25th April 2011

Last day of the Easter holidays today before going back to work tomorrow so I invited my very
good friend Baslowfisher onto my club water on beats 8,9 and 10. The weather was very sunny
and there wasn't much shade on the water and there wasn't a lot fly life about other than green
fly ! it is strange at this time of year when you do not see Large Dark Olives about. We had lunch
first washed down with a beer before getting tackled up there were a few fish rising at the start of
beat 9 so Baslowfisher started casting to them, I made my way down to beat 8 and fished upstream with a LDO dry fly nothing at all was rising, so I made my way up to beat 9 where they were still rising but I just couldn't connect with them. Baslowfisher had already caught a couple a Grayling and a really good Brownie. I made my way up beat 9 to one of favourite spots and managed to catch my first fish of the day a good sized Grayling on a LDO and I seemed to miss so many today
I did catch another Grayling so all in all is wasn't a easy day but all the same very enjoyable company.

17th April 2011

Very lucky today the family were going out and the Mrs said are you going fishing-I thought yes so I booked beats 14/15 for the afternoon what a day- I arrived at the river at about 1.15 and the fish were rising although there wasn't a lot a fly life about. I put on Size 16 Large Dark Olive and caught 8 Brownies and 2 Grayling very quickly, there were a lot of walkers passing by and watching me
as they walked past-It's the first time this season that the fish were rising the weather today has been very warm 19˚ degrees fabulous day.

16th April 2011

I booked beat 2 today and after walking the dog and cutting the lawn, I managed to get
to the river by 1.30 there wasn't much rising at that time so I put on a Nymph and very quickly
had 3 nice grayling it was quite warm, so I moved up the beat and noticed one or two rises
so I put on a Large Dark Olive and caught 2 good wild Brownies and one more Grayling just
fished for a couple of hours very pleasant afternoon. I will take my camera next time and post
some photo's on the next blog.

Saturday 9th April 2011

This weekend has been rather busy with shopping and a stag night! but I managed to get a bit of fishing yesterday on beats 6/7. the weather was great although not the best for fishing it was very bright. I tried a Large dark Olive dry on one of my favourite runs and not a show until the sun went in and then bingo my first brownie on a dry this season. The weather at the moment has brought out loads of butterflies down by the river yesterday there were loads and the spring flowers-what a day !

Saturday 2nd April 2011

Well today was the first outing of the new fishing season, I was so excited to be in the river again, I met up with two of my pals David and Dennis and his grandson on beats 8 9 & 10 they went to bottom of beat 8 and I walked up beat 9 there wasn't much rising so I put on a Gold head Pheasant Tail Nymph and very quickly caught my first Brown Trout of the new season followed by another Brownie before moving to the start on Beat 9 where I caught a really nice Grayling and another Brownie. We had all agreed to stop at 12.45 for lunch in the Hut, so the morning fishing finished with a good chat and a drink. a very enjoyable morning.