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.
North Country Spiders tempted fish
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.
Large dark Olives showed most days
March Browns braved the elements
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.
Nymphs and spiders produced on the final two days of March
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