[Colin Sunley]

Nice fish

[Allan Liddle]

Great stuff Sandy. 

[Jeff Donovan]

Smashing report  great pics & thanks for sharing 

[Sandy Nelson]

Cracking day to be on the water today, conditions were about perfect and the nice Deveron fish obliged

Most of the day was made up of hunting down the fish that were steadily feeding on the Olive Uprights hatching off, but they were hatching in numbers along with small dark olives, Yellow mays, black gnats, Hawthorns. The size 12 CDC spider seemed to do the trick on the ones who were hungry though and much fun was had with a steady stream like this



Great company today too  and exploring another, new to me, beat meant lots of walking and talking and spotting and marking and then working our way back taking in turns to target the fish.

Funny how things turn out and when i got left on my own for a while i managed to spot this fella taking flies  only 5 ft from the near bank (seems to be a common theme this season), a tricky wee cast but well worth it



Well pleased, but top things off another fish started moving in the same spot but about 15ft further out, didn't think it was as big but a quick cover soon proved they were almost a matching pair, about 1/2lb  difference in weight and 2" in length



We stayed on due to the conditions, to see if there was an evening rise, but things died off about 7 ish, still a little early yet, although there were huge numbers of spinners in the air and stacks of fly on the water.

All in all a great day in great company on a great river, superb

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

Great stuff Sandy

Cheers
Mike

[Iain Cameron]

We stayed on due to the conditions, to see if there was an evening rise, but things died off about 7 ish, still a little early yet, although there were huge numbers of spinners in the air and stacks of fly on the water.

Allan had some later excitement; even driving home I swear I heard him shout f*******!!!!

[Allan Liddle]

A cracking day and as Sandy said, company great.  Learned a lot from the others and especially keen to follow up on a certain wee style of fly that was an eye opener for me, might even have to revise to attitude towards Ducks Arse feathers 

Best fish for me was only a little over a pound with other more meatier fish snatched at and missed (common theme for me recently, is this the dry flee anglers equivelant of the 'Yips'?  )
Cracking troots for sandy though and great to see them on a bit of water that's had a wee bit of trout anglers attention recently.

Almost a grand finale and yup i did stick it right out, sadly no spinner fall (rain came on and killed that) but there was a flurry of uprights from about 8.45 and i spotted a big nose poke out the water (on a bit we'd all fished earlier) which duly obliged and sooked in my olive Dirty Duster.  Iain was right when he said when he sid he heard me swear on the way home as although i knew i was on a nice fish when it's head came out to take the DD and i really saw it i nearly shat myself.

Sea troots still count in the trophy troot stakes for me and this one would easliy tip the scales between 6lb to 7lb, 3lb nylon size 14 DD and #5 Streamflex which was certainly 'flexing'.  Big jumps, big runs and lots of chasing by me all the time getting closer and closer to fast heavy rocky water with my never really in any form of control, then the inevitable happened, 'ping' nylon obviously came across the fish's teeth and i 'tagged' it with my DD. 

Ah well such as life, excitment certainly, disapointed?  Not really except for the fact i never got to take it's photo, i still got the best bit, that feeling of anticipation, the cast the rush of hooking it, just missed the photo session in the end 

All i'm worried about now is when can i get out to try it all again??    Roll on the weekend