Wet Pipettes and Dry Nets…27th/28th April

May 3, 2019

Along with Large Dark Olives, Grannom are one of those flies that can help really kick start the Trout season as they too can hatch in huge numbers.

 

The Grannom (pictured) is just one of around 100 species of Caddis flies (also referred to as sedges) that are found in the UK.

In fairness, they all look pretty similar to the naked eye and for the purposes of fishing, as long as you match the size and ‘Sedgey footprint’, you’re in with a chance!

That said, if you are a ‘saddo’ like me and want to find out more about Caddis entomology, you could do much worse than attend Stuart Croft’s excellent ‘Introduction to Adult Caddis Flies’ course.

 

After guiding on Friday, I headed up north to Cumbria for Saturdays course at the Freshwater Biological Association on the banks of lovely Lake Windermere. There, myself and another 14 other socially challenged individuals, spent the day staring down microscopes trying to spot the details that help to identify the different species of adult Caddis flies.

It might not help me catch any more fish but it was incredible to see these very important insects in such fine detail. I’m even thinking of upgrading my microscope!

 

Sunday was spent in the company of some very special ladies as I was again honoured to be involved with the Casting for Recovery day at the Coniston Cold hotel. Sadly, even though fish were caught this year, my net remained dry and my lady for the day Zoe, would have to be content with a takeaway tea.

Altogether it was a fabulous if somewhat fish-less weekend.

Back to school!
Isn’t this the same as the last one?

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