Last two trips of the 2018/19 trout season..(short version)
Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 3:06 pm
April 27th The day before season closure..
Had a hunt around on Google Earth to find a new small tannin water to try out to see if there may be a trout or two in one. Did find one that I had found several years ago and forgot all about it. Was a little undecided about going today(27th) due to gale force winds & rain showers, plus the wind chill factor was making the temp feel like 0.01 degrees. I did decided to brave the elements and found it wasn't too bad once I was in the stream as it had quite a lot of wind breaking foliage along both sides of it. Spent just over two hours in the small tannin stream & managed to catch & release nine browns from thirteen hook ups, plus having several light hit & misses. Gold Aglia Mouche Noire did the job before the trout went off the gold, changed to a copper Aglia and that finished off the job on the trout. Wind became stronger and the rain became heavier which put an end to the spin session..Best trout went 525 grams, all trout were released as always. Well worth putting up with the conditions for a couple of hours any way.. Trout season closes at midnight tomorrow night.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlBnfu222RI
** April 28th Season closure.. my last trip of the season..
Being the last day of the 2018/19 trout season I tried another small tannin water that I've never fished. Hoping it may be holding a trout or two I was lucky enough to catch & release a few wild brown trout. It wasn't the easiest of waters to fish, plenty of hurdles to get over. Felt like I was in the Grand National Steeple chase several times, not the easiest of areas to fish that's for sure... still it was worth the effort flicking the Mepps copper aglia spinner around for just the eight trout caught.
Finished the season on 573 trout caught from 75 trips with just three trout being kept. well down on last season when I caught 648 trout in 92 trips with five trout kept. I'm reasonably happy with how my season ended even though it was well down on the previous season, 17 less trips didn't help either due to the body slowing down a little more each season.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI_XK3r6YyQ
cheers
Adrian (mepptas)
Had a hunt around on Google Earth to find a new small tannin water to try out to see if there may be a trout or two in one. Did find one that I had found several years ago and forgot all about it. Was a little undecided about going today(27th) due to gale force winds & rain showers, plus the wind chill factor was making the temp feel like 0.01 degrees. I did decided to brave the elements and found it wasn't too bad once I was in the stream as it had quite a lot of wind breaking foliage along both sides of it. Spent just over two hours in the small tannin stream & managed to catch & release nine browns from thirteen hook ups, plus having several light hit & misses. Gold Aglia Mouche Noire did the job before the trout went off the gold, changed to a copper Aglia and that finished off the job on the trout. Wind became stronger and the rain became heavier which put an end to the spin session..Best trout went 525 grams, all trout were released as always. Well worth putting up with the conditions for a couple of hours any way.. Trout season closes at midnight tomorrow night.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlBnfu222RI
** April 28th Season closure.. my last trip of the season..
Being the last day of the 2018/19 trout season I tried another small tannin water that I've never fished. Hoping it may be holding a trout or two I was lucky enough to catch & release a few wild brown trout. It wasn't the easiest of waters to fish, plenty of hurdles to get over. Felt like I was in the Grand National Steeple chase several times, not the easiest of areas to fish that's for sure... still it was worth the effort flicking the Mepps copper aglia spinner around for just the eight trout caught.
Finished the season on 573 trout caught from 75 trips with just three trout being kept. well down on last season when I caught 648 trout in 92 trips with five trout kept. I'm reasonably happy with how my season ended even though it was well down on the previous season, 17 less trips didn't help either due to the body slowing down a little more each season.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI_XK3r6YyQ
cheers
Adrian (mepptas)