lifelong cumbrian 1,795 Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Took my little 5ft 6" ultralite rod down our local river to try and get a couple of trout. 4lb braid and #1 mepp, caught a nice brown trout then hooked a nice grilse about 5lb, brilliant fight on the light gear. 4 Quote Link to post
tegater 789 Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Brilliant, some great fishing now. Mepps are deadly, yet when I was a kid I hated them! Hope you don't waste it! Quote Link to post
lifelong cumbrian 1,795 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Brilliant, some great fishing now. Mepps are deadly, yet when I was a kid I hated them! Hope you don't waste it! No mate, nothing gets wasted with me. The upstream mepp is deadly on this little river. Quote Link to post
tegater 789 Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Brilliant, some great fishing now. Mepps are deadly, yet when I was a kid I hated them! Hope you don't waste it! No mate, nothing gets wasted with me. The upstream mepp is deadly on this little river. You are lucky to get grilse, we only get little brownies and grayling on our little rivers. Quote Link to post
billybaltic 308 Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Must of been a great fight on a light set up, hope you get a few more. Quote Link to post
Mr Wilkes 2,915 Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Well done that man, lovely looking fish. i use the ultralite with great success,i must admit i only use ultralite lures(trout love em).have you tried them ?. Quote Link to post
lifelong cumbrian 1,795 Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 What type do you mean mate, i use very small rapalas down to single treble ones about 3/4" long and mepps to 00, i also make my own minature toby style lures and a one i made up myself. What weight of mono or braid do you use for trout, i believe the lure works better with light line and with those rods it is very difficult to break if you get a good fish on just let it go and enjoy the fight. Quote Link to post
Mr Wilkes 2,915 Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Theres quite a few out there but the ones i use above all else are the "aile goby" (yo-zuri,30mm,2g)which come in a good range of colours. they are pretty hard to find but i do know a chap on ebay sells them.i make my own trace from "surflon micro supreme" (20lb).the goby has a very tight action which all british predators love... Quote Link to post
bumfluff 6 Posted September 2, 2012 Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 fresh looking fish lucky man Quote Link to post
Twister 19 Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Took my little 5ft 6" ultralite rod down our local river to try and get a couple of trout. 4lb braid and #1 mepp, caught a nice brown trout then hooked a nice grilse about 5lb, brilliant fight on the light gear. is that rod an italian make, you done well Quote Link to post
tommy.c 859 Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 caught these with a we bit of sweet corn lol.... Quote Link to post
lifelong cumbrian 1,795 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Took my little 5ft 6" ultralite rod down our local river to try and get a couple of trout. 4lb braid and #1 mepp, caught a nice brown trout then hooked a nice grilse about 5lb, brilliant fight on the light gear. is that rod an italian make, you done well It is a greys g-lite mate and shimano 750 reel, bought them and around 30 lures from ebay a couple of years ago for around £60 and i have had some great fun with it. 1 Quote Link to post
Twister 19 Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Took my little 5ft 6" ultralite rod down our local river to try and get a couple of trout. 4lb braid and #1 mepp, caught a nice brown trout then hooked a nice grilse about 5lb, brilliant fight on the light gear. is that rod an italian make, you done well It is a greys g-lite mate and shimano 750 reel, bought them and around 30 lures from ebay a couple of years ago for around £60 and i have had some great fun with it. cheers mate i was looking at the italian dip rods thought it was the same atb Quote Link to post
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