried mud. I think these ones are from ibex which are can sometimes be seen in the rough terrain around the reservoir.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1516.jpgDSCF1516When water levels rise again I wonder if predatory black bass will lurk in the sharply delineated groove carved by the river?https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1515.jpgDSCF1515The Río Verde feeds Concepción with river water but there has been too little to prevent a huge fall in the water levels of the reservoir.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1514.jpgDSCF1514High and dryhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1513.jpgDSCF1513Where has it gone?2014-10-27T08:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/10/22/fat-pig/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscf1468.jpgDSCF1468Gordito2014-10-22T20:22:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/10/11/my-old-car/2014-10-11T10:07:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/10/08/the-boysfishing-adventure-a-tale-from-oireland/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-09-27-19-09-13.jpg2014-09-27 19.09.13https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-09-27-19-08-47.jpg2014-09-27 19.08.47https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-09-27-15-31-58.jpg2014-09-27 15.31.58https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-09-26-16-05-19.jpg2014-09-26 16.05.19https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-09-26-15-57-13.jpg2014-09-26 15.57.13https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-09-26-15-56-53.jpg2014-09-26 15.56.53https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-05-27-14-06-04.jpg2014-05-27 14.06.04https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-05-27-12-16-07.jpg2014-05-27 12.16.072014-10-05T20:41:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/10/05/two-fellas-a-kid-a-woman-and-a-horse/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141005_135710.jpg20141005_135710Que chulo!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141005_135627.jpg20141005_135627A woman on a horse with a fan (the woman,not the horse)https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141005_135535.jpg20141005_135535You only live oncehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141005_134737.jpg20141005_134737Horse not doing cool thingshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141005_134729.jpg20141005_134729Horse doing cool things2014-10-05T20:06:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/09/30/bass-fever/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/black-bass.jpgblack bassThis is a print of a black bass painting I made a couple of years ago. Colin bought a couple of my prints which provided a little beer money!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/me-harry-and-trout.jpgme harry and troutAnd the trout!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/me-harry-and-barbel.jpgme harry and barbelI traded this float tube for 3 watercolour paintings. Harry Abbott is here in the photo with me. He is an old fishing buddy of mine and I have spent more days out tubing with him than with anybody else.2014-09-30T18:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/09/28/red-necked-nightjar/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lesser-kestrel.jpglesser kestrelThis is another of Harry´s photos but it is not a nightjar. It is a lesser kestrel - a bird of southern Erope which, like the nightjar, is predominantly an insect feeder. The insects may be taken on the ground or on the wing.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-1-4.jpgphoto 1 (4)They spend the day crouched like this and are very unlikely to be seen.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/nightjar-by-day.jpgnightjar by dayNot an easy thing to spot!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/another-nightjar.jpganother nightjarRed-necked nighjar2014-09-28T07:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/09/21/camels-in-cartama/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/camel-2.jpgcamel 2Camels in Cártamahttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/camel.jpgcameleh?2014-09-21T21:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/09/10/pearls-of-wisdom-2/2014-09-10T19:22:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/09/07/september-6-looking-over-the-river/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscf1401.jpgDSCF1401The same part of the river yesterday evening.2014-09-07T20:20:27+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/08/31/carp-fishing-with-leo/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1400.jpgDSCF1400Don´t worry. Fishing can be like this!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1399.jpgDSCF1399There were a couple of fish in this shallow pool but they had no intentions of becoming better acquainted with us.2014-09-07T18:37:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/08/30/sperm-whale-sighting-in-the-straits-of-gibraltar/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1397.jpgDSCF1397If you are interested in whales you might like to read this book. It is "mighty" as we Paddies like to say.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sperm-whale_717_600x450.jpgsperm-whale_717_600x450This is a National Geographic picture. What a beast!2014-08-31T08:58:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/08/24/fishing-report-of-23-august-evening/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1374.jpgDSCF1374A beautiful carp2014-08-24T08:04:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/08/23/fishing-report-of-23-august/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1372.jpgDSCF1372Lucashttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1370.jpgDSCF1370There were a few bee eaters knocking around. These beautiful birds will soon be off to Africa.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1367.jpgDSCF1367By the time I had taken this photo a whole bunch of turtles had dropped into the river. These ones were a little slow off the mark.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1366.jpgDSCF1366In this stretch the barbel were in and among the trailing vegetation. A careful cast would allow these fish to see, and then ignore, your fly.2014-08-23T11:30:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/08/21/fishing-report-of-20-august/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1362.jpgDSCF1362El zorohttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1361.jpgDSCF1361Not so far away this time!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1360.jpgDSCF1360The second onehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1359.jpgDSCF1359The first one2014-08-21T11:22:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/08/16/fishing-report-of-15-and-16-august/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/nightjar.jpgnightjarThis is a lovely photo of a red necked nightjar. It was not taken by me!