Mayfly or Maybe Not

As expected last week started off the Mayfly season proper on the river Coln, then all of a sudden temperatures fell and slowed the hatches up. The good news is, trout are very much on the fin and actively looking for the Mays now. As usual we have also had some really good olive hatches prior to the main hatches of Mayfly each day. This means we pretty much get fabulous dry fly sport from start of day until end given reasonable weather!

If you want to sample some great river dry fly action, we still have dates available for 3,5,9 & 10 June 2008. Drop me a line for further details.

The weather change also seemed to temporarily knock stillwater fishing, dramatically slowing sport at Loynton and Watermark prior to sport picking up at the weekend. Nothing massive to report caught by us at least, however clients landed some nice fish between 2-5lbs.

Our Small Water Masterclass was well attended, with a good day had by all. It seemed the part of the day generating most interest was the bug hunt! This really opened peoples eyes as to size differences between flies commonly fished and the real thing. Also seeing just how various bugs moved and the sheer turn of speed creatures such have damsel nymphs have proved to be quite a shock for many.

Top flies currently are olive buzzers, PTN, damsel nymph on the lake, while on the river F fly, parachute adams and various mayfly patterns are scoring well.

Best Fishes

Steve