Fishing Report May

Possibly the most anticipated report of the year! It's mayfly time again and life is good. The Coln is having a superb mayfly season with some wonderful browns landed and a couple of huge fish lost. Some day's I don't know who gets more excited, clients or me!

The Derbyshire Wye is fishing superbly, with mayfly just getting going, though most of our fish have come to small midge patterns, far out fishing anything else this month. Expect June fishing to be just as good and to everyone who packs their rod away post mayfly, don't, the rest of the season holds much opportunity too.

Lakes have been as unpredictable at times as the weather has during May. One day everything is fine, the next not so. We've enjoyed some really good days at Loynton, Bushyleaze and Watermark, interspersed with the odd day which has been much harder work. That as they say is fishing!

Some great nymph and dry fly sport using midge and lake olive imitations such as, buzzers, F fly, shuttlecock, PTN, parachute adams. Mayflies have also been taking fish on the lakes, this year trout seem to have hit them the moment hatches started. Very unusual as they often scare trout during the first days. Even sparse hatches have triggered aggressive takes to nymph and dry. Look for this to continue in the first half of June, with damsels becoming an increasing factor later in the month (they already are on some lakes).

Tight Lines

Steve