31st may,darley dale

went to darley dale with mick today and boy
was it hot on arrival my cars thermometer was
showing 25 .
the river was alive with mayfly and midge with
the odd trout hammering into the mays.
did catch on my own tied mayfly which was a
first for me.below the lovely shade of this tree
made a nice picnic site

caught one or two but was not brilliant fishing
until the evening cooled down taking 5 in the
last 20 minutes on balloon caddis and spent
mays.

nice days fishing apart from twisting my
ankle on a rut made by a cows hoof ,maybe
the cows were getting revenge for me eating
corned beef sandwhiches.mick thought it was
funny,not as funny as his late attempt to
hook a fish(see video below)

mayfly fill the air.





mick a bit slow in striking.