Post by chriscreeler on Apr 8, 2012 22:34:13 GMT
I have had three outings to the Irthing so far this season and have found it quite hard going. The first, on a bleak cold opening day to the Chapelburn area yielded two trout of 10 and 8 inches. There was a sprinkling of duns on the water at times, but I only saw three fish rise all day and surprisingly managed to catch two of them using a pair of lightly weighted nymohs fished upstream.
A few days later in slightly sunnier weather I fished below Willowford. There were just a very few duns and stoneflies about but no rises. I had an almost identical catch and they must have come from within four yards of each other.
Today I fished at Great Easby, the stretch in the photo, and had one little out of season grayling. I did hook another considerably larger which played deep at first, but when I saw it was another grayling I tried to hustle it out and the hook pulled free.
A few days later in slightly sunnier weather I fished below Willowford. There were just a very few duns and stoneflies about but no rises. I had an almost identical catch and they must have come from within four yards of each other.
Today I fished at Great Easby, the stretch in the photo, and had one little out of season grayling. I did hook another considerably larger which played deep at first, but when I saw it was another grayling I tried to hustle it out and the hook pulled free.
