Church mayfeild ,dove 22nd april

Had a few hours on the dove at mayfeild this afternoon.
when arriving there was a lot of insects and the fish
were topping.
started off with a dark f fly taking a nice grayling
and missing a few.
Tried a nymph and repeated by catching a cracking
out of season grayling but no trout.

went up above the weir to see if anything about.
swiched to a duo large dry with a small shrimp
size 20 tied on new zealand style to the bend of
the dry.
only managed one tiny trout to the nymph but
what a lovely day.
still not convinced that the rivers are in top form
just yet.

Carsington res 16th april

Frosty start to the day with ice in bottom of the boats.
went over to the far bank to begin with.
we struggled all around milfields/upperfields bank.Caught
3 myself with john smith catching 5 then decided to go
over too tower bank.With buzzers on i caught a
overwintered rainbow over 4lbs staight away then the
takes never stopped for the rest of the day.John smith my
boat partner hooked into a cracking 5lb rainbow which
fought really hard and took a good five minutes to get
into the net.(shown above)

here is some of the fish we caught above.
The best fly for us on the day was without doubt a olive
buzzer taking well over 20 fish for us.we spooned one early
on and it was full of small olive buzzers.

a nice rainbow of about 4lbs.
we carried on until the wind made it really hard with my
battery wearing down on my electric motor.john ended up
with 21 rainbows and myself catching 17 including 4
overwintered between us.
If venturing to carsington keep moving around till you
locate the fish .great day nice venue will be back soon.
john

Afon Mawddach 10th april

Tried the river mawddach in north wales today.
This is primally a salmon and seatrout river
but i noticed the evening before trout rising
just below the bridge.
trying a mixture of dry and nymphs for a couple
of hours with no takes or signs of fish.
is'nt that the case when you are not fishing
signs of fish but none when you are eager too
catch something.
I fished this water with my derbyshire county
angling club ticket which as 2 season rods.
i would like to try this stretch again because it
looks very promising for trout.
If any members are intrested in fishing this venue
it is on the A470 near to the tyn n groes park
(spelling)with facilities, toilets ,undercover shelter
even a barbecue pit.

Llyn cynwch 7th and 9 th april

Had a couple of visits to this lake which were quite
enjoyable and caught quite a few fish.
This venue is available on the derby county angling
club season rods.
most of the fish were taken on ghhe nymph plus
a walkers mayfly nymph on a slime line.
did try the gawdy bling flies but the fish just laughed
out loud.
raised a smile from a fellow angler in getting a fish
to chase a mini muddler .
he asked" what fly have you got on"
i replied a muddler .
he laughed and replied"they probably were thinking
what the hell is that".

met a few anglers at the lake they all offered advice

and a few yarns.

some intresting stories of salmon and sea trout fishing

in the summer.

if you find yourself on a trip to this lake say hi

and take time to talk to the old guy who sits in the

car park in is motor.

he told me he only manages to fish a handful of times

a year due to age plus health.he visits most days to

take in the views and have a knap.

nice place all in all.

Carsington reservoir 3rd april

Fished carsington today.
caught 4 lost a couple on two tone blobs.
it was bloody freezing ,north westerly
nice place but come on mr bluesky
as delia said.
"Lets be havin you"
i will be back