I WENT fishing the other day. Fly fishing for trout in a small stocked lake. The day was hot, there was no breeze and the sun blazed down on a lake that looked as though it was filled with molten lead. These are not good conditions for catching trout. I thought of giving up even before I’d started. Then I noticed some activity in a shallow part of the lake. Fish were swirling around and I thought that some of them might be taking very small flies on the surface…
Irish Examiner, 14/07/14. Read the full article ‘Rudd is making a comeback‘.