Deveron Diary Day 2
The rain hit us pretty hard last night when we were having dinner and we had showers through the night. Being low down the system we were prepared for a change in height and clarity as the day went on.
When we got to the river though it wasn’t it too bad a shape and I had a nice short beat to myself. It gave me the chance to play a little with angles,flies and depths. I mixed flies, changed poly leaders and approached the run from a few different angles. sadly nothing connected but it wasn’t through trying and I really, really enjoyed myself. We all met up at lunch and I saw my first few moving fish of the day. This always fires you up a bit and Micheal and I were a little late for lunch as it was rude to leave the fish. I managed a good pull from one but that was it.
As the day went on the water crept up in height and carried more colour so the others got their spinning rods out. Liz managed a grilse of 4lb and had a good fish come off close in. I stuck with the fly and managed another pull but that was it. We finished a little earlier and will talk through tactics for tomorrow but sounds like weather will be OK.
As ever I am never worried about numbers of fish and enjoy the whole experience (not trying to paint a brighter picture…honest!) but the think that bothers me the most is the way I eased into eating a 3 course dinner every evening and a large fried breakfast every morning!
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