Been busy this week with various things but I did get out a couple of times
Early on before we had the mini flash flood, there were good hatches of Uprights and still plenty LDOs, they never really dissappear and can still get the trout rising
Some nice fish to be found, but not in the usual spots, many had moved into the pocket water and it took a bit is spotting to see them
I caught this guy again. Despite his war wounds from either a sawbill or the Osprey he rose freely in a different area to last time
Speaking of Osprey I watched this guy for a while before he settled in the top of this tree and then dove like a kingfisher to take a nice fish from the pool below. Never seen an Osprey do this before
Some Bonny silvery trout about too. Not sure if they were finnock that had been in the water for a while or just silvery browns. They were too big for smolts
Some nice fish though in the pockets
As the week warmed up I saw a couple of these guys. Common lizards, but not often you see them. This one was particularly friendly
Towards the end of week there were noticeably less decent fish rising and an increase in the amount of smolts taking your fly. So I guess that fresh water on Monday moved a lot of them downstream and the Smolt hatch is well underway.
Probably means evenings are on the cards very soon for finding the better fish on the surface. Or big streamers
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