After the disappointment of yesterdays sneak out after an unexpected morning at work.
Where i saw a handful of flies and no real rising fish and only bothered to have a couple of play about casts to get the fly wet
Today was a different proposition.
Nice and warm, light breeze and the hatch started about 1pm, LDO's and March Browns. They continued to trickle off in small waves right through till about 4.
Sitting and watching was the way forward, spotting the rising fish brought me some great sport all afternoon
My first Don fish of the season on a size 14 DHE, a lovely acrobatic 19"er
Great way to start
, and closely followed by a few more 15"/16" fish, all targeted and only spotted after watching the water for a good few minutes to identify where they were.
Saw a few big ones too, but managed to miss most of them although i did keep picking up decent fish as i found them
The fly that seemed to be the favourite today.
So a beautiful afternoon to be on the river and really pleased to see not too many changes and a decent amount of flylife for early April. If you are out take the time to sit and watch and you will see a few fish feeding
Sandy