I don’t know if this the right place to write but a quick fishing report for the year..
Because of age and associated diminishing mobility, fishing for sea trout is now all but memories of past days and nights on the river, but this year, a kind gentleman kindly offered to not only provide transport to and from the river, but more-or-less stayed close enough to fish me out, should disaster befall and footholds fail...
The night was balmy and calm but no sea trout disturbed the slow water through the chosen pool..
We both fished fairly close together and I have to say that within a few casts, it was as if I last fished but yesterday, the little 8’ cane rod lay the line out as sweetly as could be..
Soon the dusk became blackness and although we both fished well enough, only a small schooler was brave enough to latch on to my companion’s fly for a few brief moments...
By midnight, nothing further had disturbed the oily calm so having a quick look through the fly wallet, I changed for a fly last used over twenty years earlier, making sure the leader was sound and the knots tight.
Methodically casting and figure-of-eightslow retrieve brought nothing until almost at the lip at the very tail of the pool, when the line was savagely pulled out of my fingers and heading upstream past me at a rate of knots!
I won’t bore you with the details, but after an anxious ten minutes or so, the best sea trout for many a long year graced the bottom of the net. The fish was not weighed, since we were standing almost to the waist in river, but it was a fish to set the pulses racing!
After a few minutes, I casually cast again and after about five minutes, hooked up with a sprightly fish of about two pounds or so. This one also gave a good account of itself and after being nursed for a couple of minutes, swam away into the darkness.
It seemed a good moment to stop-which we did.
I did not fish again for the season, but am now much looking forward to another day..maybe next year?
It doesn’t matter for how long you don’t fish...the excitement and wonder of sea trout at night stays with you forever..!
Regards to all..
watermole+