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1358.jpgDSCF1358I really have to work on my photography!2014-08-16T13:12:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/08/15/fly-fishing-war-and-murder/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1354.jpgDSCF1354https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1355.jpgDSCF1355https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1353.jpgDSCF13532014-08-15T15:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/08/11/fishing-report-of-10-august/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1349.jpgDSCF1349I fooled this one with an unweighted nymph. This is a pretty typical gipsy barbel from this river. It weighs around two pounds.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1348.jpgDSCF1348Plenty of fish here!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1346.jpgDSCF1346This is a beautiful stretch. The deeper water here is sought out by the fish as the river level falls in the summer.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1345.jpgDSCF1345Another sucker for that little nymph!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1344.jpgDSCF1344This carp, like the first, was actively feeding in shallow water with a reasonable current.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1343.jpgDSCF1343See the turtle?https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1341.jpgDSCF1341Almost there!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1329.jpgDSCF1329It was a relief to see that the nymph was taken "properly". It doesn´t always happen!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1330.jpgDSCF1330Almost exactly a year later, in the same place I caught this one.2014-08-11T13:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/08/01/clarindes-fish/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1326.jpgDSCF1326Clarinde gave me this lovely fish picture that she dew herself.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf1163.jpgDSCF1163I taught these two girls to fly cast once on a day we were supposed to be doing Biology fieldwork! Both of these lovely girls were very bright. Théa (in the pink dress) went on to study Natural Science at Cambridge and Clarinde went on to get a first in Biomedical Science at UCL.2014-08-01T12:05:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/07/28/fishing-report-of-july-28/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/28-july-0091.jpg28 July 009The last fish of the dayhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/28-july-009.jpg28 July 009https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/28-july-007.jpg28 July 007Here you can see the barbels the fish use when feeding on things they can´t see2014-07-28T14:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/07/19/what-the-parrot-said/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1290.jpgDSCF1290Back in the day.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1294.jpgDSCF1294They should really pay me for all this free advertising!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1293.jpgDSCF1293The parrot was pretty subdued today2014-07-19T21:27:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/07/18/embalse-de-guadalcacin/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1260.jpgDSCF1260Black bass. These are not endemic to Spain but have been widely distributed here and are a very popular sport fish.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1272.jpgDSCF1272A view of the reservoir from Tajo del Aguila.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1270.jpgDSCF1270In this arm of the reservoir there is relatively deep water straight off the shore. The margins are often where the bass will be found. The scenery is stunning here.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1265.jpgDSCF1265Trees emerge from the bottom of the reservoir. The reservoir is about 20 years old. Presumably they were once growing on dry land.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1264.jpgDSCF1264A tumbling waterfall, submerged trees, what more could you ask for?https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1259.jpgDSCF1259This island provides some shaded water throughout the day. There were bass here tight against the base.2014-07-18T07:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/07/14/the-boysfishing-trip/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1273.jpgDSCF1273The boys did not see this lovely early morning view of the reservoir on the second morning. They had drunk so much beer and had such a late night I was unable to rouse them!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1159.jpgDSCF1159These fellas have just graduated from school. Here we are again all dressed up at the graduation dinner last month.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1275.jpgDSCF1275When my son graduated from school I took him and a few of his friends on a fishing trip for a couple of days. In the end I did most of the fishing and the boys drank beer! Left to right: Daniel Porter, moi, Ryan Edwards, Damian Lewis and Leo.2014-07-14T16:16:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/07/10/a-brilliant-invention/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1258.jpgDSCF1258I´m sure I will be remembered for this2014-12-08T08:24:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/07/05/fishing-report-5-july/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1251.jpgDSCF1251Once hooked this fish went flying off downstream like a rocket.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1257.jpgDSCF1257There were four or five fish in the shallows of the opposite side. I managed to catch two of them before the commotion put the others down.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1250.jpgDSCF1250Ready to land2014-07-05T12:27:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/07/03/murray-thompsons-trout/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1244.jpgDSCF1244My best stab at it!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fish.jpgfishMurray´s big trout2014-07-03T18:26:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/07/02/fishing-report-of-july-2/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1241.jpgDSCF1241A pretty fish, this one.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1239.jpgDSCF1239Unhooked in the water and then off on its wayhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1235.jpgDSCF1235Barbo gitanohttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf1229.jpgDSCF1229Río Guadalhorce2023-08-17T10:36:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/06/30/fishing-wit-simon-thompson/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscf1182.jpgDSCF1182A pretty fish, this one.