Fly Fishing Report 17th-23rd June 2007

The trout have been as mixed up as the weather this week, with periods of high and low activity. Feeding patterns have been constantly changing, so finding what they want has been a real challenge somedays.

The key is to have a small range of flies which you know work and fish them well, trying to present them to feeding fish. Current favorites with the fish are olive nymph and buzzer, damsel nymphs, pin head fry, corixa and sedge pupa.

As you can see from the above selection, it is varied to say the least. You can edge your bets by fishing general representations, such as PTN, hares ear, bead head ptn and buzzer. This cuts down on the number of fly changes, so you can concentrate on fishing the flies.

Willington and Watermark have fished most consistently this week, with Loynton producing catches of up to 5 fish for anglers patiently working buzzers and small nymphs over lures. Carsington has produced fish, but tracking down feeding fish has been hard work. Fishing will settle down again as the weather does, whenever that is!

Tight Lines

Steve