Fly Fishing Report 13th-20th May 2007

This week's report should really be a Cotswold fly fishing report, as I've been guiding there all week other than our course yesterday at Willington. If recent weeks have produced excellent fishing, this week has been out of this world!

Five days on the river Coln produced more chalkstream wild brown trout than I can remember for clients, with several fish of 1-2lbs landed. We fished nothing other than dry fly from first thing in the morning to evening, such was the hatch activity of midge, olives and mayfly.

One day was spent guiding sight fishing at Watermark trout fishery, where Vic Burford had a truely dream day! He landed 5 trout over 4lbs topped by an excellent 8lb brownie and lost 3 other big fish while attempting to prevent them reaching the safety of overhanging tree branches. The water is in excellent condition with visibility of around 10 feet down.

Saturday took me to Willington for our nymph & dry fly course, which proved highly successfull, with several brown trout being landed on parachute adams, F fly and PTN despite rough conditions. There are plenty of trout actively feeding and good sport on both nymph and dry fly.

Tight Lines

Steve