I am a young angler looking for advice on how to best approach resovoir trout on a hot and sunny day/evening. Any hints or tips would be much appreciated.

Hot sunny days can be a nightmare. The fish are usually deep in the bright days and boobys on a Hi-D are all ways a good bet. Come the evening when the sun is lower in the sky you can have a great rise and dry flys and buzzers can bring excelent sport..

Someone once told me that on a bright day you should use a fly with bright colours, and on a cloudier, darker day to use a darker fly.

Haven't really tested this theory myself. Not sure if there is any science behind it but it might be worth a try...

Hot sunny days usually mean getting the sinking lines out but there is most often always a fish or two interested near the surface.

I have found that hot sunny days at this time of year can give good reservoir fishing - deep with buzzers or lures. Perhaps better from a boat than off the bank. The water temperatures are OK, the fish are hungry and there's abundant food for them.

By contrast hot sunny days in July and the first half of August can be very difficult. Again fish deep - maybe work the aerators if there are any in your water. Pray for cloud to bubble up.

A morning session, a lunchtime pint or 2, a snooze through the afternoon and fishing hard in the evening might be wise ?

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JH based near Southampton

]too right mate black and marabou bit of movement makes a great silohuette on a cloudy day

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an interesting mix of apathy and panic

Clive M

work the margins as well, I love playing in the weeds 9 times out of 10 your fly will come back covered in weed but that 10th time!! just be patient draw nice and steady my favourite days fishing at carsington are in august

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an interesting mix of apathy and panic

Clive M

buzzers etc. with a little pinch of floro orange tied away from the body just as the sun comes out is a killer!!

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an interesting mix of apathy and panic

Clive M

Hi,
Foosandtrout you suggested using a pinch of fluoro orange tied away from the body, could you clarify what you mean by tied away from the body and how would one go about tying this in?
I hope i make sense
Tom(morpheus)

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buzzers for me, I am a convert!!!

yep agree with that fl orange and glow brite 11 is a killer

sorry Tom---missed the thread PM sent

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an interesting mix of apathy and panic

Clive M