Hard Earned.

Another Sunday session back on the river for a few hours and I have to say Autumn is definitely coming, the water was much colder than last week & there was a nip in the air so much so that nothing was moving on the river as I sat and tackled up.

Observing the pool for 20 minutes before finally making a decision on which method to start on, it had to be nymphs with nothing moving on the surface at all. It was almost an hour before I felt the first fish and a small trout came to the net.








I could sense it was going to be a difficult day as this pool normally produces a fish or two through experience of fishing it but there was simply nothing stirring apart from this single small trout.

I pushed on upstream and started taking more brown trout from the fast water. Nothing of any size but it was just nice to be catching. I was very surprised that no Grayling had made an appearance as that was the real quarry I had come for.

It was a hard session and a few miles were covered with virtually no reward.







I decided to head back down to the pool that I had started in before calling it a day as I knew if any Grayling were going to show themselves that would be my best chance of grabbing one or two, I hadn't seen a single sole on the river, not that I was complaining I had the full river to myself which allowed me to search out every nook & cranny in the search of fish.

Almost immediately in the pool I felt the distinct pull of a Grayling and sure enough the first Grayling soon graced my net.

I was relieved and happy as this was what I had come for and although the trout are great sport I really dont want to be catching them this late in the season as I noticed that they are starting to milt up already.






Another 10 minutes produced the 2nd Grayling before I finally called a halt to it and headed back to the car contented that on a dull, cool day where the wind was playing having with bite indication I managed to grab a few hard earned fish.