Monday 30 May 2011

quick treble

Had a hour on knot the weather was cold and windy (nothing new there then ) nothing much showing i was hoping to christen my newly acquired orvis Helios !! .

After looking through my fly box's i decided on a old favourite of mine a black and peacock spider ( a go to fly for me this season and a confidence fly for me ) a hour later i had 3 nice trout and had christened my new rod job done !!!!


Wednesday 18 May 2011

Season Update

Well, we're back to wind and rain. Hope it's not going to be another dodgy season.
Things were just looking up after the last stocking. The new fish seemed to have stirred up the residents.
Fish have been caught on a variety of flies with buzzer imitations such as spiders, f-fly, and black pennel doing the business. There has also been a big olive hatch about the beginning of May and bigger f-flies and greenwells catching. The old stand by beetle catches well for me when I am not sure of what is hatching. Catch returns for week ending 30th April had a rod average of 2.5, and 4 for w.e. 7th May. Just when things were improving, it started to blow, but there is still fun to be had in the relative calm under the goarse bushes. Went up last night in wind and rain and caught 6 and lost as many on spiders and shipmans. There were still fish rising to hatching buzzers even in these conditions. Tight lines.
Dave the Treasurer.

Tuesday 3 May 2011

Short Session

With the wind finally dropping off i decided to try knott for a few hours in the float tube.With nothing much showing i opted for a black and peacock spider and was rewarded with 8 trout.



The icing on the cake was a 18 " trout and another 2 tagged fish (see photos below)