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscf1181.jpgDSCF1181Me and my fishhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscf1180.jpgDSCF1180Nearly there!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscf1179.jpgDSCF1179I managed to tempt one a little further downstreamhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscf1178.jpgDSCF1178The money shothttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscf1177.jpgDSCF1177Simon´s barbelhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscf1176.jpgDSCF1176This is a picture of Simon Thompson with a very nice gypsy barbel he caught on our first outing together.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscf1175.jpgDSCF1175Simon with his lovely barbel - the best fish of the dayhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscf1174.jpgDSCF1174Simon plays his barbel close to the point where it was hookedhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscf1173.jpgDSCF1173There were a few fish hanging around here but they wouldn´t play ball2014-07-03T16:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/06/29/leo-graduates/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/me-and-leo.jpgme and leoLeo and me at the graduation dinner a week or so ago2014-06-29T09:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/06/25/fishing-with-paul-morgan/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/188.jpg188Two good looking specimens!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/184.jpg184Paul M fishing where the fast water enters a pool.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/174.jpg174Paul Morgan with what was, I think, his first gypsy barbel. Paul was the guy who published my book and he and his wife Ceri joined us for a weekend in Andalucía.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/169.jpg169The same horse without the egret!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/168.jpg168Egret sitting on a horsehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1621.jpg162https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/161.jpg161https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/157.jpg157https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/155.jpg155https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/154.jpg1542014-06-25T12:38:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/06/11/fishing-report-sunday-8-june/2014-06-12T10:38:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/06/08/filming-fly-fishing-for-spanish-tv-day-4/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/5lb-gypsyaa.jpg5lb gypsyAAHere´s John Langridge with a barbel he took on the last day of filming we did with a film crew from Jara y Sedal.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_1780.jpgDSC_1780https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_1839.jpgDSC_1839https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_1826.jpgDSC_18262014-06-08T19:37:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/06/07/filming-fly-fishing-for-spanish-tv-day-3/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/film-crew.jpgfilm crewThis is a favourite of mine. This is the film crew, myself and John Langridge. From left to right: Guillermo (producer) Moi, Gustavo (driver), Fernando (driver), Raúl (director), Paco (cameraman), Juan (cameraman), John.2014-06-07T19:45:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/06/03/breaking-news-john-hogan-catches-his-first-trout-on-the-fly/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sean-john-and-meg.jpgSean John and MegHere is the angling party on the big day. If he keeps at it maybe one day John will become as good a fisherman as his old man.2014-06-07T19:13:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/05/30/mayfly-fishing-back-home/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/brew-up.jpgbrew uphttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/boat.jpgboathttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/boat-below.jpgboat belowhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sean-and-trout.jpgsean and troutSean with a nice trout2014-05-31T17:26:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/05/29/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road/2014-05-30T09:21:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/05/21/pull-the-other-one/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lamborghini-aventador.jpgLamborghini AventadorLamborghini Aventator - pump 4https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2013-ducati-streetfighter.jpg2013 ducati streetfighterDucati Streetfighter - pump 62014-05-21T13:35:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/05/12/barrys-pool/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/barbel.jpgbarbelThis is a typical fish from Barry´s pool. I took a couple there on on Sunday morning. There are bigger on in there though2014-05-12T16:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/05/14/the-fishing-museum-in-alhaurin/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf0995.jpgDSCF0995https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf0994.jpgDSCF0994https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf0993.jpgDSCF0993One of my favourite things: a miniature fishing reel for the rivers of Lilliput.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf0990.jpgDSCF0990https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf0989.jpgDSCF0989The Sagrra Museum and Fishing Shop2014-08-25T15:50:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/05/10/filming-fly-fishing-for-spanish-tv-day-2/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf0996.jpgDSCF0996You should see the collection of fishing stuff at the museum.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf0991.jpgDSCF0991Here John is being filmed talking to Matyas. He is saying something along the lines of "we are doing a bit of fly fishing for barbel on the Guadalhorce. I seem to be a bit low on leader material. Have you got anything suitable?"https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf0984.jpgDSCF0984Here are the TV guys setting things up for the famous rendez vous between John and Norman2014-05-21T08:55:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/05/04/dont-shoot-me-i-am-not-a-duck/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/turtle.jpgturtleThis turtle figured that if it didn´t move I wouldn´t spot it!