Autumnal Trout

Fished the last couple of weekends for late season trout, on two of my favourite small rivers. Last week down in Herefordshire a reasonably good few hours fishing was marred by tearing my waders just after starting to fish.
Then the sight of 4 or 5 cormorants working good pools, also knocked the stuffing out of me. Its amazing how these large seabirds can adapt to feeding on relatively small, swift flowing rivers. There is no doubt that they will have a serious effect on fish stocks, reputedly being able to eat 2-3lbs of fish a day.





Today back in shropshire, i found the river to be very low, strange when you consider recent downpours.
However i did manage to have some nice fish, nearly all caught on a size 14 or 16 nymph.Either a tungsten pheasant tail or hares ear pattern.







Now its time for the magnificent grayling.

Video Clips Of Emys in New Pond.

After a few weeks the Emys pond became murky due to sunlight and nutrients in the water. The good news is that it has now cleared, thanks to plenty of plants and oxygenating weed, so hopefully a balance has been acheived.