"A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it."
Arnold Gingrich
After almost a month, we spent another day on the
banks of a river that fascinated us with its beauty, although not very generous
with fish. The suffered failure (if we can call it like that) was attributed to
the low water temperature. Armed with new strategies and a lot of hope, we
started a few km downstream from the place we fished last time. The water
temperature had risen by 3°Celsius over nearly a month. Small flies danced on
the water surface without to trigger any fish attack, a scenario that was
already known to us. The water was gin clear and the sun was generous on that
April day. Rhyacophila larvae with a length smaller than an inch were hiding
under the rocks. Compared to the previous session, fishing was shown to be
equally difficult. The dry flies we wet have proven to be ineffective. In a
later I had an attack on a PT with orange hot spot and managed to capture the
first trout in this river, unfortunately also the last of the day. The
extremely hard work was rewarded with an almost 10 inch trout which was more
valuable to me than some other bigger fish I captured. My advise to you is to
enjoy every second outside on the water, the hunt is better than the pray !
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