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo.jpgphotoI managed a few nice barbel like this one2014-05-09T14:54:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/05/07/filming-fly-fishing-for-spanish-tv-day-1/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf0975.jpgDSCF0975Here is John getting ready to head out onto the river for our first bit of filminghttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf0971.jpgDSCF0971This is the Río Grande which, thankfully wasrunning clear2014-05-07T20:20:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/05/01/romeria/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf1027.jpgDSCF1027https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf1022.jpgDSCF1022https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf1021.jpgDSCF1021https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf1019.jpgDSCF1019https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf1015.jpgDSCF1015https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf1014.jpgDSCF1014https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf1011.jpgDSCF10112014-05-01T16:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/04/30/these-boots-were-made-for-walking/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/november-1-2013-013.jpgNovember 1 2013 013This is the carp I caught last summer.2014-04-30T21:32:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/04/23/hoopoes/2014-04-22T08:45:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/04/20/raining-on-the-parade/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mural.jpgMuralA striking mural of Hendrix and Bob Marleyhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/easter-parade.jpgEaster paradeBefore the heavens opened2014-04-20T17:46:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/04/17/april-17-fishing-report-from-concepcion-reservoir/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/stuff-from-17-april-372.jpgstuff from 17 April 372and anotherhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/stuff-from-17-april-370.jpgstuff from 17 April 370One of the better oneshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/stuff-from-17-april-364.jpgstuff from 17 April 364Beautiful country this, here is the Rio Verde. Until the construction of the dam this river would run to the Mediterranean.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/stuff-from-17-april-360.jpgstuff from 17 April 360When you release the bass and they realise they are free they will often dive down and splash you with their tails!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/stuff-from-17-april-357.jpgstuff from 17 April 357The black bass is an introduced fish from North America. The alternative name - largemouth bass seems quite apt!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/stuff-from-17-april-352.jpgstuff from 17 April 352There is a tail of a recently eaten fish in the throat of this bass 2023-08-20T21:47:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/04/15/ants/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010355.jpgP1010355The standard weapon: a little pink nymph. This is the standard version - the deluxe pattern has a sparse hackle and gold bead.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1010348.jpgP1010348Foam ant2014-04-15T09:54:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/04/06/fishing-report-of-april-6/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscf0937.jpgDSCF0937Bee eaters are wonderfully acrobatic flyers and take insects on the wing. These ones are just chilling.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscf0924.jpgDSCF0924https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscf0926.jpgDSCF0926Black winged stilts wade in the shallows.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscf0920.jpgDSCF0920This is a male with the characteristic tubercles which appear in the run up to spawning time. https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dscf0918.jpgDSCF0918This one is a girl. She seems to be quite deep-bodied and looks like she might be carrying eggs.2014-04-06T20:01:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/04/06/farting-cows/2014-04-06T17:38:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/04/05/waiting-for-the-bee-eaters/2014-04-05T12:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/03/31/fishing-report-29-march/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscf0915.jpgDSCF0915The little white and black thing is a black winged stilt. He was off before I could get any closer!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscf0909.jpgDSCF0909Handsome fish, these.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscf0912.jpgDSCF0912https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscf0914.jpgDSCF09142014-03-31T15:48:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/03/26/vultures-in-spain/2014-03-28T10:16:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/03/23/fishing-report-of-march-23/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscf0899.jpgDSCF0899These two boyos were hanging around in the shallowshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscf0905.jpgDSCF0905https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscf0890.jpgDSCF0890https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscf0896.jpgDSCF0896https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscf0902.jpgDSCF0902https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscf0901.jpgDSCF09012014-03-23T22:04:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/03/21/570/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-3-2.jpgphoto 3 (2)And another!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-1-3.jpgphoto 1 (3)And another...https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-1-2.jpgphoto 1 (2)Here´s another barbelhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/moi.jpgmoiMe sneaking around. Once the valley falls into shade it is a little more difficult to spot fish.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/big-one.jpgbig oneThis is Harry´s big barbel which he took on a floating anthttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-2-6.jpgphoto 2 (6)Ninja2014-03-19T19:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/03/19/viagra-falls/2014-03-20T12:24:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/03/15/harrys-back/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/harryc2b4s-barbel-mar-15.jpgHarry´s barbel Mar 15Harry´s barbel2014-03-15T08:25:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2012/02/12/welcome-to-fishydreams-com/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/photo-097.jpgBeautiful TroutWhen I'm not fishing, I'm painting trout!2014-03-10T16:51:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/01/24/annoying-little-bastards-part-1-mosquitos/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mosquitofish-web.gifMosquitofish-WebMosquito fish - widely stocked to feed on mosquito larvaehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/house_martins_2.jpgHouse_Martins_2Mosquitos make up an important part of the diet of birds like ouse martins2014-03-10T16:49:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/03/09/giant-pike-my-arse/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/la-foto.jpgla fotoFrankenstein?2015-10-27T15:44:37+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/03/05/giant-pike/2014-03-07T20:58:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/03/02/a-day-with-norman-and-john/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_1064.jpgDSC_1064John Langridge with a lovely gipsy barbel. This was taken during one of John´s earlier visits to Málaga before we fished for the cameras and became major film stars!