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Fishing the Magnificent River Wharfe at Bolton Abbey
20 March 2008River Wharfe, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Monday August 24th 1992
We arrived at the hotel on Sunday afternoon after driving from Mother’s and
stopping for lunch at the "Cross Keys" on the banks of the Leeds to Liverpool
Canal just outside Skipton. We are booked into the Devonshire Arms for 4 nights
and today was the first day of fishing.
I started fishing around 10.45 above the "Home Run" which is just above
Bolton Bridge. I used my chest waders and wading shoes for the first time. At
11.20 I caught my first "Brown" of about 8" which took a Royal Wulff in fast 3
feet deep water. In 20 minutes later I caught a nice 11b fish beautifully marked
and which gave a good account of itself. Royal Wulff was again the fly. Short
casts rose a couple more fish which I failed to hook.
I fished the deeper glides
in a number of places but failed to rise a single fish. Around 3pm I hooked a
3rd fish in a riffle further upstream. The fish eventually got off - Royal Trude
, the fly. Thought most of the day it was difficult to see my fly even
fishing short lines. This was the result of riffly water and overcast
conditions.
Wading in the river was difficult because of the medium
and large sized stones in many places. General rises were very few and far
between. The good points of today were that I learned the value of short
upstream casts, and the need to strike at the hint of a rise.
The area around the abbey was very busy- end of season holiday makers I
suppose. The river was very clean with a peaty colour predominating. This
stretch of river were characterised by runs and pools between riffles.
1 x 450 Royal Wulff
1 x 150 Royal Wulff
1 x 150 Royal Trude
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