Me and Brian just spent 3 days fishing on a few rivers , we hired a static caravan for two nights as our base, which was ideal, it allowed us the freedom to fish as late as we needed , had cooking facilities , plenty room and freedom to replicate all the necessary fly patterns we lost or required for our days fishing .
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| In the Van |
Day one
After checking in we headed over the winding road, to our location it was a cold day only peaking a 7C . On the plus side we did have a upstream breeze. First cast Brian hooked up a fish fishing NZ style on the nymph , must have been around 2lb, but after a good scrap the fish ran between his legs snagging the klinkhammer in his boots and made his bid to freedom.
A pity it got off , it looked a real beauty, but things were looking promising, a few fishless pools , i rose a good fish , and again in the next run Brian hooked a big fish which ran downstream , and again got off. Things just not quite going our way. We then took a few smaller but beautifully coloured trout.
I then managed a better trout of 1 3/4lb beautifully spotted ,
and again in the next pool , Brian got one of the same size.
He then hooked something that resembled something big, but again the hook came out! A few more fish fell for the klinks and nymphs, then the river changed character.
Mainly pocket water, so it was on with the stimulators, and although no monsters, we caught a good number of them.
We even took a table sized brace , as we had a request to fulfill for a guy that worked at the cravan park . We finished at about 7pm a good first days fishing back to replenish the fly boxes , and enjoy a few beers and pizzas.
TBC
