May finished with rain, so June in Eden started with our rivers up a touch and carrying some colour. But the rivers were still fishable and the evening of the 1st saw our first good hatch of Blue Winged Olives.
Saturday, January 21, 2023
June in Eden...2022
Friday, January 20, 2023
May in Eden...2022
May in Eden in 2022 was a relatively good month for both myself and my clients. The month started dry and then rain towards the end of the second week brought our rivers up and, even though they were soon back to a fishable level, they carried a touch of colour for the majority of the month.
The Grannom were still showing in the early part of May, but they soon petered out, leaving us with the seasonal hatches of Olive Upright and Iron Blue Dun. Our lakes were starting to warm up and provided some decent sport on occasions.
We were also treated to the occasional day of Black Gnat falls from week two of the month. The gnats are a favourite for our fish and they were soon on to them!
Thursday, January 19, 2023
April in Eden....2022
April in Eden couldn't have got off to a better start. The 1st was far from an April Fool's day for me!
The day dawned bright and sunny with a bitterly cold North - North westerly wind and the occasional, brief, cloudy spell. A hatch of Large Dark Olives at 1330 didn't get much of a response, with only two splashy rises and a hatch of March Browns at 1415 didn't elicit much more of a response either. Only two fish rose when the emerging March Browns hit the surface, but it was a case of right place, right time for me. I covered one with my MB emerger, which was ignored, but the fish came up to my second offer. It was obvious that this was a good fish, but I didn't realise how good until it filled the net. I'd managed a rare Eden leviathan which turned to be a new PB for me!
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
March 2022 - A new season in Eden
The 2022 season kicked off with showers and bitterly cold westerly winds. Our spring flies made a show, but hatches were sparse and relatively short-lived affairs.
Rising fish were at a premium during those early days of the new season and most fish came to sub-surface offers, either deep offerings in the form of weighted nymphs or a team of our north country spiders fish just under the surface.
Grayling were keener to feed than trout initially and they dominated our early catches. We saw our first March Brown's on the 19th, but a day of brilliant sunshine put paid to any surface activity. A good, albeit sparse, hatch of Large Dark Olives brought a few fish to the surface on the 24th and we had a brief window of activity.
The final two days of the month brought bitterly cold easterly winds and frequent snow showers, but both March Browns and Large Dark Olives braved the elements and hatched in the few areas that gave shelter from the winds. Fish weren't keen to come to the surface in the adverse conditions, but nymphs and spiders produced spells of action.