does anybody know anything about these lakes & rivers?
Posted by admin on Thursday, August 12th, 2010
hi i live in thornton (in blackpool) and i live about 5 minutes away from the river Wyre. i want to fish in it but i don’t know whats in it or what to fish with. if anybody knowes please tell me.
also, has anybody ever fished for pike in stanley park lake in blackpool?
if so tell me how you caught it and tell me how big it was.
if anyone has fished there tel me all the fish you’ve caught.
i don’t have fly fishing gear, but i do have carp,pike and coarse fishing gear.
thanks
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AIRFLOWon 12 Aug 2010 at 4:46 am 1I have fished a few times in England when i used to live their some years ago, however i can tell you that its worth a go fishing the river wyre, as there are trout and salmon in it, however i only fly fished it and it was a long time ago, so fishing with coarse gear may be somewhat different, so long as s you have permission to fish that stretch of water i cant see why you wouldn’t catch anything, if you can give fly fishing gear a go as that what i used and had a few small brown trout if i remember correctly, for flies go for dries and maybe a Czech nymph, if your using carp gear then a simple bobber(float) with maybe some maggots may get results, all i can say after this is talk to the locals as they should be able to give you some advice or look towards joining a club.
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