The fishing locally is picking up. The mullet, which since early June, have been unpredictable and sparse, have re appeared in big numbers. The last few days, huge shoals have pushed upriver on the flooding tide.
I've had a few bass too, so prospects right now are excellent.
Over the last few days I've had five thin lips on the fly, all on the Green Lantern shrimp pattern, which has produced almost all the fish this year. The flexi worm, on the dropper, did fool a fish, but not the species I was expecting. A sand [ or perhaps common ) goby. Greedy little sod.
Yesterday, whilst fly fishing, schools of bait fish were being hit. Not being one to pass up an opportunity ,I picked up the lure rod and had one first cast.
Next cast on the fly and a decent mullet was hooked, the third of the day. It was warm, hot even, the sun shone from a cloudless sky and the wind was a gentle south westerly, weather almost too good for October.
As I packed up there was still the odd mullet surfacing and the bait fish were active, clinging tight to the margins in an effort to avoid the predators.
A perfect autumn day.
I'm going for another session tomorrow as the weather is forecast to hold.
