Even after all these years I still find Dace hard to hook
One of the few waters in the country where you may get a 3lb grayling is the Welsh Dee upstream from Llangollen. There is a maggot ban on the Dee above the Horseshoe Falls but a lot of locals trot sweetcorn for the grayling. Cheap, easy to get, simple to loose-feed, has a scent and is highly visible.
My PB from the Dee, near Corwen, is 2lb 2oz but that was flyfishing a weighted nymph/bug pattern and was around 20 yrs ago.
The Tweed is also a producer of 3lb grayling. Some of the North Yorkshire rivers are at least equal to if not better than the Derbyshire Derwent and Wye but sadly none of these match some of the more southern rivers. .
Don't get carried away.
Not many 'Southern Rivers' produce big (+3lb) Graying very often.
Genuine (weighed) Grayling 3s are almost as rare as +3 Roach.
I didn't mean it in that way. 3lb graying are as rare as hen's teeth, but if I was setting my sights on an English 2lb lady I would be looking for a river well south of the Trent.
I've got my eyes firmly set on a river one dale north of my usual. Pretty good chance of a 2lb grayling from what I've read and been told. I'm struggling to break 1lb 8oz on my usual river, though I've little doubt that there are bigger to be had.
Plenty of 2lbs + where your thinking of, As soon as the river is sorted you will see 1st hand
Looking forward to it, George. I've even got some waders for the job so I don't have to bypass any potentially good swims that I'd not manage to fish without them. Getting withdrawal symptoms with the usual being well up then only partially down for so long. You were bob on with your prediction on that score. I've had to resort to winter carping. When it's lashing it down and blowing a hoolie tomorrow, have a good chuckle as I waste my time!
Nothing like a bit of confidence, Sam......
Then there are the Yorkshire chalkstreams. Beg, borrow, steal, guest your way onto one of these - FishPal - England - Chalkstreams - Yorkshire
well just to peev you off buddy as your sat below your brolly have a look at my Blog was up there today and produced