Another week and totally different weather.
The spring feeling was definitely gone when the thermometer showed -4C
in the morning.
Besides that rain, hail and snow was in the forecast with a high temperature
not exceeding the 6C in the Afternoon.

So I waited until the temperature was above freezing, the roe deer probably
did the same because they where everywhere late in the morning.
I picked up the last rays of sunshine before the dark clouds and showers rolled in.

First spot was the location where I lost the legal size last week but boy fished
sucked big time.
No hits at all and nothing to be seen moving.
The only break I got was when the tiniest of Rudd nailed the Perdigon nymph.

I ran into my friends and they had the same experience.
Tried some other spots but no bites at all, pretty miserable day to be outside.
Water levels had dropped and with no cover as foliage has yet to appear
I figured if there where fish I had probably scared them off.

Another friend was also fishing and reported that he had a single hit on the fly
and that it was a rainbow trout.
Those are illegal to stock in flowing water in the part of Germany where I fish so
I was puzzled.
I had heard an earlier report that a quite large rainbow had been caught so maybe
somebody stocked them.

The weather has turned for the worse and right now it rains cats and dogs and this
will probably continue for the whole week.
Likely the stream will be in flooding stage by the weekend.
I will monitor the levels, if it is not to bad I might try dredging the stream with
squirmy’s hoping for an elusive sizable trout.