For a change no rain on this day, I was early out an enjoyed the relatively clear skies.
Goal for the day was to catch a trout on a dry fly, preferably on a mayfly pattern.
On my way to the stream I noticed a red kite flying over, never seen one so close
to the border.

At the stream I first made a stop at my old honey hole and was again disappointed
as usual as there where no decent fish about.
The spot used to be good for the one or other trout but this season it has been
empty of any fish species except gudgeons.

After a few futile attempts it was on to another mark.
That whole dry fly fishing idea was quickly blowing away by incoming clouds
and a very strong wind.
There where no insects on the water and the rather low temperatures did not
help either.

I tried nymphing that only yielded more gudgeons.
At the spot I fished I noticed one rising fish and it looked like a trout.
The dry fly was ignored so i tried a streamer to no avail.
I moved further upstream and at a likely holding spot I switched over to
a spent mayfly as it was not that deep and delicacy was required.
That paid off when a nice rainbow trout hit the mayfly, mission accomplished.

At the next pool the depth made it feasible to use a streamer which would
surely provoke an attack from a trout.
It actually did but the fish kept tracking the streamer but would not take it.
From the colors it was again another rainbow trout.

At the last marks for the day I noticed several trout, obviously somebody
had been stocking fish.
I scared most of them off but at one deadfall i noticed a few fish that stayed
put. The dry fly did not generate any reaction so I tried a tan mop fly.
That mopfly did the trick on a rather stocky brown trout.

As I spotted another brown I tried to copy the mop fly trick and it surely worked.
This trout however was a jumper so it skillfully dispatched the mop fly.
After that last trout interaction I called it day, the trout action was quite good
so I was content with how the day had worked out.