Hot Stuff

Well on the radio driving to Bakewell this Sunday lunch, Britain was hotter than the Algarve and Rome which ain't a bad start in anyones book and arriving at Sheepwash I stepped out into the glorious sunshine and tackled up. I explored a new tricky section going up to Riverside, in fact it was death defying holding onto the wall, trees or anything else to prevent me taking an early bath. Anyway I was rewarded for my efforts clambering along the wall with a few rainbows and its worth the effort to observe the rising trout below you, completely unaware. After catching a few above and below Sheepwash Bridge I decided to try stalking the wild browns in the channel near the Firestation and failed miserably to entice a brown although I was completely succesful at covering my hands in nettle stings.
Throughout the day I managed plenty of fish with some rising and others needing some rivercraft to reveal themselves,luckily amongst the humpteen fish caught were 6 beautiful browns.

The grayling were spawning all over with some huge specimens loitering here and there putting on a show for the keen eyed anglers. My succesful flies were my vw sedge,tupps,duster varients and elk caddis to bring em up in the speedy stuff. Around tea time I got amongst a small hatch of LDO's creating a short burst of blistering fishing, just to plonk a cherry on top of another gorgeous day at the home of flyfishing.