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The month of April plays into the dry fly enthusiast’s hands in April. Not only will there be the leftovers from Large dark olive hatches, but Olive uprights, Large brook duns and Iron blue duns will be on the menu too. The latter might be small, but IBDs often appear in huge numbers, making them an important hatch for trout. Often too, all the above flies will hatch side by side, giving us some of the finest dry fly sport of the season.

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In spring the weather can go either way. Faced with angry flood water, obviously nymphs we will need to scour the riverbed using nymphs

What’s Happening?

Blessed with mild weather, expect to see dark buzzers hatching with black and brown shades still the dominant colours. In shallow bays, immature damsel nymphs will be active thought these are a fraction of the size of those mature nymphs we see in early June.  They are also much lighter in colour too, either a pale green, or straw colour.  Along stony shores where gravel occurs, there’s a good chance of cased caddis and if the weather remains chilly then trout are likely to be grubbing about for these.

Understandably, river anglers will have their fingers crossed and be praying for decent conditions come the brown trout season on rivers. Chances are however there’s likely to be a deluge beforehand, rendering rivers out of sorts for dry fly fishing. With caddis larvae busy developing over the winter months the opening weeks of the season see many of these sheltering in their cases beneath stones and the likes.

Beadhead Straggle Tadpole Come spring, we’ll all be praying for mild conditions and hatching buzzers, yet the truth is we’re often subjected to chilly winds that send temperatures crashing. Often now, we have to adopt search tactics to cover more ground and hopefully, find the trout!

What’s Happening?
With winter beginning to release her icy grip, March sees fly life wake up on stillwaters. Blessed with reasonable temperatures upwards of 7oC we can expect to see dark buzzers emerging with dark brown and black being dominate colours. During more inhospitable conditions, trout are likely to be grubbing about in search of shrimp (gammarus) or cased caddis.

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