Today I took the train to Germany and visited my trout stream.
In recent days the river was flooding but water flows had
returned almost to normal.
The stream in its current state
There where some mayflies on the water but most where
intercepted mid air by the local bird population.
Now and then you could see a rising fish but nothing consistent.
Even the normally abundant roach seemed to be absent.
The usual trout hideouts still contained fish and soon I had a trout
racing after the black streamer I was fishing.
Brown trout on streamer
I fished the outflow of the watermill to see if there where perch
around but only got one strike which I missed.
Since fish where still rising I tied on a dry fly and went on the
lookout for active fish.
The first specimen I saw was a good sized trout that was rising a
couple of times close to the opposite bank.
I managed to get my fly in the right spot and the trout jumped
clear out of the water to nail the fly.
These acrobatics where in vain though because the fly was
missed.
The second fish I spotted was more accurate and nailed the dry
fly right away.
Brown trout on dry fly
As I walked back to the train station I located the missing roach,
all the fish where massed near the outflow of the local sewage treatment plant.
That part of the river was lined with shrubs on both banks so
casting was Impossible.
I managed to make a shot with the camera though of a school of
smaller roach behind a submerged willow tree.
Roach
So the action was slow but I was more than happy with the two
brown trout.
I know there a prettier rivers with bigger fish in them but when
you live in a trout-less country like the Netherlands this is sheer paradise and all with a half an hour train ride.
Flyfishing Germany - June 3rd
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