Devon Yeo

Monday 24th

A quick little session on my second River Yeo in the space of three days; this time the Yeo was a tribute of the River Taw in Devon- another West Country Angling Passport beat. The water was quite milky and cloudy though I didn’t completely manage to work out if this was due to the tree clearing work being carried out by the farmer at the top of the beat. I was chuffed to take a nice 10” fish by targeting it using a parachute black gnat again from a very shallow lie close to the bank. This was pretty much the first WBT I have taken this year that was definitely a cock fish, betrayed by its mini hooked bottom jaw. I also managed to hook a beautifully lightly coloured 7 incher almost at my feet in a tiny quick run. If I’ve learnt anything in my river trips this year it is that fish will lie in very shallow water and that it’s almost always worth trying tungsten beaded nymphs through deep runs right by your feet.