On Thursday there were one or two Mayflies coming off, clouds of spinners in the air and the Trout were rising.
I tied on a Balloon Caddis with a Pheasant Tail nymph below and quickly caught 2 fish both taking the dry fly. After a while with Trout rising freely, off came the nymph and the rest of the evening only the Caddis dry fly was used.
The fish were of a reasonable size, up to 13" and fat having been gorging for the last week or so on Mayflies.
I walked up the beat covering lots of fish and if the presentation of the fly was correct it usually resulted in a netted fish.
It is a good idea to carry a wading staff on the Rea due to its rocky nature and deep pools, also a 7 ft rod will save you a lot of frustration as it is tree lined throughout, expect to lose some flies!
At the end about 18 fish were caught all taking the Balloon Caddis and of a good stamp. These bigger fish being less cautious due to the feast created at this time of the year by hatching and spent Mayfly.
During the evening i saw two female Goosanders, one of which had about six to eight young with her! small clip on video bar
A welcome sight were Dippers and Kingfisher a sign of a healthy river with plenty of insect life and a good head of fish.
On Friday i used exactly the same method, catching 8 nice trout in a brief couple of hours between the heavy rain.
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