big brown

today myself and my mate Greg headed off to the Eden we arrived about 10.30 to be met with a cold wind and overcast Sky's.

After looking at the state of the river Greg tackled up with a team of 3 spiders and headed for the head of a pool it wasn't long before Greg was into the first of a precession of  grayling.

Leaving Greg i moved onto another pool and caught a dozen or so small trout and grayling roving about further up the river we both picked up the odd fish and at the last knockings i contacted with this nice brownie

Chasing Rainbows

After watching the weather forecast for the weekend i woke to see  lots of sunny spells but cold biting winds i did not hold out much hope of catching as i headed off to ghyll head.

On reaching the water the first thing i noticed was the abundance of damsels about (see pics below) , i sat on the bankside for a while watching the attached male and female damsel fly hover over the water and the female dipping her body in the water depositing her eggs. (see pic 1 the male and female together)




 

After a while i decided to get fishing and into my flybox and out came a suspender damsel , i have to admit nicking this pattern off dave helm who showed me how to tie it

and a hour or so later here are the fruits of my labour 

i came off the water having had a brillant day getting into my car i had to take a few shots of the fishery and the surrounding hills