Exe Valley Fishery

A wonderful day at the Exe Fishery. My son and I arrived by 1030 and between us we caught six really good hard fighting rainbows.

As usual at the Exe the fish were holding in the deep water at the bottom of the lake.  As it warmed up they rose in the water and a floating line with a gold head seemed to do the trick today.  We caught on Cats Whisker, and orange goldhead.

I find that a long shank hook with a tungsten bead gets the lure moving fast down through the water, the orange fritz body provides plenty of movement and sparkle, the orange marabou tail again gives plenty of movement.

We fished the lures with foot long steady pulls.  Takes were very soft and Evan and I missed a good few because of this.

  My 4 and half pound fish, Evans 3 ib fish and Evan playing him in.