The cream of the season

Late May has always traditionally been the very finest time for trout fishing. Mayflies, black gnats, many different olives and sedges are all hatching, with mayfly and olive spinners dancing in the lee of the trees in the afternoons. Can there be a better time to be out on the river? The may blossom on the hawthorn says it all.

A marbled sedge fly

 A tricky cast under the overhanging branches.......

.....rewards the angler with a trout.

]An empty mayfly nymph case. Note how the interior remains perfectly dry, and allowed the dun to exit the case and fly away without ever touching water.

A beautifully coloured ten-incher.