Thanks for the sympathy, but I had fun all the same. I enjoy getting out on the water. I like catching, don't get me wrong, and given that the fish in this area are pretty much all stocked (though left to roam free for a few years), there's no guilt in having smoked trout for tea! But, if it was as simple as just showing up, well, I would probably get bored after a bit. I tend to change flies if I'm catching a lot, just to see what else works rather than trying to catch as many as possible. Hmmm, last time I was down there, and the fishing was tough, I did get one on a cosseboom (an atlantic salmon fly, which I tie on size 10 2x hooks). I should have tried one of those. Just remembered that now; I knew I would solve it eventually - a shame I can't prove it would have worked, but trust me, a big one just got away!

- Jeff