the conditions were bright sunshine about 19 degrees
with a stiff breeze .with the way that the derwent
meanders around this stretch you can allways find
a bit out of the wind.went straight down towards the
riffle halfway down passing another angler on the way.
Fished for about half hour with no signs of fish so made
my way back upstream.Stopped to talk to the other
angler who turned out to be another FFF member
the squire.fished just below him and watched him catch
a couple of trout.I couldn't get a take myself so made my
way upstream oppisite the derbyshire county angling club
stretch.The wind in this straight peice of river was blowing
my line and flies all over the place and after several tangles
decided to walk downstream again .Found a nice bend which
was sheltered from the wind so gave it a go for a few minutes.
met the squire again coming upstream and with not much
happening we got out the kelly kettle and had a brew and
a chinwag.
After the teabreak managed to tempt a few trout with
my yellow humpy fly which seemed to be working also
for the squire.The fish were not rising much but the big
size of these flies seemed to trigger some not yet forgotten
mayfly morsels.
Ended the day back at the lower corner where i had
started ,still nothing rising so stuck with the humpy
and managed one more trout before heading off home.
Glad you ended up with a few trout it was a hard day. Thanks for the hospitality and putting me onto the humpy it is certainly doing the business at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to the next chinwag.