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Gudgeon on the Fly
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:38 am
by Santiago
Have any of you guys ever caught a gudgeon on a fly. This one was caught by my son for a £5 bet. It took him nearly 2 hours and several patterns to entice the critter from a visible gravel beb we were anchored over. After several takes and one or two perch he nailed one of them. What lenghts some folk go to just to catch a tiddler!
Re: Gudgeon on the Fly
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:42 am
by Vole
Never heard of one before, might be a first.
Played for and bagged, too: well done, that lad!
Re: Gudgeon on the Fly
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:50 am
by The Sweetcorn Kid
Top dangling!!!
Re: Gudgeon on the Fly
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:00 pm
by Richard C
And on a homemade buzzer too if I'm any judge! Nice one. :hat:
Its not always the size that matters only that you enjoy!
Re: Gudgeon on the Fly
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:03 pm
by Snape
That's what I call determination!
Re: Gudgeon on the Fly
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:33 pm
by MaggotDrowner
Very unusual. Is it possible that it thought the fly was a dead maggot or small worm?
Re: Gudgeon on the Fly
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:16 pm
by Dave Burr
I can see a new craze starting in the summer - gudgeon fly matches. Great fun I expect.
Re: Gudgeon on the Fly
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:28 pm
by Bluedun
Had a bleak on a beachcaster once. And a carp on a car aerial.
Re: Gudgeon on the Fly
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:08 pm
by Maggot's Dad
MaggotDrowner wrote:Very unusual. Is it possible that it thought the fly was a dead maggot or small worm?
Hi MaggotDrowner,
..... a bloodworm probably, by the looks of that fly.
Very "nifty" bit of angling, I must say ..... well done!
Re: Gudgeon on the Fly
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:12 pm
by Santiago
You had to be there MD. It was a real pain watching him with his steely determination to catch a gudgeon on a fly.