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_1061.jpgDSC_1061https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_1060.jpgDSC_1060https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_1059.jpgDSC_1059Happy as Larry!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_1053.jpgDSC_1053https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_1047.jpgDSC_1047https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_1044.jpgDSC_1044https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_1043.jpgDSC_1043https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_1040.jpgDSC_1040John´s fish and the nymph it tookhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/march-2-with-norman-and-john-001.jpgMarch 2 with Norman and John 001The first fish of the day2014-03-04T12:10:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/03/01/trout-paintings/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/paintings-1-march-007.jpgpaintings 1 March 007One of the big boys from the Mataurahttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/paintings-1-march-001.jpgpaintings 1 March 001One of the lovely trout from the "Mountain Lough" in Leitrim.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/paintings-1-march-006.jpgpaintings 1 March 006This is a picture of a large brown trout which was taken in the Cong Canal where large fish from Lough Mask enter around spawning time.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/paintings-1-march-005.jpgpaintings 1 March 005Lough Arrow trout - I have been trying to catch one of these things but without success!2014-03-05T10:17:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/02/28/what-harry-has-been-getting-up-to-2/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1000837.jpgP1000837And another for good measurehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1000835.jpgP1000835Jackie´s photo of David Murray-Orr´s Cicada patternhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/email18feb3.jpgemail18feb3Nearly there!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/email18feb1.jpgemail18feb1Harry with a fine brown trout2014-03-01T11:52:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/02/24/the-apes-of-gibraltar/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gibraltar-005.jpgGibraltar 005Pippa takes it easy after all that dancinghttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gibraltar-004.jpgGibraltar 004A hell of a view!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gibraltar-002.jpgGibraltar 002https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gibraltar-ape.jpgGibraltar apeFour apes chilling in Gibraltar2014-02-25T02:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/02/18/tying-flies-with-norman/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1000798.jpgP1000798The black woolly buggerhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1000801.jpgP1000801The little pink nymph the fish tookhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/fly-tying-with-norman-005.jpgfly tying with Norman 005A couple of pros!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/fly-tying-with-norman-002.jpgfly tying with Norman 002Ted´s box of fly tying things which includes a nifty hand-held vice.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ted-pb.jpgTed PBTed Merrinin, who sadly passed away. Here he has a carp even bigger than Monica.2014-02-18T21:07:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/02/15/caviar-anyone/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sturgeon-and-stuff-0331.jpgsturgeon and stuff 033Mysefl and my glamorous Biology students (from left to right Merel, Sarah and Miranda)https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sturgeon-and-stuff-033.jpgsturgeon and stuff 033https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sturgeon-and-stuff-036.jpgsturgeon and stuff 036Last year the fish farm here produced around 4000 kg of caviar - worth a few bob!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sturgeon-and-stuff-024.jpgsturgeon and stuff 024A couple of sturgeon swimming aroundhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sturgeon-and-stuff-006.jpgsturgeon and stuff 006Rainbow trout2014-02-16T08:28:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/02/05/annoying-little-bastards-part-3-sandflies/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sandfly-bites.jpgsandfly bites2014-02-05T17:14:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/02/03/the-giant-trout-of-gore/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mataura.jpgMataurahttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gore-trout.jpgGore Trout2014-02-03T19:02:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/02/01/annoying-little-bastards-part-2-midges/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/buzzers.jpgbuzzersA selection of buzzers imitating the pupae of chironomidshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/biting-midge.jpgbiting midgeA blood sucking highland midge - public enemy number one in parts of Scotland2014-02-01T12:12:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/02/08/a-trout-from-the-mountain-lough/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2012-09-07-15-43-27.jpg2012-09-07 15.43.27Mark with his fishhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mountain-trout-jan-14.jpgMountain trout Jan 14Mark´s trout2014-01-28T18:13:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/01/27/wasting-time/2014-01-27T13:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/01/25/some-photographs-from-lake-onslow/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lake.jpglakeA lovely picture of Onslowhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/inside-with-dog-e1514380282834.jpginside with dogA home away from homehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sketch-2.jpgsketch 2A fine sketch of the huthttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/trout-2.jpgtrout 2A handsome trouthttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/taking-a-piss.jpgtaking a pissSomeone relieving himself al frescohttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/loo.jpglooThe legendary long drophttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/inside-of-hut.jpginside of hutThe inside of the huthttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dad-and-fish.jpgdad and fishThe hut, Murray, and dinner2014-01-25T01:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/01/22/leos-first-trout/2014-01-22T20:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/01/16/a-nymph-for-barbel/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/nymph.jpgnymph2014-01-16T14:46:51+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/01/17/the-long-drop-at-lake-onslow/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/boys-brig-australia-005.jpgboys