Spring is (nearly) here!

Grins all round: Sean and Fionnoula Gammons with their first rainbow trout from Tinhay Lake.

It's been busy this week for beginners and improvers, most of whom have managed fish from the lake, and some that have braved the cold and fished the rivers. While the sun has shone and given some much-welcome warmth, morning frosts and a persistent, chilly northerly breeze have slowed insect hatches.
Yesterday, nine-year-old Fraser Bell showed his Dad how to land trout, by catching and releasing a fine two-pounder, while his father Mike managed to lose not one but two at the net!
Jamie Thompson, fishing with father Hugh and son Oskar, did well to land four trout on the Tamar today, which all fell to heavily-weighted shrimp patterns. Young Oskar caught his first grayling yesterday when wet-fly fishing with David, and has shown real promise, firing tight loops under the Lyd and Tamar's over-hanging trees... good work!
The warm weather last week saw the arrival of sand martins and swallows to Lifton... they must be confused by the arctic blast we've had this week!