Mayfield,river dove 19th may

Had the afternoon at mayfield today.
On arrival in cloudy conditions with a temp
of around 15 degrees we spotted from the
off that the trout seemed to be taking from
the surface.We watched for a while seeing
one or two mayfly(french partridge i think)
getting gobbled off the top.we tried a few mays
that looked similar but to no avail.I switched
to a tan balloon caddis with instant success a
rather plump little brownie.john smith who
i was fishing with continued with the mayfly
for a while but even though the trout were
taking them he could not get a take .Spoke
to a old chap fishing above the weir who
had three fish on mays but said that it was
a bit hit or miss but his catch included 2
rainbows of about 6oz(intresting)
we tried the top of the beatbut i only tempted
one brownie(picture below)
with lots of grayling mulling around we decided
to return to the bottom end near the bridge.
on our way back down it was hard to get past
the herd of cows and bulls as they were drinking
below the weir. on reaching the bridge we lit up
the kelly kettle and had a nice cuppa plus pot
noodle before getting back in the river.
john put on a balloon caddis and preceeded to
catch 3 and losing another 2 good sized trout
and missing loads of takes.around eight oclock
the temparture started to drop so we got out
and headed off home.