The St Patricks day comp was held today and there was a fine turn out on such a drizzly morning, however the whether forecasters got it wrong again as the day cleared up nicely to provide lovely fishing conditions. There was a good spill of rain over night which added a nice tinge of colour to the water & rose the level about 4 inches from mid week levels, water temps were still quite low for this time of year only 4 degrees.
Nymphs were the order of the day with 28 fish caught, only a couple fell for dry flies the rest nymphs.
Different techniques were used New Zealand, Czech, French, upstream & downstream with New Zealand proving the best on the day with both Michael Callaghan & new member Kevin Tipper both using variants of that style to good effect jointly winning the competition with a 13 inch fish each.
They agreed to share the trophy 6 months each for the year well done lads.
All enjoyed the fry up before hand many thanks to all the cooks the bacon sandwiches were much appreciated.
Here are some pictures taken during the day.
Tight Lines
Nothing like a bacon sandwich to sort you out for the day
Garreth John facing into the worst of the weather it did get better
Michael Callaghan with his winning 13 inch Trout
Kevin Tipper & Michael Callaghan Joint Winners well done lads
Yeah great turnout & good to see so many fish caught, bring on the Hawthorn comp!
ReplyDeleteWell fished Michael & Kevin, yeah it was a great turnout good to see the lads & a few new faces as well good auld days fishing as well.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Jay