Carron Valley Reservoir, day session, 6th May.
(click on flies for photos)
The day started promisingly, with a light easterly and decent
cloud cover. In the first hour there was a decent rise to Scottish blend
buzzers, and one of our members had 3 wildies on a shuttlecock
CDC in Carron Bay. Unfortunately, the cloud then burned off to give us
the killer conditions of Carron: bright sun and an east wind. The fish
went down, and it was a case of find the depth AND find the place if you wanted
fish: and that was quite a tall order. Flies seemed to follow the Henry
Ford philosophy: any colour you like, as long as it's black. Notably, a
quick bag of 3 stockies was taken on DI-7 off the spit beyond Carron Bay, on the
way to the top dam. Successful flies were black
tadpole and bibio (photos).
Everyone else toiled for a wildy or two, which being only a half pound average,
were nearly all returned. One member had 4 on a black
Howwood. At the end of the session, the Club's 11 rods weighed in a
lowly 7 fish for 5 lb 1 oz, although a further 23 were returned.
Two days later in identically sunny conditions, a green-tailed
zulu (or a viva palmer if you like) was the killing fly for our competitor
in the national heats. His boat landed 3 powan in the course of the day, a
sign that they are doing rather well in their new home!
