West country fishing blog

Coarse Fishing

We are now licenced to provide coarse fishing tuition for beginners and those wishing to learn more about advanced coarse fishing techniques. We teach at Bullock Farm lakes in Kingston Seymour. We would be delighted to help you achieve your aims. Just contact us for details.

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Thank you for visiting West Country Fishing's blog. We will post updates on how our local lakes and rivers are fishing, articles on fishing and flies as well as anything else fishing related. Please feel free to send us items for inclusion if they are suitable and appropriate for a fishing blog!

One of my clients with a good brace of rainbow trout from Jacklands Fishing Lakes at Nailsea.

Caught on blue flash damsel nymph.

Two of my clients with Rainbow trout on their first visit to Chew Valley lake.

Brand new to fly fishing, they had a casting session on the grass before going afloat on the lake. The fish were caught from the lake near the north shore in April 2023.

Pike from Blagdon lake

Sometimes when you are fishing for trout a pike grabs your fly. This one was 12lb and was caught on a Blue Flash Damsel fly. June 2023

Brown trout from blagdon

A good brown trout weighing over 3Lb caught on a black buzzer from Blagdon lake, safely returned. Caught on the same day as the pike!

A few Shrimp patterns for Rutland for one of our clients

We also provide custom tied fly patterns for our clients. Just contact us if you would like us to tie some for you.

Dave with a 4lb Brown trout

Dave caught this fish on Blagdon opening day on a black fly close to the surface. As you can see it is still in the net as Dave does not touch the fish or allow it to flap around in the bottom of the boat.

Still in the net!

Lovely markings on the fish.

Ready to go back in the water!

8th April - YNSFRO Reservoirs

First time visit to YNSFRO Reservoirs in Newport South Wales, kept this cracking 3.5lb rainbow trout and released a few more. Excellent venue, well run by Newport Angling Association.

Time to relax
sunday 14th April

Catching carp on my old Maver float rod and vintage Mitchell match reel at Bullock Farm, Kingston Seymour. Using bread, floating on the surface, it was a great way to spend a couple of hours!

Devon County Show

A group of GAIA instructors giving fly fishing instruction at the Devon County Show along with Simon Kidd from Snowbee tackle.

Fishing the river Usk

My client from Atlanta Georgia enjoying a day on the Usk near Abergavenny and catching a few wild Brown Trout.

Rainbow trout from Jacklands Lake

My client Russ with a good trout from Jacklands lake near Nailsea.

More trout from Jacklands Lake

My client Sam with a brace of good Rainbow trout from Jacklands lake.