27/07/2012 - North Esk

Water - Up a little and nicely coloured
Weather - Fine & fair
Where - Targets waterfall
Time - 1530-1600
Method - Bread, float
Total - 1
Species - Brown Trout

A smash and grab session lasting barely half an hour resulted in a solitary brownie of 8 inch. Excellent condition, vivid red markings and the usual swallowed hook with these greedy wee things. I only noticed the single bite, but there were a few rises from smallish trout.

Also visible were the remnants of the high water mark from the previous weeks where some of the mossy foliage had been stripped away on the concrete platforms that form the bank to the pool. Pretty high.

22/03/2012 - North Esk

Best of the Eskmill pools

Time - 1630 - 1800
Where - Eskmill - Ele's Hole
Weather - Lovely but cooling down
Water - Summer levels, clear
Method - Mepp no 2 & bread
Total - 0

I effectively employed an upstream fishing method on this day. A couple of years ago I fished this stretch and concluded it was dead. Then last season I had great success a bit later in the season with a decent average size. But it was back to blanking with no interest at all. Saying this, once conditions hot up, I'm sure many of the wee pools and lies along here will produce nice fish again.

I also came across a pickaxe which is a river debris first.

I fished the right bank at the Ele's Hole and comprehensively covered the pool. But to no avail. I had however anticipated such an eventuality and brought along a couple of floats and some bread. I was confident that on opening day, although the water levels weren't conducive to the mepp, bread would be successful. So I was ready to give it a try

Wrong. I gave it a decent shot and baited up two slices worth, but there wasn't anything interested in meeting me.