S-Kippy
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<blockquote class=quoteheader>Paul Williams 11 wrote (see)</blockquote><blockquote class=quote><blockquote class=quoteheader>S-Kippy wrote (see)</blockquote><blockquote class=quote>
No I dont. I am older and much wiser now but at the time it seemed like a good idea.
A salmon on a fly by design remains my ultimate goal.I've had a few but never on a fly. </blockquote>
The salmon are in the river for exactly the same reason as the Shad.....my point is how can you make the statement about shad and still fish for salmon?</blockquote>
Paul
Firstly by no stretch of anybodies imagination [including mine] could I be called a salmon angler.
The shad came as a complete surprise to us and only subsequently did I realise that there were decent runs.I confess to knowing very little about shad but one site I looked up stated that Builth Wells is one of the shad's main spawning grounds.Builth was where we were fishing.
Had I known it was a spawning area at the time I wouldn't have fished specifically for the shad because that,to me,doesn't seem right any more than it would be to fish for salmon on the redds which I wouldn't do either....so I dont see any contradiction in my statement and I must say I thought you were commenting on the futility of my attempt to catch a Wye salmon.
That said and with the benefit of several years hindsight I now feel a tad sheepish about specifically targetting the shad at Builth and wouldn't do it again,legal or not....but to be perfectly honest at the time it was such a novel opportunity to catch a fish I'd never seen before let alone caught I couldn't not have a go.
I've caught a shad and that will suffice.We toyed with going back but never did,once was enough.To this day I've no idea if they were twaite or allis...I suspect twaite.
Skippy.
No I dont. I am older and much wiser now but at the time it seemed like a good idea.
A salmon on a fly by design remains my ultimate goal.I've had a few but never on a fly. </blockquote>
The salmon are in the river for exactly the same reason as the Shad.....my point is how can you make the statement about shad and still fish for salmon?</blockquote>
Paul
Firstly by no stretch of anybodies imagination [including mine] could I be called a salmon angler.
The shad came as a complete surprise to us and only subsequently did I realise that there were decent runs.I confess to knowing very little about shad but one site I looked up stated that Builth Wells is one of the shad's main spawning grounds.Builth was where we were fishing.
Had I known it was a spawning area at the time I wouldn't have fished specifically for the shad because that,to me,doesn't seem right any more than it would be to fish for salmon on the redds which I wouldn't do either....so I dont see any contradiction in my statement and I must say I thought you were commenting on the futility of my attempt to catch a Wye salmon.
That said and with the benefit of several years hindsight I now feel a tad sheepish about specifically targetting the shad at Builth and wouldn't do it again,legal or not....but to be perfectly honest at the time it was such a novel opportunity to catch a fish I'd never seen before let alone caught I couldn't not have a go.
I've caught a shad and that will suffice.We toyed with going back but never did,once was enough.To this day I've no idea if they were twaite or allis...I suspect twaite.
Skippy.