Melvin 12/04

troutsbane · Melvin 12/04

Hi Guys
Headed to Lough Melvin trout fishing yesterday for the first time this season. I had been out for the salmon a couple of times and with the trout rising at the salmon flies I thought it was about time I paid them some attention.

I started out about 9am or so with a nice chop on the water and a netural denisity line and fished Rossinver bay which is usually good for one or two early morning fish and the boat partner had one about 10ins after about an hour or so which fell to a connemara black. We headed for tea at about 12 on that sandy shelf where the river comes in, as we were sitting down a salmon rose not 10ft from the bank the partner scrambled to get the rod while I lay back sipping my tea, cos them bloody salmon will drive you to the mental but then another salmon rose and I swear to God he was well over the 20lb mark if he was an ounce pure silver even made me have a cast! But thinking about it it might have been better I didn't catch him on a 6wt rod with 6lb flouro but he was huge maybe it's the ban on the drift nets that's letting the bigger fish back?
The wind died down to a flat calm so we headed to spot some feeding fish and came to a shore which usually keeps a head of Gillaroo and lucky enough they were feeding but not to well. I changed to a wet cell 2 with a claret bumble (top) black pennal (middle) and a connemara (point) and straight away was into one to the Conemara after about another 3 fish I changed the pennal to conemara but with a difference this one was the original dressing with the 2 tags, silver wire then yellow or gold floss before the GP crest and the difference was amazing!!! between me and the partner we had around 10 to the boat none would break any records but it was mighty crack. But here's the thing, I then changed the claret bumble for a conemara dabbler and the takes dried up compleatly so I changed back and the takes came thick and fast again to the original Conemara dressing instead of the other which has the gold or yellow floss ommited. I can't understand it because the connemara dabbler is always one that's not to far from my cast and the claret bumble didn't account for any fish!!!
All in all we had up on 30 fish to the boat all on this shore which we drifted a couple of times the biggest was about 10 ins . The mate also changed to a floater and he still caught but not as much so he changed back to the sink tip he was using.
But I thought that bit about the claret bumble and the difference between the Conemara Blacks was strange any one any ideas????

tack4

moved post m8 nice report Very Happy

troutsbane

fossil-fish

Troutsbane,
Great report. This type of fishing is another world to me but it is fascinating to read about it. No idea at all about the difference in flies, could be the combination of light levels and angle combined with water colour making certain aspects more visible. They take it because they can see it. Maybe. Could be nothing to do with that at all, maybe there was a trigger point in the natural they were taking that was replicated in the tag of the artificial. If only trout could talk.

I suppose once you have recognised the pattern it is better to know the effect rather than the cause. Anyway thanks for the report of what seemed like a great days fishing.