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.
