Well after 5 hours of very enjoyable fishing this afternoon i can report that there are a lot of large fish to be had at the moment......sadly not by me.
The weather was looking good but getting quite windy as the afternoon went on.
There wasn't much trout movement on the surface only saw 2 or 3, sadly all out my range. Actually saw more salmon moving than trout, counted 6 all at different locations.
Taking on board some of the great advice from here i decided to fish wets.
Having hooked and lost 2 trout (one that broke my tippet and one that spat the hook out) the broken tippet was probably down to me not checking it's condition as the day went on.
Both fish felt of a good size maybe 2lbs. Was a joy to have hooked them even if it was only briefly.
On the down side though i noticed that 50 yards up stream from the road bridge there looks and smells like petrol or diesel on some of the water near the bank. Someone has put down a floating foam barrier to try and contain the pollution but it's not the best. Can't tell weather this is flowing into the river or just a localised spill. Who would be best to see about this? Has this already been reported?
Dan
