Thank You Steve. Glad they are to your liking, and the trout also approved.

Thank you. Hopefully I'll get out again with the camera soon.

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

Thank You James, glad you enjoy them.

Thank You, hopefully get out with the camera again soon. Don't think I'd go back to a vest again. Hopefully there's a few more years in that jacket.

That North Westerly is not a pleasnt wind... I'm hoping to a nice gentle Southerly for some warm evenings and a good spinner fall...Hoping...

Thanks Andy glad you enjoyed it, hopefully I'll get out a bit more this season.

It has been a strange season, initailly I thought we were going to be on for an early spring, then that north westerly stated blowing and everything slowed down.

Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully I'll get out with the camera again soon.

Glad the fish were active, that cold wind has rather outstayed it's welcome...and it wasn't that welcome in the first place...

@@bannisterrods definitely not although at least it was upstream so casts were a breeze. I declared an honourable draw with the fish - 3-3 - 3 to hand , 3 got off! Best to hand was 15” although one of the escapees was near to 20”. Wildlife in the valley was wonderful too …. Bullfinch and Pied Flycatcher amongst others

Thanks Robert, it is a lovely river and not too far from the workshop...

Hi Mike. Glad you enjoy the videos. When to strike is an interesting one, and a bit tricky.. I won't worry too much about missing fish, as often as not I think the fish hasn't properly taken the fly. The hook has to be in the fishes mouth to actually hook it. So if the fish bites the back of the fly you'll feel a pull but have little chance of actually hooking it, and if the fish takes the whole fly into it's mouth and turns it will pretty well hook itself. Generally if I feel a fish pull I will pull back. Hope that's of some help, and no doubt other people will have different opinions. The best thing is to go fishing and enjoy the day, sometimes you'll hook every fish that takes, others you'll bump every one. Most days it will be somewhere in between.

Those Welsh rivers are something special.

Yep. Part of it, next time they stay attached....hopefully..

Thanks David, there is some ovely water (and trout) up there.

Thank You, it is an interesting beat. And an 18 incher is a cracking fish, to get a couple of them a bumper day. Looking at the water, and some of those gutters I think it will be well worth a re-visit.

Cheers, yes it's a nice strech of water, I'll be back there again for sure. Looks like it might be good for Grayling later in the year as well. ....Thats a big fish...good to know they are there. Next time 👍

Yep, a strange year. in March it was looking like we were going to have an early spring, then the rains came and put everything back a month. Just starting to see Mayfly now so hopefully things will get back to "normal"

Thanks Andy.

Yep, part of it. And good to at least see a few rising fish.

It's the first time this season I've seen decent amounts of rising fish. Hopefully it's the start of the good fishing.

Thank Tim, it was one of those days....I've had enough of them now not to worry about it. Plus I know where they are now... next time.

@@bannisterrods I’ve had days like that my last trip out was one 4 in brown then to top it all covid all good now thankfully 😅

Glad you enjoyed it. And things start to warm up for you. We've finally got better weather now, and the trout are starting to move.

Thank You Peter, that Wren did not sit still... Warming up now, after the wet spring I'm hoping the warm weather will bring the Mayfly on.

Thanks Mike, it was good to get out, can't belive that was my first trip. It's been such a long cold (and wet) spring. A 1.5 pound fish is a very good start to the seson, hope it carries on like that.

Hi Robert. Glad your season has got off to a good start, it has been slow here. That last pool is a beauty, there were a few fly about and I thought it was on... I got the feeling it would be in a day or two, next time...

It is amazing to see spring slowly move across teh countryside.

@@bannisterrods It is. Flowers that have faded at home were at their best in the hills.

When I saw those nymphs I thought it was going to be on. If the nymphs are moving the trout can't be far behind.

Thanks Rod, it was good to get out, this winter went on for far too long. Hope you have a good season.

Hopefully I'll get out a bit more with the camera this year. Hope your season goes well.

Thanks, hope you found it useful.

What do you think came first?

@@CentralOSurvival Of course tenkara. I am from Russia and there was absolutely similar fishing method. But no one knew that there was tenkara in Japan.

Thank you Robert, that nymph works very well for me, it's a bit of a go to...

Thanks Davie. Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you've had a good season.

Thank Chris, it's definetly got a bit of trailing shuck about it, the grayling seem to like it. Also works well for the trout when the black knat are about.

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Hope you got out on Friday. Those midge patterns work really well for the grayling, it's probably my best late season dryfly, that or a very big Stimulator...

Hope you made it to the river, looks like a bit of rain is coming in.

👍 Thank you.

Thank you Tim Glad you enjoy them,

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. Hoping to get a few more trips in.

Thank You Neville. It is stunning up there, glad you enjoyed it. I'm hoping to get out again soon.

Thanks Steve, all good down here, although not enough fishing... It has been a bit of a funny season,hopefully we'll have a good September. And a decent bit of Grayling fishing as it goes in to winter. All the best.

Thank You, with luck I'll get out a few more times. Hope you get a couple more trips in.

Thank you!