Thank for the update John
If I had realised that Sutton Bingjham opened on 1 March then I may have come down to try it again.
Back in the 'good old days' the south bank behind the wood was always worth a try with pheasant tail nymphs and the lifebouy on the North Shore by the dam was another favourite of mine early in the season.
It was by the lifebouy that I first witnessed the infamous 'Dog Nobbler' lure introduced by Trevor Housby in the 1980's. My mate tied up a few for a laugh and found he was getting pulls for a pasttime while the fish totally ignored my conventional flies.
Not sure if anyone fishes Dog Nobblers now - I think they have been superceded by Boobies.
I can also recall a day probably in June or July when we struggled to catch all day but come the evening some large Sedge flies started to hatch in the corner to the left of the lifebouy next to the dam.
My fishing companion cast out a a dry sedge which was totally ignored by the feeding trout. However I recalled someone telling me that at dusk a black lure stripped back quickly on a floating line can sometimes tempt these fish and he was right on this occasion!
I lost two and caught two in almost as many casts while my mates dry sedge sat undisturbed on the water, apart from the waves caused by the fish I caught., much to his annoyance.
In subsequent years I found that this approach doesn't lways work but it has worked as often as not.
The thing to remember is that if it is going to work at all it will only happen in the very last 10 minutes or so before dark.
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Sutton Bingham 2007
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