Headed down to the river mid afternoon yesterday to test a couple of prototypes of the DT line that I have in development. Conditions were very bright and breezy, water has cooled down a bit, but the river is still running very low. Pleased with the line, coming along nicely, just a couple more tweaks and it should be good to go and we can start production
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My intention was just to test the lines for half an hour or so and then head home, but after a while, since the lines were performing well, I removed the bit of fluff that I had on the point of the DT2, tied on a dropper, and played with a Spider and wee Pheasant Tail Cruncher in the runs and pocket water ....... next thing I knew it was getting dark
You get some interesting pics when you're keeping them wet in the net, loving the eye on this fish, it's a good clue as to which one of the flies it fancied.
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The river fished well with these tactics until the light started to fade, I had around a dozen fish, nothing big, but great fun, as like many folk, I haven't fished it for a month or two.
It was good to see that all the fish were looking bonnie and healthy following this summer's conditions.
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I scouted a couple of pools at last light for something bigger, but this was disappointing, I only saw a couple of one off rises, which despite waiting, didn't come up again.
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A couple of boxes ticked ..... and very lucky to have a river like this on our doorstep
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