An early morning and on the river at 7.00 Rod and I fished Howards again while Denis fished from Archie's bridge back to the caravan park. Enough trout for us all and we continued to be interested. Mid morning, a journey to Freeburgh. River looked fantastic but we couldn't get a fish so bailed out and went back to the caravan for a short rest and a plan for the afternoon.
Rod and I walked up the Bon Accord section for one small trout and Denis fished Archie's bridge back to the caravan park. A few fish for the Maestro but he also missed 6. They're hard to catch with worms, sorry nymphs. Once we returned I took Rod to the back of the oval for an hours fishing before dark. Showed him the Honey hole and bingo, 3 trout from the hole and missed 2 as well. Amazing. I got another up further and we returned to the van for a BBQ, bundy and a sit by the fire. Another great day.
Sunday morning saw us wake and move to different sections of the river. Denis had a crack at Frosty corner, and then Howards bridge, while Rod and I walked the section from Archies bridge to the caravan park. Denis got a couple and was holding the trophy with a best fish of 34 cm. We decided to count it even though it was caught on a nymph. Creeping along the West branch was magic and Rod had finally crossed from the darkside and was using a 14 red humpy. A crisp cast to the little gutter on the right and a slow soft slurp saw his Humpy disappear. He hooked and played out a beautiful brown trout. After putting the tape on it a number of times it measured 34.4 cm. The winning fish for the weekend. I continued up the west branch and in the last 400 meters , including the section in the caravan park took 6 trout and missed 1. A great way to finish off a sensational weekend chasing trout in our favourite river.
