Fly fishing back home

Well after quite a long period of no holidays, I decided to take a couple of weeks off to go and visit the family and also get some much needed northern fishing in! I had fishing planned for near enough every day, but unfortunately due to a mixture of beer and flu I only managed to get out on the water a few days..and a tip to everyone, fishing with a hangover in blustery/wet conditions isn’t advised!

My first trip was to fish a local river that I used to land quite a few big un’s out off, nobody really fished it so the fish had a chance to grow on without any real harm to their environment. Unfortunately a walk down the river didnt look good, no fish moving but what looked like pollution bubbles at the side of the river. I could have painted the rainbow with the different colours that I saw lining the fast water 😦 I fished for a little while in the hope that the fish were not really affected, but it didnt look good! No fish and a sad end to a little river..

The evening took a different turn with an invite for just 1 drink..walking in at 3am the next day not knowing how I got ome, early morning fishing didnt look like it was happening. When I finally did awake, it was 2 in the afternoon, I thought I’d go and have a look at a few spots to target for the following week. One spot in particular I saw fish topping freely, so out came the rod and a size 18 olive was on. 4 rises, 2 brake off, and 1 plump brownie later the wind had picked up, and my head still hadn’t recovered. But still, it proved that this river was ok.

I won’t bore you with the rest of the weeks fishing, but it wasn’t as good as I had built it up to be. Maybe due to cold weather, or the harsh winter they had experienced up there I just couldn’t tell. All I know is that I will be back pretty soon to try and land a few more larger fish.