Swanswater Cygnets Junior Angling Club: Sunday 21st July 2013

This morning was a lot cooler than the last Cygnets' session, with a cloudy over cast sky and a light breeze. Once the Cygnets had drawn their pegs from the hat and received the session safety brief, the Cygnets were eager to get started fishing on the Mill Pond.

Cygnets on Mill Pond

Swans

The Cygnets were today joined by the two swans and a family of ducks on the Mill Pond.

There were a number of fish rising and showing at the start of the session around the upper area of the Mill Pond. The first fish of the session was hooked and successfully landed by Robert Fyfe. This was a hard fighting blue trout. Not long after this Robert Hiddleston who was fishing on the opposite bank to Robert hooked into a fish. This too was successfully netted and was another hard fighting blue trout.

The Cygnets fished hard throughout the first two moves and then they all had the break from fishing and returned to start fishing.

The fish appeared to have switched off and there was the odd fish rising around the pond. As the morning progressed it became more muggy in temperature, however, the sky remained overcast.

Casting instruction from Thomas Anderson

During the session, Cygnets professional casting instructor, Thomas Anderson walked around the pond and gave advice and instruction on casting and techniques to all the Cygnets. This gave the opportunity for any faults in casting to be adjusted.

The Cygnets fished really hard, however, it was not until the last five minutes before the end of the session that Robert Fyfe, hooked into his second fish of the session. This fish gave Robert some tremendous sport. Fellow Cygnet William Addison was on hand to help Robert net the fish. This was a beautiful Rainbow trout. It was superb to see the ethos of Cygnets and the camaraderie between the Cygnets helping each other.

Fish on

There were on only 3 fish landed today, However some of the Cygnets did report that they had hooked fish but lost them before they could be netted. The fishing conditions were not great. The cloud cover would help but the heat building throughout the morning made the fishing very difficult.

The successful cygnets today were :-

Robert Fyfe - 2 fish

Robert Hiddleston - 1 fish