Challenging day at devious Dever Springs

Our long-awaited trip to Dever Springs made for a very interesting and entertaining visit, writes Gordon Ray.

Conditions were almost ideal with hardly a breath of wind to ripple the lakes.

It was overcast enough to bring fish up to the surface and just warm enough to notice some hatches. But what pattern to use?

This was the million-dollar question. Anglers tried everything to encourage the choosy trout to take and the general consensus was that they were taking near the surface on imitative rather than fancy lures.

A case in point was Bradley Slater, an experienced angler with a fly box full of variety. With only an hour or so still to go Bradley had yet to find the magic formula.

Then BANG; three beautiful trout in only eight casts. The biggest three fish bag went to Gary Austin (right) with 14lb 9oz.

Raymond Willis had the day’s biggest fish, an impressive 6lbs 8oz.

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