Airflo International Stocks Reservoir

Yesterday was the first heat of the Airflo international at Stocks reservoir. I was part of the England youth north team, and after a solid performance last year we were under pressure to be the first youth team to qualify 2 years in a row.

We arrived on the day to bright sky's and light winds, so I set up with a washing line set up on a midge tip. I had a 4 fly leader which consisted of a hopper on the top dropper, 2 cormorants and a cat booby on the point. This tactic proved to be the right one with me catching fish on my second cast! This was quickly followed by 3 more.

Unfortunately the wind then Picked up which switched the fishing off completely. In the big waves it was impossible to control the flies to I changed to a DI3 sweep line with a cat booby, tequila blob, and 2 cormorants. I took 3 more fish on this set up. This gave me 6 fish which was top in my team and 4th overall. This means I have being invited to the Individual final next year for the second time in a row.

All of our team caught fish so we qualified for the northan final at Rutland water. So overall it was a great day and there were some huge fish caught including a 11lb blue trout!