Valley of the Rainbow Newslog

The fishing has been remarkablely good with some 1.8kg fish been landed giving the angler a real taste of what The Valley of the Rainbow has to offer regarding the Fly-Fishing.

The temperatures have been moderate, with some frost in the mornings and warming up during the day, while the late afternoon temperatures start droping at 17:00.

Water temperature in the mornings  at 06:00 are 3.5- 6.5 degrees c depending on frost fall then warming up to 9-14 degrees c at mid-day, leaving the late afternoons with a temperature of 16.5 degrees c, this is when the fishing is excellent.

The best flies to use in the mornings are Dragon and Damsel patterns (lake dragons, red eyed damsels, Mrs Simpson and all-rounder damsels) fish all these flies on a floating or intemediate lines and cast to the shallow parts of the lakes or dams, the trout swim these areas in the mornings in serch of food.

The afternoons can be great fishing with grass hopper patterns as wind blows most of these insects on to the water. Best flies to use are grass hoppers, DDD’s, or fish with a small strike indicator with a small beaded nymph about a metre apart and let the fly drift with the wind, the results are good.

Late afternoon consentrate on surface flies if fish are feeding from the surface, flies to use are Adams, Para adams, white death below surface. Targeting trout on dry fly is at its best and exciting.

Give all these tips a try or contact us for more information or a question and we will get back to you soon.

Tight lines.