The conditions were really not too bad, the river had a good amount of water so the long glide along Winchester Avenue was a fairly even 2 feet or so deep with a pretty brisk pace. The wading was pretty easy though it did get “challenging” as you moved upstream towards the faster water.
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On a slight side note, over on the south side I seen two stunning red, what I took to be at the time, Dragonflies. Now before someone corrects me here. I have checked my facts and am confident these were dragonflies not damsels.
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The odd fish was rising but what was apparent from the second I got out the car was the amount of sedge around. I tied on a wee F Fly (only because it was the first sedge like pattern that came to hand out the box).
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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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