Due to loss of my old rod an reel, Old age, I left it on the river a few weeks back when I went back it had been stolen. I stopped at Stapley and acquired a 7ft 3 weight Snowbe brook rod. The action is not the same as the old one, very firm it's going to take a while to get to terms with it! All my furled leaders are too heavy so a quick furl and I have a lightweight dry leader of 6ft in length, Will have to wait and see if it's the right length? Arrived at the river Alyn in North Wales around 4pm. Weather is hot and still, fly life every where. Set up with a 7x 3ft tippet and a size 20 CDC dry.
First cast, first fish.
What a mess! The action is very tippy not soft like my old rod. Fishing the dry down stream tempting a small brown to the fly, working my way up stream large mayfly are hatching, many more than normal for this river? Problem is no fish are rising to them or other fly-life? In the end I resort to downstream wet fly and after many runs with no bites a hook into another small brown taking a PTN. All over for the night total for today is.
- Brown trout, Sewage works - size 20 CDC dry.
- Brown trout, Above sewage weir - size 18 PTN wet.
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