Last night was perfect. Cloudy, warm and the water was crystal clear and a fair height!
We knew it was going to be good from the start. Ok, no massive fish like the double figure sewin caught the night before, which Rod witnessed, but a good run of fish after about 12 o'clock. Running fish and Rodders Special fly - well that's a magical combination!
4 fish were caught by myself and John. John kicked things off with a 5lb sewin early on caught on the bottom beat between the ditch and the hedge, opposite where we set up shop! This is the biggest sewin he has ever caught on a fly! Well done John.
I followed with 3 fish - 2lb, 4lb and 7 lb - all on Rodders Special. They faught like stink and I lost one other big fish too! All of my fish were caught around the bend near the rubbish on the far side. The bigger fish certainly tested my new Sage Z Axis rod and Hardy Angel reel!
A good 7lb sewin - what a fighter too!
3 fish, 7lb, 4lb and 2 lb - good sport!
The HOT SPOT for me anyway!
Chris had a small brownie but wasn't lucky on this occasion!I fished until about 3.30 am by which time the skies had cleared and the temperature had dropped a little. What a night! This is what sewin fishing is all about! Can't wait to go back.
I need one of those nights. Just my luck to pick the wrong onet. Still nice to get the fly in the water again and had my first sewin on the fly for two seaons - 2 pounder and fought like hell for a little 'un. Had forgotton what it was like. It was the only take of the night and a bit disappointing. I had this fish in the same spot Andy had his bit of fun the followng night and on the same fly, which seems to work. Trevor, who I was fishing with, had a super hen fish at 3am in front of where we set up shop and was probably about 12lb or maybe more. He was chuffed to bits as well he should be. But not as big as Cerith's monster on the worm a while back. Great to see John with a big smile on his face. His 5 pounder looks bigger than that to me judging by Andy's 7 pounder. It just goes to show you have to be in the right place at the right time. Looking forward to my next trip, hopefully sometime this week. Maybe I can keep up my average of one a visit!
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