Heavy Weather and Fish
I could tell my Missus wasn’t inclined to bother going to St Andrews when she suggested, “do you not fancy going fishing somewhere over there for a change”.
I detected she wanted to be rid of me for the day.
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Category: 2019
The River Gives and the River Takes
I headed to my regular parking spot for this section and I was astonished how many other vehicles were there. There must have been 5 cars parked up. Usually, there might be one here already ( if any), five had me wondering if I would find anywhere to fish. I needn’t have fretted though ( is it just me that gets weird about finding my own space when fishing?), one chap left while I was gearing up, I didn’t see where he came from ( up or downstream) but I did notice he looked like he was moving elsewhere, as he drove off fully kitted. A bad sign maybe?
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In the Eye of the Storm
It really was uncomfortably hot in the Eye of the Storm today and yet strangely damp- my fly box lying out by my bag was soaking wet, with what could only have been the humidity. My sunglasses too kept steaming up!
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Not So Wet
I cast again and there was a beautiful take as a Rainbow “porpoised” right onto the fly. No hesitation, no subtle take, just bam! Suddenly, the day didn’t seem so miserable. Actually, it wasn’t anyway, as the rain had stopped, there was a perfect light east/Southeasterly breeze, a perfect ripple or light wave and fish willing to take a look at flies presented on top.
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Tenuous Roman Connections
Another cast and this time a fairly hesitant pull that I wasn’t really sure was connected to a fish, though I tightened in all the same and yes, a fish was on. This was where things were very odd- certainly, I haven’t seen anything like this before. So the fish was out on quite a long line and I was pulling it in by hand, it was not as big a Brown Trout as the first.
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