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Originally Posted by Salmo thymallus  Hi all.
I've not had Kingfishers on the rod, they would need a very good grip as I fly fish.
Fishing the upper reaches of rivers I constantly see kingfishers, dippers, grey wagtails and the like as well as deer, stoat, otter, colonies of sand martins, Buzzards, Red Kites not to mention mayfly hatches, the list goes on and on.
On one of our rivers up here in Yorkshire it was reported that we had Osprey taking trout last summer. Unfortunately I didn’t witness it but will be keeping a look out this summer.
There's something special being stood waist high in the river in the summer months with a fly hatch taking place and trout and grayling gulping them down around you.
I recomend it to all.
"I wind about, and in and out,
With here a blossom sailing,
And here and there a lusty trout,
And here and there a grayling"
Tennyson, The Brook |
Welcome to the forum,, What part of Yorkshire do you hail from. Good to have a fellow fly fisher here.
About 40 yrs ago when fishing on the river derwent a Kingfisher perched on the rod I was holding. A magical moment I cant still picture know, As for other sightings I agree most of my best wildlife sughtings over the years have been made whilst fishing