Cracking conditions for it – though the light easterly breeze was naturally a touch on the cool side. However, good cloud cover until the last hour and a lengthways direction of breeze allowed for some good drifts. We hoped that the conditions would give us some good surface activity, but there was an almost total…
Good weather at last! It was a cracking day to be out. Perhaps not what fishers of traditional wets would have been looking for, but ideal for nymphing or dry fly tactics. The wind was the only fly in the ointment. It was typical ‘light and variable’, which means that what little air there is…
The kind weatherman promised a nice warm day, with cloud cover and no rain. We did not get any rain… suppose he is happy with one out of three. What we got was a cold, swirling wind. However, it did feel warm when the sun came out, but it got very cold again when a…
This was our first evening session this year, and perhaps it was a mistake to have an evening session so early in the year. When I arrived, very early, the air was 19.5 Celsius if you were in a sheltered spot. However, when you moved away from the shelter and into the strong east wind,…