Missed a nice afternoon yesterday (painting again) but went to Kemnay today with a supreme confidence as the weather was glorious. I didn't tackle up at the car as I really wanted to to fish the dry but wasn't sure how long I'd have to wait for the first hatch.
After 15 min's sitting and watching the odd upwing I couldn't cage the beast any longer and threw on a couple of nymphs.
I stayed well clear of any potential likely 'big boy' lies
just incase a decent hatch fell over it later. I managed to pick up a couple of 1/4 - 1/2lb fish and lose a silvery 3/4lber before having a rethink. A few more upwings were about without any serious surface activity so I opted for a Tungsten beaded GRHE and MB spider on the dropper. Walking upstream I stopped now and again at likely lies and had a throw or 30. Arriving at one nice spot the first cast showed that the leader needed de-greasing, I had another cast or two before giving myself a good talking to and reapplying mucilin on the tip of the line and sinkant to the leader - well 2 casts later the tip s bended to the side and I lifted into a nice brownie.
It weighed 3lb on the McLeans weigh net & took the MB Spider (barbless)
Upstream nymphing today was reasonably successful although I pulled a fly or two through textbook water with no reply. Oh well.
Still no great hatch or rises so I decided to head off as my ageing arthritic right arm was feeling the strain of upstream nymphing.
Will I get a decent fish on a dry soon?
Hope some decent fish were taken elsewhere on the dry.
Iain