Royal Bird

Date: 28 Sep 2014 
Weather: Sunny - windy as hell
Crew: Dave
Target Fish: Trout
Bait: - Fly - Royal Stimulator #12, Copper John Nymph, Parachute Adams #12
Berley: None 
Catch: 1 Brown Trout
Report: No action at the start, then then hatch started and fish were rising everywhere. Nervously tied on a parachute adams and cast straight to rising fish. He took it, but I mustn't have tied the hook right and it pulled out - was absolutely gutted. Lesson for next time - be patient! Had a few more takes on the parachute adams without hooking up, then tied on a stimulator and had a hookup.
The hatch were snowflake caddis - need to get a some of these patterns in the fly box.
I wasn't too impressed with this stream early on - that certainly changed.
Rating: 7/10

Bitwenjopit

Date: 20 Sep 2014 
Weather: Sunny/Overcast at times
Crew: Dave, Easty 
Target Fish: Trout
Bait: - Fly - Royal Stimulator #12, Copper John Nymph, Spinners - 7g Celta, Rapala CD5 Brown Trout 
Berley: None 
Catch: 7 Rainbows 
Report: Action was consistent, though fish had no interest in spinners. Easty wasn't getting much love with the fly rig early on, but finally managed to land one and hook another - his first wild rainbow on fly. Landed an absolute beauty just upstream of the bridge, right where a massive tree branch had fallen into the water about 20 mins earlier. Would have killed us! All except one fish took the nymph. The one that took the dry absolutely smashed it. Thanks to Easty's car for getting us up there and back, despite being in a world of pain. All fish released 
Rating: 7/10

Bitwenjopit

Date: 14 Sep 2014  
Weather: Sunny
Crew: Dave 
Target Fish: Trout  
Bait: - Fly - Royal Stimulator #12, Copper John Nymph
Berley: None 
Catch: 7ish (lost count) Rainbows, 1 Brown
Report: Action was pretty slow early on. Had a good sized rainbow pull the line into an overhanging blackberry bush - something to keep an eye out for. Fished the same stretch of water twice, second time around was a lot more productive. All but one fish caught on nymph - possibly too early in the season for dries. All fish released
Rating: 7/10

Mary and Steve's

 

Date: 6-Sep-2014

Weather: Sunny - sensational
Crew: Dave
Target Fish: Trout
Bait: Fly - Royal Stimulator #12 with Copper John Nymph #14, Parachute Adams #12
Berley: None
Catch: 1 x Brown Trout, 6 x Rainbow, 11 x Golf Balls
Report: First session of the season! Started at about 830 with no action til about 12. All but one fish were caught on the nymph. Absolute cracking day.
Rating: 8/10