Trout in a Hurricane!

Yesterday England International fly fisher Simon Kidd and son Matthew fished Tinhay Lake in what can only be described as a hurricane. The wind was relentless and from all directions, making casting near impossible at times. Nevertheless, Simon and Matthew caught and released over 10 fine rainbows between them, including this beauty of 3lb 8oz. As ever, the monster (estimated at around 7lb) got away! The day was a photo-shoot for an upcoming issue of Total FlyFisher magazine in which Simon demonstrates the finer points of sinking line fishing. The intermediate seemed to do well, but young Matthew took all of his trout on a floater and buzzer patterns.

Rainbow trout perfection!

Although casting was tough, the trout kept on coming.

Young Matthew Kidd used buzzers to deadly effect!