WINTER BLUES????

Are you suffering from the winter blues? Well I was ........ until Sunday!

Armed with plenty of warm clothing, tackle, sausage and bacon myself and Frank made our way up to the hut. It was a lovely crisp sunny morning with the ground covered in frost and a little ice in the margins. We manage to get the stove alight to warm the cabin and made ready with intermediate lines gold head hares ears.

On the third cast I was into my first fish, what a fight but sadly I lost it just before the net. A few moments later Frank was into his first fish only to find when he got to the net he had the double - a brown and a rainbow!

Two more fish later and we decided it was time to make back up to the cabin. After freshly cooked sausage and bacon butties washed down with a hot mug of tea we set out again. I managed another rainbow and a smaller brown before we returned home.

What a cracking couple of hours in the winter sunshine, neither of us expected to catch anything because of the cold but the fish were plentiful and ready for a fight!
With hindsight we would probably have done just as well with floating lines as the fish were not very deep.

So if the winter blues are getting you down, don't wait until spring time get yourself onto the water and enjoy the winter sport.
Tight Lines
David