river goyt

[aiming430]

I haven't fished the goyt for years and since id never actually caught anything from this river and the fact ive been struggling with the carp of late i decided to have a bash last week.

i only had a few hours to fish as i had to pick my lad up from school,
so armed with a box of maggots i hit the river.

instead of just chucking and hoping, finding the fish was the first job,
now call it luck but almost straight away i came across a nice little swim that held a few fish that i could see from the bank.
now instead of my usual rush to get the rod in the water and as there was only 3 fish in the swim (that i could see) i decided to just sit and watch and flick the occasional maggot out to see how they reacted ... every one of em was rapidly gobbled up so out came the rod.
.... first cast under an overhanging tree saw the float dip under and out came a little gudgeon... small?, definitely.... happy? over the moon

... the next few casts didn't produce anything but it wasn't long before the other fish in the swim came back into sight.... i spotted a fish darting between a couple of rocks, so he was my target,
i cast the float up river and trotted it over his head and he was straight on it... gutted, lost at the net..... but, he went straight back to his spot behind a big rock, so i sat and watched him for a bit over a couple of cigs and decided to have another go at him , so i flicked a few more maggots out and surprisingly he hit another so i cast a couple more times and it wasn't long before i had him hooked again.... the result a lovely little brown trout ...well happy

i stayed in the same spot as i could still see a couple of other fish hanging around, so i gave it another hour and managed to land 2 grayling which i was well pleased with.
moved to another spot and landed a couple of small chublet (and lost a few more).... after that i was done, more than content with my haul for the day.


last time i fished the goyt (15 odd years ago) it was a s hit hole,
but now its a totally different river... full of life and unbelievably clean in comparison to the dumping ground it used to be, and catching 4 different species in a couple of hours is testament to that

ive got a feeling it wont be my last trip down there


(sorry for the long post, i can ramble sometimes)

[drynetter]

Brilliant mate, it's not all about 3oz. leads and helicopter rigs.

Get the same feeling every time I fish the Mersey, for the same reasons.

[aiming430]

Originally Posted by drynetter

Brilliant mate, it's not all about 3oz. leads and helicopter rigs.

thanks mate

couldnt agree more, best days fishing ive had for a long time

[drynetter]

Originally Posted by aiming430

thanks mate

couldnt agree more, best days fishing ive had for a long time

it's often the case though isn't it... pop out for a few hours and get surprised.

then on the other hand you can plan ahead for something and it never really lives up to how you expect it to go.

If I get chance to go now, I'll even go for an hour. I wouldn't have even thought about that a while ago, "not worth it" but now the ol' ticker picks up a beat or two when the line hits the water for the first time.

whereabouts on the goyt? There's a few bits near me that I've looked at, but not tried yet. They'll have to be put on the backburner until I can get a Barbel out of the Tame though.

[aiming430]

it's often the case though isn't it... pop out for a few hours and get surprised.

then on the other hand you can plan ahead for something and it never really lives up to how you expect it to go.

^so true... yesterdays carp session was a fine example of that

whereabouts on the goyt?

i was fishing down river of the weir at wyvale garden centre,
there's a few more spots down there i want to try

[drynetter]

Originally Posted by aiming430

^so true... yesterdays carp session was a fine example of that


i was fishing down river of the weir at wyvale garden centre,
there's a few more spots down there i want to try

is that the one in marple? there looks like some good pegs down there. last time I looked at it was when I took the kids on the miniature railway.

didn't know you could fish it down there to be honest, does anyone own the fishing rights?

[aiming430]

Originally Posted by drynetter

is that the one in marple? there looks like some good pegs down there. last time I looked at it was when I took the kids on the miniature railway.

didn't know you could fish it down there to be honest, does anyone own the fishing rights?

yeah thats the one mate

stockport fed have one side (farmers field side) where the proper pegs are and the other side is free

[drynetter]

another one to add to the increasing list of places to give a go.

some many places, so little time...

cheers for the heads up

[aiming430]

no worries mate

[kermit]

Gret write up ther Aiming430. Glad to see you've had an enjoyable session out and have found a slightly different way to satisfy the angling addiction!

Hope your next session is as enjoyable.

Mike.

[aiming430]

cheers mike