Weather predictions for last Sunday where bright sunny skies with only occasional a small cloud.
Ideal to check if something was going on in the chub department. 
Off course way to early again as the bugs that chub feed on are still absent.

With the stream being extremely shallow and lacking cover it was almost impossible to approach the fish.
If the fish spotted you first it was game over for the big fish … they did not grow big because they were stupid.

We had some rain last week so the stream was a little bit higher and clarity was down.
Also the algae mats that had grown on the bottom started to drift to the surface.
Lots of debris on the surface so tricky for fishing.

Looking down from a bridge and was not sure the shapes in the water where chub or just weeds.
I rigged up and checked the spot out, I could spot five big chub hovering in the current.
I tried to coax them up with a spent mayfly pattern to no avail.
Nymphs and streamer also failed and the fish finally disappeared.

The early morning was cold so I went to a shallow wide stretch in front of a weir.
I was hoping the shallower spots would warm up early and hold fish.
Insects where on the water and fish rising but they turned out to be tiny bleak.
Had a few on the dry to get rid of the skunk and then moved on.

The third spot was again near a bridge and there was a lot of fish activity.
The surface was crowded by bleak but deeper in the water column I could see chub.
I opted for the nymph and that worked pretty well on the smaller chub.
The bigger ones where too wary though and soon left because of the racket caused
by hauling in the smaller fish.

The last hope for a big fish was to find some free ranging chub.
I checked out an old hot spot with old meaning it used to be productive.
Seeing other anglers with spinning gear was a bad sign but luckily they went in another direction.
Big chub where present but again I was spotted first so no joy.

It was good to see that some chub are roaming the stream again but to early for productive fishing.
We need some more bugs around and more aquatic plants for cover for improved conditions.
The sight of the first mayfly was promising prelude, we just have to wait a little longer.