Last Monday was a National holiday so I had time off from work.
Off course I went fishing but I started late as the morning was quite chilly.
We had overcast skies and quite a strong north-westerly wind blowing.

Spring had sprung and the canopy over the stream was now green.
All those blooming trees deposited lots of debris though on the water and
patches accumulated at obstructions of the flow.

There where insects about, spotted some sedges and small mayflies.
With all the debris floating on the surface no action on top.
First fly of choice was a squirmy as it was heavy and went down quickly
before getting snagged in floating debris.

The first fish came pretty soon, a small brown trout.
After that it went eerily quiet and even switching to a more delicate nymph yielded no bites.
I decided to move and noticed a big trout just behind a deadfall.
I though I could sneak up on the fish but I was too clumsy and it bolted.

With the trout gone I tried the less wary shiners in front of me.
Despite having a dozen or more fish right in front of me I could not get solid takes.
The next deeper pool had fish in it, even a trout.
With the drought going on the pool was shallow and again I was spotted first, game over.

Moving further upstream again a scene with lots of shiners and no bites.
But then I spotted fish feeding in the surface which I thought where dace.
I tied on a smaller nymph and with the second drift I hit the jackpot, a nice brown trout.

I was thinking that by now only shiners would be in that pool but again I spotted a rather
violent rise.  Another cast and bang, another solid brown trout.
After that the shiners started biting with mostly roach and a nice dace.
Further upstream I scared more trout but also landed some smaller ones.
Best day of the season so far.