We had a good day at Bewl on Sunday, although our chairman made a lame excuse about getting the days mixed-up, so that was one less.

The weather was fine, sunny, and warm with a fair amount of cloud and there was a stiff breeze from the southwest. We basically had the place to ourselves; this must have been the lack of fuel or the Olympics perhaps.

Everybody caught with some really nice fish coming in well over 3lbs. The most annoying thing was the amount of fish that we lost (I lost nine) but it made for an exciting day with fish being hooked all over the reservoir and some lengthy scraps. (As Jim would say "I’ve never had a day like it!") I partnered Dave Thomas who had his line broken on two occasions and ended with four beautiful rainbows.

The Gibbs and the Nocks were away so there weren't many of us, Art and Jenny did turn up in the evening and joined us at the "Brown Trout" for a welcome couple of beers at the end of a good day.

                                                                                                                                                        Martyn Gray