Things are definitely starting to liven up,and with calmer days mid-week small black midge hatched in abundance and littered the surface at times.
This made for superb dry fly angling,challenging and delicate.
The biggest double of the year so far with a cracking massive 20lb 4oz Rainbow caught by Glen Appleby from Peterlee on a 6lb lead using drifting buzzers total for the day 15 trout. James Stephenson from Great Ayton came second in the biggest fish of the week with a huge 18lb 6oz Trout netting 10 in total. Tommy Stephenson from Rolland Gill returned a lucky 21 fish including one at 12lbs 4oz. Pam Pratt totalled 39 fish in one session using Drys to return the biggest bag of the week. Nick Hart from Stanley returned 24.
Rod average
4.9
North East premiere Trout Fishery
Tactics
Anglers using their finest tippets and smallest black dries found success-but only when coupled with thoughtful presentation.
One day required small,hackled adult imitations twitched downwind,the next,these were ignored but vertically hanging foam head emergers fooled the trout.Experimentation,as always,was the key.
The Spring warmth also initiated a lot of Corixa activity and one or two of the
less successful divers were visibly taken.
The Albert and Alice lake has fished particularly well.Cats Whiskers were unbeatable on it one day.
Fly box:
Black spider
Griffiths Gnat
Black/brown f fly
Black foam head emerger
Black teeny nymph
Bloodworm
Cats Whisker
Yellow blob
Olive worm
Tactics
Anglers using their finest tippets and smallest black dries found success-but only when coupled with thoughtful presentation.
One day required small,hackled adult imitations twitched downwind,the next,these were ignored but vertically hanging foam head emergers fooled the trout.Experimentation,as always,was the key.
The Spring warmth also initiated a lot of Corixa activity and one or two of the
less successful divers were visibly taken.
The Albert and Alice lake has fished particularly well.Cats Whiskers were unbeatable on it one day.
Fly box:
Black spider
Griffiths Gnat
Black/brown f fly
Black foam head emerger
Black teeny nymph
Bloodworm
Cats Whisker
Yellow blob
Olive worm
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