I started off on the Dry fly and missed a fish on the very first cast, I hoped that was not setting the trend for the day! On moving up the River I connected with a small trout to start so that was it no blank today.
The next couple of casts brought another 4 fish of all the same size as the first. On moving to a more pacey part of the river, I managed to get a Grayling.
The rest of the morning turned out to be total frustration as I missed fish after fish after fish, Most of them were only small fish so no great concerns but also managed to loose a couple of descent trout in the fight also.
After an hour off for some food and a few reflections of what the morning had been like I decided to switch over to Nymphs as the wind had picked up a bit and nothing was moving on the surface. On the first cast with the nymphs I managed a slightly bigger trout than the mornings ones.
I fished back down towards where I started and hooked a fish I could only describe as reel screeming, this fish went like a rocket and had easily took 40ft of line in the first run, I managed to turn it and it headed back up river only to take to the air and when I saw the fish it was a Brown Trout easily in excess of 4lbs and that was the last I saw of it as it hit the water again the fly parted with the trout & it was gone, seconds later my rod parted company with me in sheer frustration (Luckily I never damaged it).
I picked up the rod and continued on but my heart was not really in it anymore especially after I lost a further two trout at the net. On what was going to be my last cast of the day I picked up a consolation trout.
In the end I had to give myself a good talking too and snap myself out of it but I cant stop thinking about the sight of that large Brownie in flight. Maybe One day!
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