Well my last two trout reports of the 2015-16 season....
*** Four browns caught in short session. 28-4-16
- Dull & damp conditions, perfect trout fishing day..
Low cloud and light rain had me setting off to Merseylea again this morning in what were ideal conditions for trout fishing. This time I was fishing at the top bridge which is around three kilometers upstream from where I fished yesterday. It wasn't one bit cold this morning, probably because it was 10.00am before I was in the river. Today I'm using the #00 gold black fury, only because it's the spinner that's already set up on the rod I'm using today. I'll change it if need be.
- Dull conditions on the river..
- Long slow flowing run
After ten minutes of working my way upstream and concentrating on flicking the spinner into the flat water on the opposite river bank under the willows I had my first brown trout on for the session. It was soon in the net, quick pic and back in the river. Twenty meters further up I picked up another nice brown in the tail end of a long slow flowing section of river. After releasing that nice brown I hopped out of the river and bypassed the long stretch of water to get back fishing another stretch of fast water. I managed to catch another two browns here from three hook ups as well as having two hit and misses. I had only been fishing for one & a half hours when I called it a day. I wasn't feeling all that good between the shoulder blades again today so I didn't want to aggravate it too much with three days of the season left after today. I still want to have a few more days fishing if I can. In all, it wasn't a bad session on the Mersey River, no doubt had I fished on I'm sure I would have caught a few more fish.
- Nice brown..
- another Mersey brown..
*** Rain puts an end to the fishing. 29-4-16
Not a breath of wind with as just a sprinkling of light rain had me darting off to the Mersey River this morning. A session that I'm hoping will last a while before the rain gets heavier and sets in for the day as forecast. The forecast is for 15-25mms across the North of the state today which is very much needed. This will also gives the rivers a lift that should bring the trout on over the last two days of the season which ends at midnight Sunday 1st May. I hit the river just on 8.30 am just as the rain became a little heavier for a short time only before it eased right off. I used the gold black fury just as I did yesterday and was soon onto a nice 360gm rainbow that took the spinner just as I was about to lift it from the water and recast it. Luckily I had the drag set light as it peeled some ten meters of the thin 4 lb mono line from the reel. It didn't take over long before I had this lovely coloured 'bow in the net. Like all my catches, this one was soon back in the river after a photo. A little further up the river and I was onto a nice medium size (360gm) brown that put up a decent battle in the fast water for it's size. With two trout already caught in the first twenty minutes it looked like it was going to be a good mornings fishing.
- Damp morning on the Mersey River..
- solid 'bow..
- Tail end of a back water..
The rain became heavy once more and things went pretty quiet until it eased off to a light drizzle some 15 minutes later after drenching me. I noticed a few trout started to jump and others were starting to surface feed in the slow flowing sections, so the rain was getting the trout up and about. The next fast water gave up another two browns with the best one going 520gms, this was a well conditioned male and beautifully coloured too. Just after releasing it the rain came in again, this time I could see it wasn't going to let up. This sent me packing back to the car and back to Sheffield. The best thing about today is that we are finally having a reasonably good dose of much needed rain. I was happy to get two hours in on the river before it set in too. With three browns and a rainbow caught & released it was worth getting wet.
- time to go home...
cheers
Adrian
