With the rods now settled into a daily fishing routine I took the opportunity to fish a ‘secret’ trout river with Matt. We are doing a bit of groundwork to allow Sportfish to develop a Trout/Grayling fishing trip in September in conjunction with Matt Hayes and the Winsnes Fly Fishing Lodge.
I have to say the river was an absolute stunner.
It flows through beautiful countryside and is tailor made for dry fly fishing. When we arrived a big Danica mayfly hatch was in progress and there were some absolute monsters on the prowl. Like big wild trout anywhere these fish were far from easy to tempt. I caught a lovely brownie – see Matt’s fabulous release shot below – and some smaller samples. Matt rose a real monster that fell off early in the fight.
Allan releasing a beautiful Brown trout underwater
If you would like to join us on the trip this September please drop me an email allan@sportfish.co.uk and I will let you have details as they are finalised. Matt will guide the trip.