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The best month of the year ? |
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 As we move into May there are signs that the weather may finally edge to something more like the seasonal norm and the welcome lift in temperatures should create the perfect conditions for some of the best trout fishing of the year. May is invariably the best month but this year there must be every chance that we might see exceptional sport following the cold conditions of April. Surely hatches must have been held back waiting for that first bit of warmth?.
Daytime buzzer hatches are already well underway and should peak over the next couple of weeks before diminishing rapidly after the first spell of warm weather. Black Gnat should appear with the first real warmth closely followed by their long legged cousin the Hawthorn. Olives will make an appearance as the month progresses along with a cocktail of terrestrials from beetles to dung flies. All this means that the trout will be looking to the surface throughout the day and there should be few days without a decent period of surface activity.
Sinkers and lures can go back in the tackle bag and it's out with the floater and dries. Small hoppers, cdc emergers and beetle patterns are all reliable fish catchers at this time of year along with buzzer pupa and slim olive nymphs for the odd quieter spells when fish feed sub surface.
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