Took a few friends along today to the River Test at Timsbury - most had not fished the Test before and when I left at lunchtime they all seemed pleased and only two had not caught fish out of eight of them at that stage. One or two, are members here - Hellbound and St Albans but the rest - forum shy. Temperatures soared to 30.0c and the sky remained blue. The water was flowing at a 'normal' pace and a lot of weed was present. Although we had to dodge a couple of worm lobbers it was a pleasant experience. Hadn't been to Timsbury since Icky organised a trip a few years ago. There is still Mrs Drear taking the money! The best fly for me was a witch fly that enabled me to return a few grayling and an out of season brown - making a good morning out. Left the lads at Timsbury as I had a couple of things to do and I now look forward to hearing their stories later. I did manage to meet up with sensible - a fellow forumite from here and enjoyed a good natter with him. Hopefully it's not too long before I am down that way again.

A view over the Test valley at 7.00 am today...........

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[COLOR="Blue"]"A fish seen is a fish nearly caught"[/COLOR]

Nice meeting up with you today , small world

Must admit it was a bit of a struggle today , i ended up with 3 of each .

Nice day weather wise , but a a nice sunny frost would be nice for next Sunday , when i`m on the Itchen

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Went out guided with Jed, trying to burst my grayling cherry before a trip on the Dove the following weekend. Had a super morning and hooked a nice brown trout that had forgotten to go on his holidays. Jed got the ladies to take the fly but they were too quick for this old fart. Stopped at lunch time as the maggots were flying everywhere.

There is super fishing to be had on the Test at Timsbury but you need to get there early, before the course boys flood the river with maggots.