Weekly Round Up (Week Twenty Five)

Went up river this evening towards Kentmere near Staveley. The river levels are up about 6 inches due to the rain over the last couple of days. The river flow is not too fast at this point. As I walked along the bank I watched as the fish were freely rising to the hatch. Not exactly sure what was hatching but there was plenty of activity just sub-surface, as could be seen with the distinctive circles on the surface. This section does not have the easiest access but, there is access and with the waders on I will be able to fish this area. I am not 100% sure which fishing club has the rights at this part of the river, but will make enquiries tomorrow locally and will then get on the water after I have found out.

Kentmere Today

I managed to get out today for a few hours on Kentmere Tarn. It was a little bit overcast with a light easterly breeze. I went to the western shore where there was some splashy rises and a few jumping fish. I set up with a black Pennell on the dropper and a small caddis emerger on the point. I was casting to the rising fish and within a couple of minutes I had a bit of interest in the point fly. I continued to fish round the western shore, casting every couple of steps to the rises. There was no further interest for at least half an hour, again they was only a little interest with the trout trying to drown the point fly. I then changed to a small Greenwells dry fly on the point and had immediate interest with a take, unfortunately my strike was a little too slow and the fish had gone. Still a very enjoyable day in the lakes with not another soul around for a change.

Weekly Round Up (Week Twenty Three & Twenty Four)

Very busy at work the last couple of weeks covering staff holidays, so not much time for fishing or anything else. I managed to get out today for a couple of hours walking along the river. The river is at a good level at the moment, and the salmon are starting to move up river. The levels are still below what they should be but are higher than the middle of summer. There was plenty of fly life, the water is clear and the salmon could be seen moving up river, but not a single rise to the hatches.

Weekly Round Up (Week Twenty One & Twenty Two)

The weekend before last I was up in Scotland visiting my family so there was no update that weekend. I was fishing at Hillend Reservoir with the Hillend Dabbler, no fish were caught although I had a few pulls.
This weekend I was working most of the time but did manage to get out for a walk along the river and got a picture. I went upstream on the north bank from Victoria Bridge to the Meetings. There were plenty of fish rising to the midge hatches that were in abundance.
The river is in fine condition for the brownies but the rain that we did have although it brought the level up it has now went back to summer levels, which means the salmon & sea trout have not been running in the numbers expected.