Mersey gives up a couple in windy & damp weather conditions..

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Mersey gives up a couple in windy & damp weather conditions..

Post by meppstas » Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:52 pm

Mersey gives up a couple in windy & damp weather conditions. 19-10-17

I had a quick trip over to Merseylea in what was cool, windy and wet conditions. When I checked the river levels online I thought the Mersey river would be low enough for a good wading session but when I arrived I could see it was a little higher that I expected. We had some heavy rain during the morning and I doubt that was enough to raise the water level. Any way I sat in the car and waited for around twenty minutes while a heavy rain shower passed over before I hit the river. There certainly was some water coming down so I was making sure I stayed in water no higher than my knees most times.
Merseylea bridge  _4822 (Medium).JPG
The new Merseylea Bridge that replaced the old wooden one that was washed away in the floods..
Mersey still running a little high._4825 (Medium).JPG
Mersey still running fast and on the high side..

The North Westerly wind was pretty strong which was making casting a bit on the tough side. I started off with a #0 Mepps gold bladed black fury and used the cast and drift method in the first long fast flowing stretch of river before changing over to a Rapala gold/black F3 hard body lure. It took around fifteen minutes before I finally had my first take on the lure, it was a nice well conditioned rainbow that went 490 grams. A quick photo and it was back in the river and on its way. Three casts later I picked up a small 230 gram brown and that was it once the wind picked up and so did the rain. I did fish on for another twenty minutes before I called it a day as it was just too windy and uncomfortable for fishing on any longer. Both fish were released as always..
Mersey River wild 'bow.._4826 (Medium).JPG
Solid 'bow
Main line damaged by rainbow trout, Mersey River. 4828 (Medium).JPG
Rainbow damaged the main line to the lure..
Mersey rainbow taken here.._4829 (Medium).JPG
Rainbow was caught here..
Mersey River & dull weather conditions._4824 (Medium).JPG
Dull damp conditions on the river..
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Post by happyfriggincamper » Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:39 pm

Looks like some tough fishing. Also it looks like your rainbow catch rate if off the charts compared to other seasons!

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Post by Sinsemilla » Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:40 pm

Tough day but the gold and black always produces! good work mate

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Re: Mersey gives up a couple in windy & damp weather conditions..

Post by meppstas » Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:25 pm

Thanks guys, the Mersey River hasn't produced too many rainbows so far this season at all... besides I haven't fished it all that much this season due to it running so high since the start of the trout season.. It has dropped quite a bit now so hopefully they'll start to show up very soon..
Could be heading to the upper Mersey River tomorrow morning, may manage one or two up there with a bit of luck..

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Re: Mersey gives up a couple in windy & damp weather conditions..

Post by otway » Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:34 pm

Hi, reading your reports at work on my breaks, thanks for the reports :)

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Post by Lightningx » Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:14 pm

Nice report and pics as always mate :thumbsup:

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Post by smile0784 » Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:49 am

Great pics once again

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