River Wenning

[john conway]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Low Bentham to Wennington
Date:...28/04/05
Time fished:...19:00hrs to 21:00hrs
Weather conditions:..Cloudy with sunny intervals.
Water conditions:...About 6" up on NSL and carrying some colour.
Air temperature:..Not taken
Water Temperature:...Not taken
Bait:...March Brown (winged), Snipe & Purple, Black Pennell
Method:...Wet Fly
Results:...5 small brownies
Brief description of the session & remarks:...Back to river Fly-fishing after a very long lay off, this was my first time on the Wenning for 25 years and the very first time on this stretch. All the fish were picked up at the tail end of fast runs. Two of the brownies were around 10" and the other three about 6". All the flies took fish. The river is hard to fish because of the trees on both banks and most of the time I was in the river, must get a wading stick!! The two hours fishing flew by and I soon found my-self at the end of the beat at dusk and with no wading stick I wasn?t confident I could ford a strange part of the rive in the dark, so I took the long way back through the woods, crossing the river via the road bridge. Nice evening on the river and good to be back fly fishing on my local rivers.

 

[john conway]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Low Bentham to Wennington
Date:...29/04/05
Time fished:...19:00hrs to 21:00hrs
Weather conditions:..Sunny with the odd cloud.
Water conditions:...River slightly up on NSL and begining to clear.
Air temperature:..Not taken
Water Temperature:...Not taken
Bait:...Snipe & Purple, Black Pennell
Method:...Wet Fly - point & one dropper
Results:...2 small brownies
Brief description of the session & remarks:...Getting to know the river, I remembered I'd fished it on the bottom end of the beat 20 years ago. Both fish taken on the snip & purple on the dropper. A very pleasant evening on a very pretty river and I?ve found an easier way back through the woods at dusk.

 

[john conway]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Low Bentham to Wennington
Date:...01/04/05
Time fished:...18:00hrs to 21:00hrs
Weather conditions:..Hazzy sun, plesant evening, no wind.
Water conditions:...River slightly up on NSL and clear.
Air temperature:..Not taken
Water Temperature:...Not taken
Bait:...Snipe & Purple, Black Pennell & Greenwell's Glory
Method:...Wet Fly - point & one dropper
Results:...3 small brownies
Brief description of the session & remarks:...1st fish on snip & purple again fished on the dropper, the other two came to the Greenwell's Glory on the point. One good pull and a good swirl on the surface from a reasonable sized trout and quite a few other plucks but as yet nothing over 10". Another very pleasant evening on the river.

 

[john conway]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Low Bentham to Wennington
Date:...04/05/05
Time fished:...18:00hrs to 21:00hrs
Weather conditions:..Sunny, plesant evening, no wind.
Water conditions:...River up about 1 foot on NSL and coloured, but not cloudy if you know what I mean?
Air temperature:..Not taken
Water Temperature:...Not taken
Bait:...Snipe & Purple, Black Pennell, Greenwell's Glory, March Brown and a great big white nynph. Not got a clue whats it was called?
Method:...Wet Fly - point & one dropper
Results:...Blank
Brief description of the session & remarks:...Expected to do better, had a few plucks but nothing realy solid. Wading was quite exciting with the river pulling through, loads of big boulders and holes to step into. Quite enjoying my fly fishing after twenty years, bit like riding a bike you don't forget!

 

[john conway]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Low Bentham to Wennington
Date:...08/05/05
Time fished:...17:00hrs to 21:00hrs
Weather conditions:..Sunny intervals with rain & hail.
Water conditions:...About 6" up on NSL and slightly coloured.
Air temperature:..Not taken
Water Temperature:...Not taken
Bait:...Snipe & Purple, Black Pennell, and March Brown.
Method:...Wet Fly - point & one dropper
Results:...2 small raibows about 10"
Brief description of the session & remarks:...After an hour thrashing the river one or two trout start to show and eventually after changing the point fly to a 14's Black Pennell the first rainbow was banked. I'd several fish after this but bounced them all, one a good 12" right at the net. Every time I changed the hook size up, nothing was interested; every time I changed down I was hitting fish with a final little rainbow just before dusk. This turned out to be a very interesting session in very changeable weather conditions.