brig australia 0052018-12-03T18:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/01/15/nodding-off/2014-01-15T13:14:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/01/13/fishing-report-from-january-10/2014-01-13T13:12:27+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/01/08/real-men/2014-01-07T21:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/01/07/first-outing-of-2014/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/jan-2014-0021.jpgJan 2014 002https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/jan-2014-002.jpgJan 2014 0022014-01-06T20:44:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/01/06/the-eagle-has-landed/2014-01-06T11:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/12/30/sex-among-the-salmonids/2013-12-30T13:34:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/12/21/twenty-three-point-four-degrees/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/boris-with-antlers1.jpgboris with antlersBoris, the little reindeerhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tony-with-antler1.jpgTony with antlerTony the reindeer2013-12-21T18:09:27+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/12/25/letter-to-santa/2013-12-25T15:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/12/15/radio-head/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/me-and-leo.jpgme and leoHere is Leo and me getting ready to go out to the sixth form Christmas bash.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/december-14-006.jpgDecember 14 006The other barbelhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/december-14-001.jpgDecember 14 001The first barbelhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cropped-nymph.jpgcropped nymphThis is the thing they seemed to wanthttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/carp-cropped.jpgcarp croppedA nice carp2013-12-15T19:16:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/12/11/fishing-camp/2013-12-11T19:24:24+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/12/07/fishing-report-december-7/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/7-december-005.jpg7 December 005Numero doshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/7-december-003.jpg7 December 003The nymphhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/7-december-001.jpg7 December 001Numero uno2013-12-08T19:46:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/12/08/what-harry-has-been-getting-up-to/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pacu.pngPacuPacuhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/harry.jpgHARRYHarry with his beautiful Arapaima, estimated at 25 kilos. These are among the largest freshwater fish in the world although, due to overfishing in their native range in South America they rarely attain their maximum size. They have been widely introduced in tropical countries and this one was caught in Thailand.2013-12-08T19:44:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2014/01/01/demons/2013-12-01T21:46:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/12/18/dishonesty-in-practice-some-helpful-guidance/2013-12-01T21:39:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/12/04/naked-trout-fishing/2014-01-22T20:28:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/12/01/a-day-in-december/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/december-1-001.jpgdecember 1 001The only fish I managed to land2013-12-01T20:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/11/24/the-plastic-bag-nymph/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/plastic-bagnymph-020.jpgplastic bagnymph 020The finished fly. PersonaIly, I like to de-barb them. Then it´s off to the river to find a carp thick enough to eat one!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/plastic-bagnymph-017.jpgplastic bagnymph 017Dub the head and tie offhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/plastic-bagnymph-011.jpgplastic bagnymph 011Do the same with the copper wirehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/plastic-bagnymph-015.jpgplastic bagnymph 015Wrap the plastic strip forward and tie downhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/plastic-bagnymph-014.jpgplastic bagnymph 014Take the thread back towards the eyehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/plastic-bagnymph-013.jpgplastic bagnymph 013Tie in a narrow strip cut from a plastic baghttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/plastic-bagnymph-006.jpgplastic bagnymph 006Take some thread to the bend of the hookhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/plastic-bagnymph-001.jpgplastic bagnymph 001All you need - some dubbing, a strip of plastic and some copper wire2013-11-25T13:00:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/11/24/giving-the-nymph-a-swim/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nymph-swim-006.jpgnymph swim 006This fly was heavier and was taken by several fish which were unseen. Interesting!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nymph-swim-009.jpgnymph swim 009Just because they´re cute they get away with anything!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nymph-swim-007.jpgnymph swim 007Here are my boots after the dogs got to work on themhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nymph-swim-005.jpgnymph swim 005Such lovely fish, these.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nymph-swim-004.jpgnymph swim 004The one fish I managed to land. https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nymph-swim-003.jpgnymph swim 003In the heat of battle!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nymph-swim-002.jpgnymph swim 002A new stretch of river for mehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nymph-swim-001.jpgnymph swim 001The river was carrying a little colour2013-11-25T22:05:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/11/17/a-treatise-on-turds/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/17-nov-13-004.jpg17 Nov 13 004Tony the pony´s legacyhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/17-nov-13-007.jpg17 Nov 13 007Tony the pony.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/17-nov-13-001.jpg17 Nov 13 001Pippa with her rabbit, Molly. Maybe bunnies are not as cute as we thought!