Was out on the pagebank stretch for my first session of the the season today , mid-afternoon the weather was lovely .
within 10 mins of fishing it started lashing down , freezing cold , water was freezing and i was soaking wet big time .

after half an hour i was devastated as the whole day had been quite warm and sunny , so once i couldn't feel my hands again i decided a few more casts and i'm off .

got into a lovely wild trout of about 8" after 3/4 hour so decided to stay a bit longer .

10 mins later that was it , home , heating on , fire on , few cans of stella .

never blanked so i'm happy

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CHEERS SID
FTM

"if my answers frighten you , don't ask scary questions".........Jules Winnfield

Allrite Sid,
I fish willington water and was hoping to get down this weekend,(first time this season),no chance
Called in at jubillee to check the river out,
Water is well high and manky, 1.30pm
With more rain forecast just wonderin when i'm gonna get chance to wet a line
Tight lines mate,
John

yeah it looks like a week or so before it settles , been unfishable most of the season so far

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CHEERS SID
FTM

"if my answers frighten you , don't ask scary questions".........Jules Winnfield

had a few hours out down on the pagebank stretch last night , plenty of fish rising , landed about half a dozen browns and lost about the same .
there seems to be alot of salmon and sea trout held up in the river at the minute .
i'd only been fishing about 10 mins and cast to the opposite bank to ferryhills side of the river and a huge fish came out of the water about 6ft from me showing its dorsal fin and tail , i'd estimate it at about 6-7lbs possibly bigger .
don't know if it was a salmon or seatrout ??
it looked quite dark on its top from what i saw of it , can't of been a brown as they only get upto about 3lb and those are few and far between .
then further down towards tudhoe there was some huge splashes in the slow stretches .
the water is nice and clear at the minute , not much weed but could do with an extra foot of water in it .
so if anyone fishes the wear for salmon/seatrout get yourselves out as there seems plenty in .

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CHEERS SID
FTM

"if my answers frighten you , don't ask scary questions".........Jules Winnfield