URBAN WAYS FLY CASTING LESSONS

HI All, got  up this morning, what a nice day, I went out and got my wife a paper, and made her a cup of tea, she was happy, so of I went,

I started just out side of my house in Water lane in Winchester, I had a 9 ft 5/6 rod with a  no5 floating line, and I put on a gold head Mayfly Nymph, and on about the 3rd cast I had a small trout in very good condition.

The water at the moment is a bit cloudy, I think it is because there is work going on up stream at the nature reserve, I continued fishing Water Lane with no more luck, when I got to the end of Water Lane I crossed the road and went into the town stretch of the river known as the Weirs.

Still keeping on the gold head nymph, this is a hard stretch of water to fish, no chance of a over head cast, it's all roll casting, due to the amount of people walking up and down the footpath along the river, I started fishing, just a small roll cast and letting it drift down and  then a slow retrieve, this when the fish bite, I had my second trout, again a small one but all good fun, then after about five minutes I had a lovely browney at 3lb 6oz,

Very nice, a very good fish from this water, and released safely.

I like to return all the fish from these waters as thay are not stocked, and are all wild brown trout, so if you do fish these watres PLEASE do the same.

I carryed on fishing and had two more small ones, then went home to watch the F1 race, well done Button keep it up.