I went up to Pendreich last night for my first proper evening outing of the year, I have been up once but it was dark before 8 so that doesn’t count. It’s light up to nearly 10 now so it’s more practical.
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Six and a half weeks. That is how long it is to the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year- after that it’s all downhill to winter. Except that outside its utterly freezing with a wind that would half you in two like one of the Gladiators in Sparticus ( the one on Sky One).
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For a long time I have found that John Emerson’s CDC dry fly ( colloquially known as the Shit fly) has been a hugely effective fly for the Browns at Pendreich. I have bought these from John at Uniqueflies because I struggled with tying such small flies and could not get the split wing right. I bought some Semperfli Nano Silk recently and this helps hugely both in terms of how strong it is but how much easier 12/0 thread makes tying such small flies.
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Had a couple of hours up at Pendreich Saturday, the weather man reported it was to be a lovely day but it was damp and misty for most of the day with a little sun eeking out later in the afternoon, though it could never be considered warm. Sub-Saharan Africa need not feel threatened by the temperature here yet then, despite the rubbish in the news.
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I had a couple of hours to get out and make hay so to speak on Saturday and Sunday. Friday as I reported earlier wasn’t the nicest day but between the squally showers in the dank greyness of the afternoon, there were batches of flies coming off the water and the Trout were chasing them up, so you stood a chance sub surface and even on the top.
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