Although well stocked with doubles this
week the big fish have been the most challenging with a 13lb 5oz Blue being
caught with a Black Fritz by Dave Robson from Seaham. Adam Brown residing in South Shields took a 7lb 1 oz Rainbow using a Grey
Zonker. The evening fishing from 6pm to 10.30pm provide the best sport of the
day with Peter Appleby from Bishop Auckland releasing 11 trout as the sun sets.
Bill Hope from Sunderland released a
naturalised Brownie at 4 lbs. Nathan Bryant from Dunston netted fish to a total
of 18 lbs.
Rod average 3.1
Tactics
For dry fly sport the hatches of midge
that occur early and late in the day can be relied upon. Cdc emerger buzzers
are generally the most effective,with olive shuttlecocks still the best. In the
evenings and,indeed, throughout the day to a lesser extent,dry sedges can
attract trout. Like with the buzzers,cdc patterns are excellent and the
traditional deer hair imitations shouldn't be ignored either. Pulled wet sedge
pupal flies are unbeatable as the evening light is lost. Damsel nymphs and
buzzer pupae large and small are go-to flies in the absence of an obvious hatch
and the resident brown trout continue to offer good marginal stalking. Fly box;
Olive shuttlecock
Black buzzer
GRHE
cdc sedge
Whidkhams fanc
Invicta
Daddylonglegs
Great early
evening rises with swallows dipping for emerging flies. Wade Brown from Preston Village on his weekly visit to Sharpley
Springs caught one of the elusive Big Rainbow trout's, returning a 17 lb 2 oz
monster and also a small blue at 10 lbs.
Brad Bute from Sunderland used a Black Buzzer to take a 13 pounder and
his pal T Hanratty a 7 pounder.. P Beagarie returned 15 fish and Drren Walker
from lonbenton 14 again on Buzzers. Peter Hopeby from Bishop Auckland released
the biggest catch of the week with 23 trout. Peter Appleby also from Bishop
Auckland bring to the net 22 Blues and Rainbows
The tag fish
still remain uncaught with a £500 bounty on its fin.
Rod average 3.8
Tactics
Early anglers
are seeing olive spinners dancing in the still air and the trout are more than
willing to accept a well-placed pheasant tail
imitation. Spent style,flat in the surface film is best. Later in the morning
small green buzzer hatches are the norm with the resident fish sipping many at
the point of emergence.No surprise then that
shuttlecocks are the top fly pattern. Damsels are increasing in number and
their nymphs are showing in
spoonings but the real excitement is still to be had as the light begins to
fade and sedges of several species make their appearance. Brown cdc's
(size14 or 16),sedgehogs and invictas will all work.
Fly box;
Buzzers
olive shuttlecock
pheasant tail spinner
GRHE
Damsel nymph
Daddylonglegs
Sedgehog
Cdc sedge
Invicta
