Previously I have written about how determined I am this year to make the most of every fishing opportunity. The weather has been really beautiful so far this April, with temperatures rising to 20 degrees +. Unfortunately, when I went to the Taw yesterday evening (Friday 8th April) with the idea of trying for a salmon, it was only to find the river desperately low.
Chum Glyn has put a webcam opposite as part of the excellent Farson Digital network, but as we had a lot of rain last weekend I didn’t think of checking it. The fact that I had forgotten of course was that we have had the driest March for ages and so everything soaked the water up like a sponge. Apparently the water hardly rose at all, although looking retrospectively on the webcam’s log, it had been fishable up until this warm spell.
Now I normally fish the Rising Sun Water for salmon and stay in the pub of the same name, and the Fox and Hounds water for trout and yes – stay in the pub of the same name. Thursday I had to stay at the Fox because there are new tenants at the Riser, who are, quite wisely I might add, refurbishing the rooms. (The Rising Sun has always been one of my favourite places to stay. It will be even better now.) So why then you might ask, did I not just go trout fishing. Well I shall tell you. Because I had neglected to take my trout gear with me.
I refer the reader to my previous article – PPPPPP.
