Faith

You can read a more detailed account of

Sundays outing on Phils blog .................

http://flyandclassiccoarse.blogspot.com/

My summary goes a little like this.

I visited this part of the river over

our very cold winter period. I only

had a few fish but the ones I did get

seemed to be of a better stamp than

lower down. I put this down in the

end to the very cold weather, although

I had concerns about the amount of

predatory birds. I now still have the

concerns. While the odd big Grayling

can be found, fish of under a pound are

sadly scarce. A complete absence of

Dace in water that should hold them

in high numbers and no small Chub

either is a worry.

We fished the first pool, I have had

a couple of fish one of which pushed 2lb.

Also I have lost a couple of good fish.

I had told Phil this and I think he wanted

to get a good Grayling. Although we had

a few Trout we struggled a little.

I had spotted a good ripply glide in

winter, which had a barbed wire fence

in the middle of it making it un fish-able.

So I took Phil and it looked spot on.........

after one trout, I think he was loosing faith

in the water I had targeted, but he stuck with

it and reaped the rewards with a 1lb12oz fish.

I managed a few Trout and also got Chub taking

Crust although I somehow managed not to hook

one. I will give this area another try but I'm a little

worried. A family of Goosander as we left only added

to my concern.