Thanks to a healthy flow

Looking back at last September's blog posts, the rivers were low and the fish highly cautious. How different this year to see the rivers flowing with a healthy push, solid weed growth and of course often coloured! It's the colour that will make the difference and whilst a tinted river often put people off, it can really give the confidence to feed.

Spotting speckled backs and flitting fins amongst shallower runs really gets the heart racing...

A decent fish in a shallow run, feeding on nymphs

To opoen my September account, it was again the rather unusual 9'6" 1 weight Maxia rod that was my choice. A couple of small nymphs worked through the likely looking runs produced several fish quickly.

Indeed, the stained water coninciding with dusk can produce some impressive 'small stream' trout:

Falling for a pink-tagged nymph, this beauty gave a stunning account of itself

I am looking forward to these healthy flows continuing right into the back end of the season!

~Dave