 

[john conway]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Below Hornby
Date:...12/05/05
Time fished:...19:00hrs to 21:00hrs
Weather conditions:...Sunny evening with a very cold breeze.
Water conditions:...Low and clear
Air temperature:...Not taken
Water Temperature:...Not taken
Bait:...Connemara Black, Black Pennell, Snipe & Purple and Partridge & Orange
Method:...Wet Fly - point and one dropper
Results:...3 small brownies 6" or there about
Brief description of the session & remarks:...Never fished this part of the river before, very pleasant and much easier to fish than the upper reaches, easy wading. Bit difficult casting in the very cold breeze, plenty of fish topping but mainly small stuff, even saw a couple of May fly's. As usual I got bounced by a couple of fish but they didn't feel that big. 2 fish came to snipe and purple on the dropper and 1 to partridge and orange on the point. Nice stretch of the river, I'll be back.

 

[john conway]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Low Bentham to Wennington
Date:...14/04/06
Time fished:...15:00hrs to 20:00hrs
Weather conditions:..Sunny and windy.
Water conditions:...River up about 9" to 12" on NSL and begining to clear.
Air temperature:..Not taken
Water Temperature:...Not taken
Bait:...Snipe & Purple, Black Pennell
Method:...Wet Fly - point & one dropper
Results:...2 tiny brownies
Brief description of the session & remarks:...Bit on the bright side and the water was cold, especially when it leaked into my chest waders. Few flies about at dusk but you couldn't call it a hatch. 1st outing for my new rod and reel our lass bought me for my birthday tomorrow. Beautiful day beautiful river and I had it all to myself on a bank holiday as well!

 

[john conway]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Low Bentham to Wennington
Date:...16/04/06
Time fished:...18:00hrs to 20:00hrs
Weather conditions:..Changeable and windy.
Water conditions:...River up about 6" on NSL and clear.
Air temperature:..Not taken
Water Temperature:...Not taken
Bait:...Snipe & Purple, Black Pennell
Method:...Wet Fly - point & one dropper
Results:...2 small brownies
Brief description of the session & remarks:...More or less on my last cast snapped the middle section of my new rod while casting*%$!!*!** ered

 

[john conway (CSG - ACA)]

Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Low Bentham to Wennington
Date:...16/03/05
Time fished:...11:00hrs to 18:00hrs
Weather conditions:...Sunny intervals with a very cold breeze.
Water conditions:...About 6" ANSL and tinning out
Air temperature:...Not taken
Water Temperature:...Not taken
Bait:...Connemara Black, Black Pennell, Snipe & Purple, Partridge & Orange and every other fly in my box
Method:...Wet Fly - point and one dropper
Results:...Blank
Brief description of the session & remarks:..Quick trip out to look at the river with another lad but it's still a bit on the cold side and a leaking wader turned it into an uncomfortable session.

 

[Grey Duster]

Section of Fishery or river stretch: Below Hornby
Date:19_05_08
Time fished: 17.30 -20.00
Weather conditions: Sunny periods
Water conditions: Very Low
Air temperature: About 12 degrees
Water Temperature:Not taken
Bait: Team of spiders (Snipe Bloa, Partridge & Orange / March Brown with Black Pennell on Top Dropper) plus alternative tactic Grey Klinhammer on dry
Method: Wet fly + Dry Fly
Results: 2 6" brownies to Snipe Bloa + Klinkhammer; one much larger Brownie (ca 1lb) hooked and lost on surface
Brief description of the session & remarks: First fish on the Wenning

 

[Frankie Twizell]

OMG had should a good day kayaking on the river wenning /forum/smilies/smile_smiley.gif

Hope we didn't scare any fish away /forum/smilies/devil_smiley.gif