Any way one of the benefits of doing a blog is you can see what you did in similar conditions in previous seasons so i kind of reffered to that . While i was tackling up a heavy hail storm occurred.
i waited for it to go off before going to a suitable pool there i sat and waited for a hatch to occur and while i did that another heavy hailstorm came down. eventually the odd fly hatched during the storms just upstream a riser rose just the once , i covered the water and on my third cast he took, jump promptly throwing the hook. Looked a decent fish too.
Heading upstream i felt the hail had coloured the water further and the hatch had come to nothing , so was feeling a little hard done by.
A few short pools up though is my favourite coloured water pool a fish was rising under a tree and then another started rising and another,this was the hatch starting proper and it was just a matter of picking them off with a shucked cdc or turkey biot klink.
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a few more trout before i left that pool and i headed upstream, by this time the hatch was pretty much finished and only managed another riser in another pool. Its a pity the river was so dirty i could have fished some water through with the nymphs but nice to see the fish in such fantastic condition .
Hi Colin,
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I was very impressed with your skills today, making it look easy is an understatement!
Thanks again for inviting me to share your rod, I learned a lot in the short time we fished together.
Ill be sure to follow your blog and hope to see on the river again soon.
Cheers
Scott
Hi Scott I wasn't aware of this yesterday but cac have acquired the whole stretch since last year, I therefore think I'm going to have to buy the season ticket, more than likely see you on the river a bit more in the future, tight lines to you and thanks for following.
ReplyDeleteJob well done.
ReplyDeleteHow do you like that Orvis reel?
I love mine.
I love mine too, replaced my mid arbour Lamson velocity for it, no regrets.
DeleteNo bother Colin, season tickets definitely still available at £35. Just had a few hours on the same stretch, I knew conditions were too bright so don't know why I bothered! Hence never seen a riser all day!
ReplyDeleteI have found in the past the almond brownies really don't like the sun.
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