Hatches - July 09

July is blessed with an abundance of food that makes life good for trout. In general a plethora of sedge species will hatch during daytime and evening and explosions of caenis can occur any evening given settled conditions. Where you are able to fish at first light, superb sport can be had from the caenis spinners, if you can drag yourself away from a warm bed at an extremely early hour?

Midges, various olives and on the rivers a few stone flies will be in evidence. Damsels have an almost mayfly like appeal on some lakes, with the nymph and adult flies bringing fish to the surface. Don't discount this fly on rivers either, in slower sections it can be a very productive fly.

Fry are very much in evidence now from this year's coarse fish spawning. They make a readily available food source for trout, though do bear in mind sometimes your fly needs to match size very accurately. Other than that most flashy nymphs will take fish. If fish appear to be supping buzzers and you fail to catch them, it's well worth trying to imitate pin fry. Very often in July this approach proves successful.

Tight Lines

Steve