Well, the day after the latest big storm my son and I went to Brick Farm lakes for a few hours of fun. While I was fishing for trout my son had a stick with some 4lb line, a tiny hook and some bread. he had a great time getting muddy and pulling ickle fish out of the lake. The owner Keith had given him permission to do this as long as fish werent harmed and he didnt disturb anyone. We were the only ones there. 
Well, I decided to use my new 5 wieght snowbee rod and greys xflite reel. I put on an intermediate line with a 9 foot leader and dady long legs fly. Spent ages doing slow retrieves, fast retrieves etc and got a 1.5lb trout, and a few tugs.
Decided to move and change to a floating line with a 9 foot leader and same fly. Had a few missed takes and then had a really hard take, played a decent fish for a few minutes and landed a beautiful 3lb rainbow, my best size ever. After that it got a bit quiet until I had a really gentle pull and brought in a skinny little fish of just over 1lb. Unfortunately the lake has a non release policy and I had to keep all the fish.
Only had one heavy rain shower but with waterproof jacket and waders on I didnt care. The rest of the time it was a lovely sunny day and my son and I had a wonderful time. Going back again this sunday if the weather is any good.
Well, I decided to use my new 5 wieght snowbee rod and greys xflite reel. I put on an intermediate line with a 9 foot leader and dady long legs fly. Spent ages doing slow retrieves, fast retrieves etc and got a 1.5lb trout, and a few tugs.
Decided to move and change to a floating line with a 9 foot leader and same fly. Had a few missed takes and then had a really hard take, played a decent fish for a few minutes and landed a beautiful 3lb rainbow, my best size ever. After that it got a bit quiet until I had a really gentle pull and brought in a skinny little fish of just over 1lb. Unfortunately the lake has a non release policy and I had to keep all the fish.
Only had one heavy rain shower but with waterproof jacket and waders on I didnt care. The rest of the time it was a lovely sunny day and my son and I had a wonderful time. Going back again this sunday if the weather is any good.
