martin_b
06-07-2010, 03:03 PM
First reports of good Mayfly hatches arrived a few days ago, and having finished a weekend of being the sole parent in the house hold, the wife came back from a trip to the City Sunday afternoon, and off I went to a nearby stream.
Having lived in an urbane part of the country for the past 13 years, fishing the few trout streams available, I now find my self living in the heart of the main country. Thus, it had been quite a while since I'd seen the magnificent Ephemera Danica. Watching the dancing spinners along the road to the stream put my heart rate up a bit. Arriving at the stream side the car was instantly covered with hundreds of spinners - I was quite in shock!
Turned out you couldn't see the amount of flies on the car, and this is just a few shots that turned out ok:
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/20100607/mayfly1.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/20100607/mayfly2.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/20100607/mayfly3.jpg
A shot of the stream. The ranunculus is starting to blossom - a bit late due to the hard winter:
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/20100607/stream1.jpg
And the two only fish that came to hand. Lots of flies on the water, but the fish weren't on to them - yet?
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/20100607/fish1.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/20100607/fish2.jpg
Martin
Having lived in an urbane part of the country for the past 13 years, fishing the few trout streams available, I now find my self living in the heart of the main country. Thus, it had been quite a while since I'd seen the magnificent Ephemera Danica. Watching the dancing spinners along the road to the stream put my heart rate up a bit. Arriving at the stream side the car was instantly covered with hundreds of spinners - I was quite in shock!
Turned out you couldn't see the amount of flies on the car, and this is just a few shots that turned out ok:
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/20100607/mayfly1.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/20100607/mayfly2.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/20100607/mayfly3.jpg
A shot of the stream. The ranunculus is starting to blossom - a bit late due to the hard winter:
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/20100607/stream1.jpg
And the two only fish that came to hand. Lots of flies on the water, but the fish weren't on to them - yet?
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/20100607/fish1.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/20100607/fish2.jpg
Martin