A couple of ladies & their little sisters

 I decided to hit the water today seeing as it was at a decent height & get away from the house for a few hours, I had toyed with the idea of heading onto the hills but the urge to go fishing was greater so threw the gear in the back of the car & headed up the Dale.

Its been a while since this lot last seen a riverbank. August was its last airing & I was hoping the Ladies hadn't forgot me.

I needn't have worried within 15 minutes of being in the river the first lady slipped into the net, albeit a small fish I wasnt going to complain.

Dont you just love when the rod tip is bent into a fish, definitely  a bit bigger than the 1st little lady.

The fish were getting bigger and I wasnt complaining although the next couple of fish went the opposite way before the rod tip really did bend round and I knew the next fish was going to be a better stamp of fish.

At 1st I thought it was an out of season trout the way it was behaving but it soon became apart when the dorsal fin broke the surface it was no trout.

A lovely lady graced the net & I knew then that they hadn't forgot me.

a couple of quick photographs & off she went to fight another day.

Another couple of smaller fish followed and fishing up through many of the runs resulted in nothing at all. I decided to walk to the top of the section and see if any fish were moving to surface flies as generally this is a good indicator & I needed a coffee to warm me up a bit.

There was a few small fish breaking the surface but not in any great numbers so I decided to stick with the set up I had and merely swapped out the point fly which I would later reap the rewards for.

Another hour or so had passed without much movement so I dropped down into a shallow glide which has always been good to me in the past & once again it did not disappoint, 2nd time through the indicator stopped and I tightened up, point fly change had done the trick.

Again I was graced with another decent lady and a couple of pictures and she was gone to where she came from.

I fished down through the pool & connected with another smaller lady before I finally decided to head home and call it a day, 9 little sisters & 2 ladies were the tally for 5 hours and I was delighted to be back out & connecting with such lovely creatures again.