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I went down to the river Aire on Saturday for a look at the new fish passes that have been built....       Eel board.......     And the other.....     Another eel board....    

A bit of revival of an old topic but I have to share the joy lol   I got a phone call from a mate who was fishing the aire and he caught 3 eels!!! So I shot down to see and here they are....    

i remember seeing fish trying to jump the weir at cas... i wasnt sure what they were, i was stuck on the bridge in traffic at the time. nice to see those pics tom .

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When the EA electro-net the Aire they always find Grayling around Armley, obviously in the faster runs.

Blooming heck saying that iv got a well trusted friend saying he seen one under the dark arches in Leeds centre. I seen lots of brown trout under there too.

I used to get all the results handed to me from the electro team. :thumbs:

It's a surprising river the aire that's what makes it so interesting. Did they ever get any eels?

 

No eels on any of the reports I saw.

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When the EA electro-net the Aire they always find Grayling around Armley, obviously in the faster runs.

 

Blooming heck saying that iv got a well trusted friend saying he seen one under the dark arches in Leeds centre. I seen lots of brown trout under there too.

I used to get all the results handed to me from the electro team. :thumbs:

It's a surprising river the aire that's what makes it so interesting. Did they ever get any eels?

No eels on any of the reports I saw.

Aww well we live in hope! A friend of mine caught one in armley surely the released ones will be half a pound by now?

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Iv just got back from another river exploration and found one of the wiers at my faveroute old chub fishing spot has been removed completely!....

 

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Bit of a surprise! My old chub spots are now gone and only a foot or so deep and flowing very fast!...

 

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It's a bit of a shame but at the same time a bit of a blessing as there seemed to be a few trout rising. I could constantly see my lure from as it was so shallow and had a follow off a small brownie and half an hour after that a very big brownie striked and missed my lure 3 times and then the 4th strike hooked it - it was only on for about 5 seconds tho and lost it.

 

After a bit more luring I decided to have an explore and see what I could find and turned a few stones over and everyone of them where full of invertebrates and eggs, and found loads of stone loach and bullheads too!

 

I then came across these prints, maybe jdarcy could help me?.....

 

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I was thinking mink?

 

And found theese droppings....

 

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Mink too?

 

I'm looking forwards to having a go back there with the fly rod now the swims are faster and shallower. The EA have done some really good work.

 

I got talking to a nice guy fishing and he said he had caught a grayling there and that when he was a kid and crossed the bridge he had to hold his nose as the river stunk like a sewer and he never expected it to become what it is today.

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Forgot to add the bottom print pic is almost dog sized but where I was I'd battled through brambles and nettles, climbed down an embankment and they where under an under cut banking so doubt they are from a dog.

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I can't tell from the pics mate. Not clear enough. But I can tell you that whole stretch is full of otter. :victory:

Yes very sorry the pics are pants I took them on my phone. There was an inaccessible spot and so paddled up I couldent even find a clear foot print to take a pic of! I don't know much about otters but it genuinely looked like what I'd expect from them.

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good lad tom and brilliant thread well its made me get my fishing gear back out and clean it up ready for a outing now thanks for re igniting that cylinder

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If you can't find your rod it's in my garage ha ha!

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good lad tom and brilliant thread well its made me get my fishing gear back out and clean it up ready for a outing now thanks for re igniting that cylinder

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If you can't find your rod it's in my garage ha ha!

 

ffs ive ordered another!!! my spinning rod?

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Wondering I you guys can help me out, do any of you know where I might be able to get a barbel or decent chub from the Bradford City AA waters? I'm a fly and lure man mainly but have some stuff that I use for the odd bit of puddle chucking?

mate if you fancy join us on a trip sure our tom wont mind as long as you not like a jimmy savil or owt if you are will just use yiu for bait lol ju

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