Friday 10th May 2013

It has been a morning of drizzle, gentle wind, rain, stronger wind etc etc. Basically the weather doesn't know what to do today. Thankfully nobody told the fish and they are generally still near the surface and being caught readily on buzzers and also lures. I have trimmed the bushes at the roadside and the remnants are in a pile by the wall. They still contain flies and sight indicators so that favourite fly you had and lost may be amongst it.

The following is courteous of Phil Rees.

 When I arrived at 11:30, the strong wind and rain did not bode well. However, the two anglers on pontoons 3 & 4 (the most sheltered) had both caught using cats whiskers, so obviously some potential. After a couple of hours trying various lures on both floating and sinking lines on the other pontoons, I had managed to catch one nice blue, but had no other tugs. Fortunately, the wind dropped a bit so I decided to try the dam wall stages; it was still difficult but looked as the wind may drop further. I noticed a few fish rising well out and decided to try a team of diawl bachs but avoided the temptation of using an indicator and fished with a very slow retrieve. The bites were very gentle and not easy to see (slight dip of  end of the fly line) but I caught 10 in total and lost at least 3 more. Not bad for an otherwise bad day. 

Phil Rees