March and April is not the time to catch large numbers, but some perseverance involved, you will catch large trout!
Friday started foggy and cold – again I struggeled with ice in the rings, but the sun had decided to fight for spring, and so it became nice and warm around noon. The water was still very cold though and the trouts not in biting mood. On average, I had a take every half an hour or so…
The first fish of the day was a little different though, it REALLY WANTED that streamer! I had swung the streamer in a drift to the shallow water on my side of the bank, when suddenly out of nowhere a nice trout appeared and raced past me… it all happened so fast I did not see if the fish had eaten the streamer but I instinctively raised my arm, and the fish was on! I was a beautiful, strong brown which measured 49cm when I had it in the net. A great start into the day!
Times runs fast when you are fishing, so I was really surprised after I checked the time and it was already around 2pm. I decided to walk a little faster and only cast into those spots that seemed especially promising… and so it happened that I was almost back at my car when I made a long cast behind a heap of rocks.
I gave the streamer a few tucks and then a brutal force hit into the line… followed by heavy headshakes which only a large fish produces!
I thought of a pike for a short instant, but then a large trout rolled on the surface and showed me the beautiful dark golden body with red dots that made me cheer! …but I also saw that the hook was not placed very well… only on the lower jaw very much to the front! It would not hold on for long like that… and so with soft pressure I lifted the trout from the deep and tried a quick netting… and it worked out!
A huge trout in perfect condition, what a fish! These are the moments you wat for, crawl through thorny thickets, muddy holes, you endure stinging nettles and mosquitos, this moment when a large trout slides into your net is full of joy and you would like to hold on to that moment forever! 