Phil fancied a trip to Elinor this week in prep for the MNTFA fur and feather on Sunday and it was perfect timing for me with a few days off. I also invited another beginner Steve from the club. Steve has been catching a few from Pitsford but it has been difficult to find a spot. So I was hoping for a good bag of fish to keep everyone's confidence high.
Usually you are hoping for overcast conditions but the temperature had dropped and at this time of year a bit of sun can warm everything up. However it was a little nippy and cloudy all day but there were no shortage of fish around. It was a pleasant change to know there are fish infront of you but you just have to work at catching them. Normally we are always trying to find fish first. I always find Elinor either very easy or very difficult and there seems to be no in between. I am sure it is all around how your thought processes work! Today was going to be difficult.
I had a frustrating morning being just on the edge of range of rising fish and chucked all types of dries and nymphs at them without success. Phil was more productive and had one and a few takes on a green nymph but it was not a method. Phil's found another nice spot below.
When you looked around the boats there was a spot off the boat area that was very productive, in fact one boat manged to catch 40. We all changed spots to take advantage of this and initially it payed off. I had one on a daiwl bach and Phil had a lovely brownie that was returned on a lure which he passed to Steve who then had a lovely rainbow, that's better we all had fish. Unfortunately the day didn't get any better with no more fish and I spent the rest of the afternoon casting into the wind. It wasn't hard for everyone though as the guy next to me had his 6 including a 10 pounder and six pounder.
All in all it is a great fishery and we learned a lot so it wasn't all so bad.
We were just saving them for Sunday!!
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