I skipped the fishing yesterday due to frequent thunderstorms but today the weather was fair.
The stream was slightly higher than last weeks as water now flowed over the rocks of the weirs.

The target fish was again chub, sighting them was difficult as clouds and a stiff breeze made it difficult to look into the water.
With no fish in sight I tried a nymph first that yielded a tiny chublet.
I moved to a nearby feeder stream and noticed a single large chub in a pool but was unable to get the fish to hit the fly.
After a while I doubled back to my first spot and noticed a few big chub moving about.
My fly of choice was a large mayfly pattern and with a long cast it landed 
near the group of chub.
One of the chub exploded on the mayfly and when I set the hook the tippet gave way.

The second chance came when a big chub tracked the mayfly and was about to inhale it.
Unfortunately drag on the line pushed the fly away and it was all over.
I managed one chub on the mayfly that dove into the aquatic plants so 
I had to get into the water to grab the fish.
On another stretch I tried the hopper and once again it did attract fish.
One of the big ones exploded on the hopper but to my surprise totally missed the fly.
The other spots I frequented that day did have fish present but those where to wary to take the hopper.
Sometimes they would come up for the fly but moved away at the last minute.
The hopper is the fly for high summer chub fishing.