Cold and frosty morning with a winter fog which hung about all day. Fished one of my regular winter haunts, the river Test in Hampshire, England, wrapped up warm against the cold and nymphing upstream to sighted fish, with a size 16 ptn on a long cast down to 2 lb.

The grayling like to hide under the trees, encouraging you to make a good cast, which turns over nicely into a tightish space and puts down on the water gently.


The fish are not big, but they are plenty of fun on light gear, and when they get that big dorsal fin up in the water you know you have a fish on. I grab a quick picture of the fish under water, before flicking the hook without even touching the fish and watch as it scoots off to the bank to hide.


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[This message has been edited by JME (edited 12 December 2005).]