Conditions looked good as everyone motored out - with a gentle breeze from the south east producing an ideal dry fly ripple - and before leaving the shore Alan E notched a 5lb plus rainbow on a small olive dry.  He had seen it rise very close to the bank and could not resist the challenge!  (The fish was returned.)  Sadly as is often the case with our Portmore outings, conditions soon changed, with the wind suddenly swinging around to come in cold from the north east. 

Nevertheless, John M did well and stuck doggedly to the dries to take the best bag of four for 16lb 2oz, on size 12 hoppers.  Various other methods worked to catch baskets of 3 fish, including bright yellow tadpoles fished on a slime line on the drift, and Diawl Bach and buzzer pupae on floating lines, fished drifting or at anchor.

The evening grew quickly cold and many rods left early, despite the fact that there was a late rise of fish near the head of the wind.  However, these resident trout proved very choosey and hard to interest as they fed on a variety of adult sedges including some very large species.

The 17 rods weighed in 23 fish for 83 lb 10 oz, with a few others returned.