May has been quite dry, with rivers dropping steadily. Fly hatches have been variable, but the mayfly are now in full swing, and the trout responding nicely, as the videos below will show.
This beauty fell for a dry Deer Hair Emerger
Mayflies were not the only ephemerids around.
A Yellow May Dun, Heptagenia Sulphurea.
The vibrant colours of the new beech leaves give the countryside that clean fresh look which typifies May, and the start of summer
The Jingler is a great all-round fly for imitating most of the olives.
There have been some very nice-sized trout around, with plenty of fish in the nine to eleven inch bracket.
A mayfly pattern in the jaws of a ten-incher.
Any serious entomologists out there who can identify this one?
We know what this is! Ephemera Danica, a female sub-imago,perfectly reflected in the Tamar.
