Snuck out for another evening on the Box Brook. I was excited as I had just received a large order of flies that I was looking forward to testing on the river. Almost straight away I had a rather unexpected take but was so slow in striking the fish quickly came off. However, soon after I hooked a gorgeous out of season Grayling (quickly released) that must have been almost a pound in weight, very big for the river and not that common. Moreover, I had never managed to tempt a Grayling from the particular pool despite seeing many swimming around my feet! It was a good start.

Despite the good start, after moving upstream the fishing wasn’t quite as productive and I only managed one more, a beautiful spotted small Brown Trout. Still, was another lovely evening, you can’t beat being in the water when fishing, it reveals so much more about your quarry and the environment it lives in.