Sharpley Springs Fishing Report 10th July 2011

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