This weekend the 'learning to fly fish' course was finally happening. After lots of making arrangements and setting times we finally set off from Canary Wharf, London, about 4pm. There were only 2 of us in the vehicle as we were meeting the others at the pub ( http://www.peatspadeinn.co.uk/ ) just after 6pm. We made good time across London and were in Hampshire by about 630pm.
After a quick drink and a change of clothes we started dinner. This ended up being quite a boozy affair and resulted in a few cloudy heads the next morning as we didn't finish until gone midnight. Breakfast was a 8am and was a little tough to stomach for most of us, however as planned we set of for the fishery and arrived dead on time at 9am ( http://www.roxtons.com/fishing/venue/Test_Wherwell_Estate/ )
We were met by 2 old hands at fly fishing who throughout the day gave excellent tuition so thanks to Brian and John from Orvis for a good day.
After a brief introduction to rods, knots, casting and fly's we moved on to fishing for Rainbow Trout in the Lake. Throughout the day we caught a good number of fish and ended up leaving will 11 magnificent rainbow trout.
As you can see from the picture below the lake was a fantastic setting and was so peaceful. You could just about hear a dull background noise from a local road which I believe is the A303 road to Somerset and Devon.
Below you can see a team photo from the end of the day. All six of us had a successful day and all left feeling like we had achieved a great deal as none of us had really fly fished before.
L-R - Adam, Julian, Me, Paul, Duncan, Jonny.
The days catch!
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