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/17-nov-13-002.jpg17 Nov 13 0022013-11-17T20:48:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/08/25/guadalhorce-trip/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/25-aug-13-013.jpg25 Aug 13 013https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/25-aug-13-0091.jpg25 Aug 13 009https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/25-aug-13-009.jpg25 Aug 13 009https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/25-aug-13-006.jpg25 Aug 13 006https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/25-aug-13-005.jpg25 Aug 13 0052013-11-16T19:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/08/27/finnys-trout/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/finnyc2b4s-trout-aug-13-002-cropped.jpgFinny´s trout Aug 13 002 cropped2013-11-16T19:45:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/08/29/back-from-the-river/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/29-august-002.jpg29 August 002The first carp finally surrendershttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/29-august-006.jpg29 August 006https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/29-august-010.jpg29 August 010https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/29-august-013.jpg29 August 0132013-11-16T19:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/08/30/mataura-trout/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mataura-trout-30-august-003.jpgMataura trout 30 August 003https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mataura-trout-30-august-002.jpgMataura trout 30 August 002The whole of the Mataura trout2022-12-14T17:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/09/02/lost-overboard/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1-september-13-003-cropped.jpg1 September 13 003 croppedA typical bass from the reservoirhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1-september-13-006.jpg1 September 13 006Black basshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1-september-13-008.jpg1 September 13 008It´s all your fault!2013-11-16T19:44:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/09/08/introducing-jake/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/summer-hols-13-166.jpgsummer hols 13 166Sean with a fly-caught pollack taken at Valentia Island2013-11-16T19:40:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/09/22/of-crocodiles-and-turtles/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/croc-park-and-fishing-21-sept-022.jpgcroc park and fishing 21 Sept 022A wild turtle seen swimming in the river last night. https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/croc-park-and-fishing-21-sept-005.jpgcroc park and fishing 21 Sept 005The popular Florida red neck turtle. This invasive species is displacing native turtles.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/croc-park-and-fishing-21-sept-006.jpgcroc park and fishing 21 Sept 006Heaps of crocodileshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/croc-park-and-fishing-21-sept-001.jpgcroc park and fishing 21 Sept 001A crocodile not swimming at Torremolinos Crocodile Park!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/croc-park-and-fishing-21-sept-002.jpgcroc park and fishing 21 Sept 002A nile crocodile swimming in the crocodile park, Torremolinos.2013-11-16T19:39:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/09/28/first-rain/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/guadalhorce-29-september-009.jpgGuadalhorce 29 September 009https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/guadalhorce-29-september-004.jpgGuadalhorce 29 September 004A beached fish is quickly photographed and gently eased back into the riverhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/guadalhorce-29-september-003.jpgGuadalhorce 29 September 003Signs of feeding fish -The backs of carp can be seen here breaking the surface of the shallows and clouds of disturbehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/guadalhorce-29-september-008.jpgGuadalhorce 29 September 008https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/guadalhorce-29-september-011.jpgGuadalhorce 29 September 011https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/guadalhorce-29-september-005.jpgGuadalhorce 29 September 005https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/guadalhorce-29-september-001.jpgGuadalhorce 29 September 001The foreground will all be underwater when the rains return this winter.2013-11-16T19:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/09/11/the-next-generation/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/summer-hols-13-116.jpgsummer hols 13 116Pippa being cool in the rain on Lough Arrowhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/summer-hols-13-1542.jpgsummer hols 13 154Dan in actionhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/leo-09.jpgLeo 09Leo with a Carra trout he caught a while agohttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/john-on-the-shournagh-005-1.jpgJohn on the Shournagh 005 (1) last yearhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/summer-hols-13-184.jpgsummer hols 13 184Molly shows how it´s donehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/summer-hols-13-1541.jpgsummer hols 13 154https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/summer-hols-13-154-e1378915797250.jpgsummer hols 13 154Dan busy catching crabshttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/summer-hols-13-113.jpgsummer hols 13 113Pippa braving a rain squall on Lough Arrow in July.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/summer-hols-13-151.jpgsummer hols 13 151Nancy enjoying a day of fishinghttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/nippers-on-river-june-11-2013-006.jpgnippers on river June 11 2013 006Leo and Pippa wade the Guadlahorce River in Andalucia in June.2013-11-16T19:35:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/09/14/mountain-man-mccann/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mountain-lough-brownie-2012.jpgmountain lough brownie 2012Mark´s big trout from the Mountain Loughhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/image017.jpgImage0172025-02-05T07:32:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/09/29/the-dumbest-carp-in-the-river/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dog-walk-and-fishin-trip-29-spet-027.jpgdog walk and fishin trip 29 Spet 027Pretty things, these. The reflection of my fingers detracts from its otherwise cerebral apprearance.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dog-walk-and-fishin-trip-29-spet-026.jpgdog walk and fishin trip 29 Spet 026Another smart onehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dog-walk-and-fishin-trip-29-spet-025.jpgdog walk and fishin trip 29 Spet 025One of the smarter ones2013-11-16T19:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/10/27/toro-bravo/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stuff-on-camera-27-oct-13-117.jpgstuff on camera 27 Oct 13 117Juan´s ponyhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/guadalhorce-10-aug-005.jpgGuadalhorce 10 Aug 005A horse chilling on the bank of the riverhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/norman-fly-fishing.jpgNorman fly fishing on the Guadalhorce2013-11-16T19:33:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/11/10/looking-over-the-river-with-norman/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/norman-and-me-009.jpgnorman and me 009Thanks!