Fishing stories, Trout

Breaking the trout drought

From ribbon thread to storming stream, The anglers chase throughout, The noblest fish the river width, A shining rainbow trout. I’ve always had an affinity with trout. I’m from the mountains, they’re from the mountains. I like swimming in clear, rocky, icy streams; trout like swimming in clear, rocky, icy streams. I like to sit in the shallows at the…

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Trout

Christmas in the Cotter

With a bit of spare time over the christmas break, I managed to sneak out to the Cotter river with my mate Penno. It was a hot bite with a dozen rainbows landed, a few dropped and many more follows. All fish were caught on spinning lures and were generally around the legal size mark (25cm). I’ll leave you with…

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