first trip to high newton this year

My first trip to high newton was not as straight forward as i thought, with high winds blowing straight down the water it was more like fishing in the sea at some points of the day.

As chirstie and phil always say its location,location,location and i was constantly on the move giving it 1-15 mins in each place and hopefully dropping onto the fish if i was lucky.

Well after doing more laps of high newton than i care to mention i finally stopped at a little basin at the bottom end of the water changing from my floating line to a clear intermediate 5 weight line and various nymphs/small lures i hit onto the fish and a very enjoyable 1 hour later i had lost count of the number of rainbows i caught and returned.

Ii was good to get out and catch a few fish but i cant wait till it warms up and i can get away with wearing one layer of clothing instead of the 4 layers i had on today.

Here are a few pics i took today both of the fish i caught but also the scenery and the other few brave souls that fished today as well.