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Monthly Photo CompetitionTo enter your digital photos, that have a fishing theme, please goto the club website and follow the directions given on the photocompetition page.Tales from the RiverbankBill and Ben set off to try a bit of evening fishing on a local river.On their previous visits they had encountered another two anglersfishing water on the same property. This had limited their optionsand meant they had to fish through a part of the river that hadbeen changed noticeably by flood damage. On this night the otheranglers were not sighted so they decided to fish a part of the riverwhere they had not already fished this season. It turned out to bea good decision. As they headed downstream they saw a goodsizedfish splash in the middle of a pool. This was encouraging.Ben carried on ahead, meanwhile Bill saw a trout surface feedingnear the tail of the pool. It was only about 3 or 4 metres from thebank and in fairly shallow water. He crept up slowly from behindand placed his CDC + Elk dry fly about 3 metres upstream to driftclose to the fish. The trout obliged on the first or second drift soBill set the hook. It turned out to be a much bigger trout thanexpected. Bill had always believed that fish feeding in the glide atthe tail of a pool were generally smaller than those in the primefeeding spots. This fish put up a strong fight that lasted for aroundfifteen minutes before it was finally inthe net. A good hen fish of 7 lbs. Billunhooked the trout and released her.She sped off into the deeper water ofthe pool.As he made his way downstream towhere his companion had gone hecame upon a slow deep pool wherethere were four fish rising. Three weresucking emergers under and the fourth that was moving around atthe head of the pool appeared to be taking surface flies in a muchmore splashy fashion. Bill covered all of these fish without successso he crossed the river below that pool to meet up with his pal.Ben had been successful as well; he had landed a 6lb 4oz brownthat had taken his emerger fly. There were still trout visiblyfeeding on the surface in a long pool but Ben was being harassedHutt Valley Angling Club Incorporated—December 2013 9