Flyfishing FWSW

With the summer officially gone my mission for the day was to get chub on the dry fly or hopper.
It had rained a bit the last time but it did not end the effects of the drought that much.
Some of the previously exposed sandbanks had now a little water over them.

First stop was to score some easy targets in the feeder with the dry fly.
I spotted some larger fish but could not get them to eat the dry fly.
I could only muster some of the small chub that fell for the sedge I was fishing.

The second mark near a bridge looked more promising.
Lots of fish moving about with some bigger specimens among them.
Fishing the sedge though was a complete failure, it was ignored.
I switched to a red tag nymph that yielded some slightly larger chub and a golden shiner.

The spot at the bridge was not ideal, to many onlookers that scared the fish.
So next stop the open fields in search for the big boys.
I encountered the big boys but most where on the move and not interested in flies.

I finally found a large chub in feeding mode aka in the upper water column.
Alas raising the rod for the cast alarmed the fish of my presence.
I scouted further downstream and spotted two large chub from far away.
Ideal conditions to drop a hopper in front of them, that actually worked as one of the
fish gulped the hopper down.

The first big fish measured 52cm, a pretty good size for a chub in such a small stream.
I soon spotted another fish and again an instant hookup.
This time though the fish took me in the weeds and I couldn’t dislodge it.
I put maximum pressure on the fish but it ended with breaking the tippet, bummer.

Still the day was not over so on I went to see if I could spot more fish.
Eventually I found the next group of feeding chub in a section with not so many weeds.
As soon as the hopper landed on the water the chub went for it and gulped in down.
I struck and after a struggle to contain the fish I could land it, 49cm also a good size.
Called it a day after that last fish.