fishydreams

I normally fish alone but today I was joined by Norman Smith and John Langridge and I could not have wished for better fishing companions. I had not met John before although we have corresponded by email a few times. He is one of these guys who eats, sleeps and breathes fishing and is the author of several fishing books. I have read one of these, Aphrodite´s carp, and highly recommend it, and I am very keen to read the others.

John decided to try bait fishing as well as fly fishing and went off to see if he could interest the fish in some luncheon meat. Norman and I just stuck to the flies.

There were plenty of fish around but they were not exactly throwing themselves at us. We did manage a few fish between us though, all taken on the fly.

It is interesting to see that John´s preferred choice of fly very closely approximates my own. Both of us opt for a slim pink nymph with, perhaps a gold head to give a little more weight. I used the pink nymph Norman and I tied up a little while ago and, as I had hoped, the fish gave it their nod of approval.

John had a lovely barbel which Norman and I had a chance to admire and photograph. These fish are in very good condition and are quite lovely to look at. They also go like rockets and head for the overhanging trees if given half a chance.

They say a picture says a thousand words and so I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

Norman Smith

John Langridge

The first fish of the day

The little pink nymph the fish took

John´s fish took a  very similar fly

Happy as Larry!