24 April 2014

making the most of it

With no fishing on the horizon for me this weekend today would be my last chance to wet a line until next week. After dropping my wife off at the airport this morning i had one or two other chores to deal with which left me with a few hours of fishing time before the kids finished school. I arrived at the burn before noon to find it running clear and a good bit lower than on my previous visit.


 encouragingly there were a few olives kicking about and the odd riser to go for, the size 12 klink seemed to be to their liking taking most of the trout today with the brown wire nymph picking up a couple too.


  the biggest of the day rose under an overhanging tree, after missing him first cast on the klink he took the nymph on the second  putting up a great scrap until i slid the net under him .


he was in great condition
i've passed this welly boot a few times now, hope there's nobody attached to the other end!


it was nice to see a Grayling putting in an appearance, they've been hard to come by on this stream of late


all to soon i had ran out of time and had to head home for school finishing, next week can't come soon enough!


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10 comments:

  1. Col24 April 2014 at 19:53

    welldone bri, and that grayling truly iis a welcome sight!

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    1. brian24 April 2014 at 21:07

      thanks Col, hopefully a good sign, it would be nice to see a few more showing up.

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  2. George24 April 2014 at 20:33

    well done Brian, a nice couple of hours, like you I'm stuck now and wont be fishing for another week due to work, I was contemplating a couple of hours tonight but it never materialised, well done mate.

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    1. brian24 April 2014 at 21:16

      cheers George, aye its a bit frustrating, you'll be like me wanting to get out at every opportunity, especially this time of year.

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  3. Ben Lupton24 April 2014 at 20:59

    Very nice Brian, cracking looking spot

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    1. brian24 April 2014 at 21:32

      thanks Ben, aye it's a great wee burn to have near by, it can suffer from poor clarity at times but it was good today.

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  4. MarkW24 April 2014 at 21:12

    Some nice brown Brian, love those little afternoon outings. Looks like things are "greening up" nicely

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    1. brian24 April 2014 at 21:39

      It was a fine afternoon Mark weather wise too, i had to drag myself of the river.True one minute we're looking for the first signs of spring and before you know it the trees have came into leaf and the river banks are awash with colour.

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  5. Brk Trt24 April 2014 at 23:42

    Always nice to pick the right time, and be rewarded handsomely.
    Well done.

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  6. brian25 April 2014 at 07:43

    Thanks Alan, it was a great afternoon for sure.

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