Fly Fishing Reports

Date:    Saturday 17th July
Report Author:    Pete
Best Catch:    8 trout by Darren Booth
Heaviest Bag:    4 fish weighing 9lb 13oz by Darren Booth
Best Rainbow:    3lb 1oz by Darren Booth and Chris Guthrie
Best Brownie:    3lb 10oz by Mark Tyndall
Bank Rod Av:    2 fish per angler
Boat Rod Av:    2 fish per angler
Sport: Today saw the last of the four days of the Lexus Open European Fly Fishing competition and the second day for the team event. This saw 7 teams taking to the water with three qualifying spots up for grabs in the international final. With strong gusting winds again today the fishing was going to be a little tricky. at the end of the day the top individual was Greys Team Stocks angler Darren Booth with 8 fish Darren fished a four fly setup with a cats booby on the top dropper followed by two dabblers and a mini Dennis the Menace booby on the point. Darren reckoned the key to his success today was to never repeat a drift he caught a fish on and to rest for about 45mins before drifting it again.
The biggest fish of the day went to Stocks Hawks angler Mark Tyndall which wins him a pair of Maui Jims Sunglasses, Mark landed a stunning 3lb 10oz brownie from Newclose bay on a cat booby. the results for the teams are below
Total          Total
Fish           Weight

1st     Greys team stocks       20           41lb 10oz
2nd    Stocks Harriers            14           27lb 5oz
3rd    Peregrines                    13           24lb 11oz
4th    Stocks Hawks              11           24lb 1oz
5th    The Weasels                12           22lb 2oz
6th    Chatton trout fishers    10           21lb 7oz
7th    The Top Droppers        3             7lb 3oz

Well done to the top three teams for qualifying and to the rest of the field for a great performance on what was a testing day. See you in the lodge Pete.