River Kent - Sea Trout

Last week saw me down by the river bank most nights waiting for the darkness to fall. When the splashes begin, it's time to rock and roll. I have experimented with using lighter equipment, I moved down to a 9ft 5wt which I thought would be unable to turn over the flies but it managed to remarkably.

With some fresh patterns in the box, the hunt began.

Heres is one of the bigger ones from last week. ( slightly coloured )

A selection of the flies I used last week. Mainly all black. Better the devil you know and all that.

Evenings are hotting up!

As the evenings are now lasting longer and the sport is lasting longer, us fisherman need to start dusting off the cob webs and head down to the river to separate the men from the boys.

With the hot weather and fresh showers we have had lately in the Eden water system, the hatches have been more often and more dense. Some great hatches of BWO and mayfly have seen trout roll, splash and thrash which is always great to see.

Paul Procter's article in this months T+S is certainly worth a read as its based on the Eden.

You may even recognise this young man...................