Sunday was spent exploring another under-fished CADAC water. My one previous visit revealed that it was a 10 minute walk from the car and that once there, there wasn’t an awful lot of water to go at. It also revealed however that this short beat could be excellent for dry fly fishing.   My two…

Another short introductory lesson on the Dee and then off to fish one of the lesser trodden beats on the CADAC waters. A spectacular hatch had the swallows and swifts swooping all around me and the fish (especially the trout) seemed to enjoy it too! It lasted less than an hour but it was the…

After a short casting lesson, I bade farewell to my client and headed off for some fishing. Today’s river was the clearest and lowest I’ve ever seen it. I was gutted when I finally arrived as the journey had taken an hour longer than usual due to roadworks and the sun was now at its…

This stunning fish absolutely inhaled a size 20 shuttlecock after I’d spent a good 20 minutes of trying to make the right presentation. As it tore up and down the thin, clear, snaggy pool, I was struck by that eery feeling of deja vu. The fishes eventual presence in the net confirmed it…. I had…

It has been a busy month with new venues to explore, near perfect conditions and of course a new name and web site. Normal service should be resumed fairly soon but to tide you over until the blog is back in full swing, here are just a few of this months Brown Trout.