Not being able to walk terribly well means my outings on the burn this season have been even fewer than last. The weather wasn’t too helpful when I did make it into the hills either, either raining or blowing or sun beaming.
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My outings of late have been fairly short and frankly not much to write home about, so I have condensed them into this little “compendium” of fishing trips.
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Before I was even set up James had risen and missed 2 or 3 fish!
It wasn’t long when I started to get some action myself. As the bugs swung round and up on my French Leader and I started to lift I thought I spotted a swirl- or was it just the water vortexing round some rocks? I put the fly in there again, nothing, then once more, this time a take, and a lovely wee summer Grayling of about 25 cms was landed on a pheasant tail nymph.
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Our cottage is literally 20 yards from the Llangollen canal so I thought I might wet a line in there. I had seen a guy fishing in the canal at Trevor and he was catching on ‘bread punch’ whatever that is with a tiny wee stick float.
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I decided to visit the Avon today and via facebook contacted Alan Scott, a very enthusiastic club member, to get the info on how the river was fishing, and he very kindly offered to meet me to get me sorted out with a ticket etc. However I was surprised to be offered the “full tour” and Alan very kindly took me to the hatchery, Glengavel Reservoir ( an amazing looking expanse of still water also run and stocked by the club) and showed me some interesting sections of the river to help me get my bearings.
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