Midlands Fly Fishing Report - May

Another month has raced by and spring turns to summer!

Although we have experienced a cold spring on the whole, the dry fly and small nymph fishing on our small to mid size stillwaters has been excellent. At Carsington most fish have come to sunk line tactics with either nymph or lures, though during milder periods fish have moved up in the water.

Successful fly patterns for the month have been buzzers in olive and black, PTNs, damsel nymph, parachute adams, F fly, hawthorn and daddy long legs. Looking forward may fly will figure more as the weather warms (hopefully) during the first part of June. Currently the sparse hatches have been ignored by the trout in favor of Lake and pond olives at Marton Heath and Willington. Damsels are also high on the trout's menu and masses of them have been hatching at Willington during the past few days.

Some cracking fish have been caught the month. Best brown trout fell to a black buzzer pupa and weighed 4lb 2oz, while the largest rainbow went 7lb 1oz.

If you are thinking of arranging a trip with us dates are booking up. Week days are currently proving more popular than weekends for which we still have a few days available in June. To discuss you requirements call or e-mail anytime.

Tight Lines

Steve

Dry Fly in all Weather

Conditions here during the last few days have been very un-spring like. However the trout and fly life seem to be ignoring it and we have taken good catches at Willington, Marton Heath and Loynton either fishing small nymphs in the top two feet and in the past two days in the afternoon on dry flies in the pooring rain! Great sport and worth getting wet for.

As I type this we have clear blue sky and sunshine, while I am hopeful of a big hatch later today.

Tight Lines

Steve

Buzzer Time

The last few days have seen massive hatches of buzzer on all our venues.Fishing with a client at Loynton yesterday we experienced consistent action while anglers using lures caught little.

The trout have been in picky mood, with the norm being to refuse the dry fly and target ascending nymphs. Teams of small nymphs and buzzer pupa fished either dead drift or by casting ahead of sighted fish have been the key to success.

Tight Lines

Steve

fly fishing tuition at Lechlade in Gloucestershire

Those of you who regularly watch this space may remember a posting from February do anglers want to catch big trout. Well the resounding response seems to be yes, many clients having spent entire trips stalking trout on lakes in the Derbyshire Peak District wanted more!

In fact they wanted to stalk some big fish. I am delighted to say that we are now providing a tuition service at Lechlade Trout Fishery in Gloucestershire. This venue is ideal, situated in the south Midlands it is conveniently located for major UK cities in the Midlands and Southern England. It sits in wonderfull Cotswold countryside and it produces double figures brown and rainbow trout regularly.

If you fancy stalking big trout in 9 acres of crystal clear water take a look at our big trout fishing page for further details.

Tight Lines

Steve