Heavy rain on Thursday evening and overnight brought the river level up by Friday morning to at about 2 ft above the normal summer level with a fair bit of colour! Some nice fish were caught including the one below by Geoff Woodall which weighed in at exactly 10 lb! Geoff was fishing with his two boys which is nice to see! I saw another fish caught by an unknown angler that looked like 7 lb or more! Well done Geoff! However, I was surprised that Geoff made his youngest son carry the fish back to the car park, all the way from the bottom beat, some 1 1/2 miles despite the fact that he (his son) hadn't even caught it in the first place! I do not know the boys name but suggest that he asks his Dad for some 'extra' pocket money this week as compensation!!!!!
On a more serious note, whilst I was preparing to fish the tail end of Crewel Pool by the 'tin hut' and while I was tying on a mepp's lure I was surprised and shocked at an angler who just walked up out of nowhere and started spinning the pool where I was about to start fishing right under my nose!! When I tackled him about his cheek he just told me that he would 'get in behind me'? Where would that be I wondered? 'We used to fish 3 anglers here years ago' he said! What on 3 or 4 yards of river bank I wondered? I was shocked to experience this kind of inconsiderate behaviour on our river. I don't know his name but he was 60 ish, well built with grey hair and a beard I think. If he reads this he will know it is him! We could do without people like this on the river in my opinion! He was still there a couple of hours later when I returned so he obviously had a game plan! Ignorant, selfish, inconsiderate are a few words that spring to mind.
Have you experienced a similar thing to this? Maybe from the same guy? Please let me know if you have!
From what I have seen today (Friday) before I had to leave, if the rain stays away over the weekend then the fly could well come out possibly Saturday night but more likely Sunday night. Also, talking of coming out, Eifion has threatened to take up the fly! I offered him some tuition which he has accepted so watch this space for further updates!
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