Three browns to open up the 2017-18 trout season..

[meppstas]

Thanks guys, just need the rivers to drop a little more at the moment...

it is still Winter though and I'm sure there's more rain to come yet to stuff me up..

cheers
Adrian

[Scraglor]

Awesome pics, looks like a cracking day too. Has been miserable over here

[Paulanderson]

Hmmmmmm at this rate it will be 100 trips to get to the 300 mark! Am sure things will improve though. Must have been great to have a Brown on the line after a 3 month break Adrian.

[meppstas]

Hmmmmmm at this rate it will be 100 trips to get to the 300 mark! Am sure things will improve though. Must have been great to have a Brown on the line after a 3 month break Adrian.

That it was Paul, really great to get back in the rivers.. they are slowly dropping and hopefully by Thursday I'll be able to give the Meander River a fish with a bit of luck.. It's going to have to drop quite a lot though see today's graph. My aim is to crack 500 for the season for starters and if I can get that with around 5 weeks of the season left then I'll have a go at breaking the 600 mark again.. of course that's if the body can hold on that long..

cheers
Adrian

The river level has to be below the red line to be safe enough for wading..

[happyfriggincamper]

A nice welcome back to chasing trout - looking forward to the season of reports! Best of luck to the season ahead, any plans or goals for the season regarding choosing the water to fish?

[barra mick]

Thanks guys, just need the rivers to drop a little more at the moment...

it is still Winter though and I'm sure there's more rain to come yet to stuff me up..

cheers
Adrian

do you ever float a worm down the rivers...or cricket, hopper ect???

Cheers bm

[meppstas]

Normally liked to drown a worm at this time of year BM, but have tried at all so far with bait fishing at all.. Used to love floating grasshoppers on a river during Feb & March too... (check the pic's)
Won this competition back in 2009 grasshopper fishing... also caught the most fish on that day as well..
Only had 1-1/2 hours to fish an allocated stretch of the Leven River, caught three solid browns.. I had a good day on the water that year.
cheers
Adrian

Certificate World Grasshopper Championship 2009

Lord of the River certificate (RHS).. overall winner, most fish caught.