June 2021 began with a spell of very sunny and very hot weather, but it also brought the season's first hatches of Blue winged Olives!
Friday, October 29, 2021
June 2021...hot weather and Blue Wing Olives
Maytime in Eden
Maytime in Eden started with bitterly cold weather and a relatively low river.
Paul joined me on the first day of the month and, despite the cold conditions, we had fly trickling off the river and fish rising. It was an opportunity for Paul to fish the dry fly and fish responded positively to his offerings. As per usual this season, the rise and hatch were brief affairs, but a change to our 'North Country Spiders' brought a bit more action as the surface activity slowed.
Thursday, October 28, 2021
April in Eden...2021
April in Eden started off with the rivers high and dirty. It wasn't all bad news though - Covid restrictions were relaxed on the 29th March and we were allowed to move around a bit more.
The rivers had settled by the 4th and normal service resumed, albeit with bitterly cold northerlies and long spells of sunshine! Luckily the rivers were still carrying a touch of colour, which compensated slightly for the sunshine and we saw trickles of our spring upwings. My first fish of the month fell to a March Brown imitation.