Passion for Angling

[John]

I know what daubentons are but I certainly wouldn't know what they looked like.

I suppose one bat looks like another to an untrained eye.

John

[pheonix]

well i made an educated guess at daubentons because they were skimming the water and thats generally what daubentons do, but it could have been any medium sized bat i spose...

[Jonny]

Please delete this mods..........Jon (can't find the delete button)

[Jonny]

Originally Posted by pheonix

when you go fishing you naturally sit quietly and still so the wildlife you can see at some sites is fantastic. my best day was seein daubentons out in the open in the middle of the afternoon, god nows why but it was great to see.

You are right there.............I remember seeing deer rutting on the opposite side of the lake I was fishing at the time. I once had a big dragonfly that kept on landing on my bare knee, I was nervous at first, but he only wanted to sunbathe, got a photo somewhere. You almost became part of nature as you sat there....................Jon

[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

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by John

Yep, I know what you mean, but did you watch it all the way through. If you did then the best moment had to be that Kingfisher that landed on that young kids rod, only six feet from his face. Magic.

If you haven't seen this programme before give yourself a treat and watch it again. I hop they do the full six episodes as they are all brilliant.

I have actually got all six episodes on tape and every now and again I watch it and wonder why I packed in Angling when you see the likes of Barn Owl and Kingfishers.

John

Just read this John, I'll be on the look out for it. I normally ignore the Real Time angling programs.

[John]

If you didn't see tonights edition of passion for Angling you missed a treat.

It opened with a prolonged look at a Barn Owl on their local patch then they moved to Speyside after Salmon.

Whilst on Speyside we were treated to fabulous views of Buzzard, then a Common Sandpiper sitting on her eggs. This was followed by some fabulous close up views of a fishing Osprey, a Grey Wagtail with a beak full of food, followed a close up of the waiting Grey Wag chick.

On top of this was a Red Grouse followed by a very close up scene of a Golden Eagle. Add to this Roe Deer, Red Squirrel and a magical moment with a couple of Otters as well as the truly remarkable scenery of the Spey valley with the Cairngorms as a backdrop and this was one heck of a programme for wildlife lovers.

John

[nightshade]

That sounds like real angling John(not the gadget laden I must catch fish regardless attitude that a lot of anglers practise today)
I always seemed to feed more birds, see more animals than catch fish,but catch them I did!

[Lance Morgan]

Does anybody know the location where they filmed the carp lake? It looked like an old estate of some kind. In the book reference is made to the wessex area.

[Muggsy]

Originally Posted by Lance Morgan

Does anybody know the location where they filmed the carp lake? It looked like an old estate of some kind. In the book reference is made to the wessex area.

the exact location is closely guarded by the knights templar Lance, suffice to say, its nowhere near Grantham
Even Harrison Ford would have problems finding it