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/norman-and-me-011.jpgnorman and me 011Better times. The river here back in November. Around Easter time we saw barbel attempting to leap the weir just as salmon do. https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/norman-and-me-005.jpgnorman and me 005One of the carphttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/norman-and-me-003.jpgnorman and me 003Norman spotting carp2013-11-16T19:32:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/10/06/black-bass-at-el-chorro/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/el-chorro-5-oct-13-004.jpgEl Chorro 5 Oct 13 004A bass can be lifted by its bottom jaw - no net needed!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/el-chorro-5-oct-13-003.jpgEl Chorro 5 Oct 13 003The first bass of the evening.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/el-chorro-5-oct-13-006.jpgEl Chorro 5 Oct 13 006It´s easy to imagine a bass lurking around the branches.2013-11-16T19:30:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/10/19/embarrassing-bladder-problems/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stuff-from-19-oct-13-023.jpgstuff from 19 Oct 13 023The offending valvehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stuff-from-19-oct-13-020.jpgstuff from 19 Oct 13 020This is my own "boat." https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stuff-from-19-oct-13-014.jpgstuff from 19 Oct 13 014Where can I pull up?https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stuff-from-19-oct-13-016.jpgstuff from 19 Oct 13 016The bass often lie close to the steep margins2013-11-16T19:29:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/10/28/maggots-and-bluebottles/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bird-display-003.jpgBird display 003Oscars like this find bluebottles yummy2013-11-16T19:29:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/10/30/learning-to-cast/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stuff-on-camera-27-oct-13-055.jpgstuff on camera 27 Oct 13 055The competitors take a break from the intense pressure of competition casting! Left to right: Sami, Nico, Thea and Garyhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stuff-on-camera-27-oct-13-050.jpgstuff on camera 27 Oct 13 050Clarinde in actionhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stuff-on-camera-27-oct-13-048.jpgstuff on camera 27 Oct 13 048Clarinde prepares to take her turnhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stuff-on-camera-27-oct-13-046.jpgstuff on camera 27 Oct 13 046Thea Zabell getting to grips with fly casting2013-11-16T19:28:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/10/31/do-fish-have-friends/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2.png2Carp like these are often "shadowed" by others while they are being playedhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/kids-on-sofa-003.jpgkids on sofa 003Leo and Pippa taking it easy along with the two puppies, Boris and Barney2013-11-16T19:28:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/11/02/what-is-the-best-way-to-land-a-fish/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/november-1-2013-016.jpgNovember 1 2013 016A gypsy barbel beached in the shallows where it can be returned with the minimum of contact.2013-11-16T19:26:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/11/05/a-tribute-to-mojo/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/inniscarra-pike-1.jpgInniscarra pike (1)A fly-caught pike taken by Sean from Lough Inniscarra. The fish was not weighed but Sean reckons it is 15 pounds or better.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mojo-1.jpgMojo (1)Mojo - this is the boat Sean built himself a few years back that was stolen and later damaged.2013-11-16T19:26:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/11/09/size-isnt-everything/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gypsy-barbel.jpgGypsy barbelHere is Norman´s wife Maureen with a huge gypsy barbel. Norman and Maureen were the dream team.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0035.jpgDSC_0035This was Norman´s first fly-caught fish. Things can only get better!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/biiig-carp.jpgbiiig carp2013-11-16T18:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/09/08/sea-trout-reports/2013-11-16T13:01:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/09/22/fishing-report-21-september/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/croc-park-and-fishing-21-sept-009.jpgcroc park and fishing 21 Sept 009Removing the nymph from the beached fishhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/croc-park-and-fishing-21-sept-010.jpgcroc park and fishing 21 Sept 010About to go back2013-11-16T13:01:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/10/12/finny-dodds-trout-flies/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/flies-09.jpgflies-09Green Peterhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/flies-08.jpgflies-08Green Peterhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/flies-07.jpgflies-07Green Peter Sedgehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/flies-06.jpgflies-06Murrough Sedgehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/flies-05.jpgflies-05https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/flies-04.jpgflies-04Mayflyhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/flies-03.jpgflies-03Mayfly - unfortunately the tail fibres got kinked in transit. I will see if I can straighten them out.https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/flies-02.jpgflies-02Bibiohttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/flies-01.jpgflies-01Golden Olive2013-11-16T12:59:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/11/01/fishing-report-from-november-1/https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/november-1-2013-021.jpgNovember 1 2013 021One of the better barbelhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/november-1-2013-017.jpgNovember 1 2013 017Gypsy barbel - a local speciality!https://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/november-1-2013-015.jpgNovember 1 2013 015This is the nymph the carp and barbel tookhttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/november-1-2013-013.jpgNovember 1 2013 013This is as big a carp as I have taken from the Guadalhorcehttps://fishydreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/november-1-2013-011.jpgNovember 1 2013 011The river here is shallow and so beaching is possible.2013-11-16T12:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/2013/11/14/an-indispensable-fly/2013-11-16T10:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fishydreams.com/about/2022-09-26T14:45:14+00:00weekly0.6https://fishydreams.comdaily1.02026-03-07T10:56:36+00:00