Fishing for the hardiest last week with plenty of pegs on the smaller lakes frozen. Circulation, though, kept plenty of the Doxford fishable. Slow sinking lines found the trout lying in the deeper and comparatively warmer water-as did static bloodworms and blobs under indicators. As ever, a, brief period of calm had black midges hatching, though the trout were understandably slow to respond.
Pink and yellow were the go-to colours.
fly box;
pinky
red devil
large black buzzer
yellow dancer/blob
appetiser
cats whisker
