Last Saturday I went off to Vale End, Albury to finish my fish tickets as they ran out at the end of the month. There were only a couple of people when I arrived at about 8:45.
At the fly tying class on Tuesday we had been tying Salmon flies. I had tied some of them on single hooks, size 10, to try them out on trout. I also had tied some small Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear on size 16. The flies above the rule are the Salmon Flies and the ones below I tied on size 10 for Trout.
I started fishing with the Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear (GHRE) in the small lake but did not even have a touch. Then after I went to the large lake using again the GHRE, but still no luck. All the flies in the centre are Ally's Shrimp. I changed to the bottom fly in the centre and soon caught my first fish, but then nothing else. I changed to the bottom fly on the right, I believe this is called a Hairy Mary.
I got one tug on this one and it was quite deep down. I changed to a sink tip fly line because of this. Unfortunately, as the lake was not that deep, I kept on hooking weed on the bottom and I quickly went back to my double taper line. Still nothing, so I moved position on the lake, no luck. I moved again, nothing. This time I changed my fly to the second up in the middle, a slightly different Ally's Shrimp and was soon into my second fish. After that nothing.
I then moved back to the small lake, but not before making a cup of tea in the van. I fished at the end nearest the weir. I soon had a tug and then another. About ten minutes later I had my third fish on the bank. This was my limit, I went back and had another cup of tea and then it poured with rain for a few minutes and I went home.
