Fly Fishing Reports

Sport: It was windier today, and this determined where the anglers could fish comfortably. Not surprisingly, this had the biggest effect on the boat fishing. Yesterday most of the boats fished over the northern shallows but today the rough conditions made most anglers look for shelter elsewhere. However, the boats that braved the conditions and stayed in this area recorded the biggest catches. Mike Gadd and Dermot Speight were the top boat with 13 trout to the net. They both fished with slow sinking intermediate lines, two orange blobs and a slow figure of eight retrieve. They lost count of how many tugs and pulls they had but every now and then one would stick and come to the boat. Steve Bland was also catching on a similar retrieve in a similar area but this time on a Di3 sinker. Steve was using a washed out pink blob which he was counting right down and tweaking along the bottom. Going against the grain was Total Fly Fisher’s Graham Herbert. Graham started out on lures whilst fishing at the causeway; he had no success so he switched to a floating and tied on a team of buzzers. Even though there was a big wave on the water it wasn’t long before his line tightened and he connected with a lively rainbow. He took five on buzzers and two more on a small glister damsel.

On the shore it was Newclose Bay that once again produced the goods. Pete Whittle and Frank Green were in this area they both fish slow sinking intermediate lines, Pete fished a small sunburst fritz lure to eight fine trout and Frank fished a small black chain beaded pattern to take seven. In Hollins Bay father and son team Ken and Elliot Horrocks were having some great sport. They both fished a gold head Dawson’s olive on a floating line with a fast twitchy retrieve they took 14 trout and had many more pulls. The wind is due to drop off tomorrow, so hopefully the northern shallows will be more accessible for boat fishing. Tight Lines Ben