It was utterly gorgeous when I arrived and it looked perfect, with nearly perfectly still water, only the slightest hint of a breeze and the water itself was very clear. There were fish showing on top but if you stood a minute inevitably a fish cruised by about 4 feet down. And there were some big lumps of fish amongst them. Whatever else you could say, if you failed to catch it wasn’t for the lack of fish.
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A bit like busses you wait for ages and two come at once, I met a Bailiff then a second arrived! Never met one ever on the river! Clearly this is a hotspot for them.
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Having made my way along the bank a short distance from the boat house it soon became apparent there was a problem. Midges, clouds of them and all hungry for me. I had remembered to put on repellent but tonight it made no difference, Kenny was on the menu, starters, main course and dessert!
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I seen the odd fish rise though not in reach for the most part, and it seemed nothing was interested in my Parachute Pheasant tail. I was keen to try a dry as I have had precious few opportunities to fish dry this year and have had remarkably few fish on the dry this season. After 10 minutes I decided to double up and removed the dry, replacing the top dropper with a small black spider and the point was a 47 Nymph. Will was making his way round and was nearly by me as I made my first cast, started a retreive and bang fish on…. change of fly, change of luck!
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The next couple of weeks sees me down here in Bristol for work related training and I like to try...
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