Saturday saw the arrival of the Burton Springs Beginners day near Bridgwater which I had set up some two months previously thinking that a June date would give us some good weather. It was an early start loading the car with all the equipment ready for the off and when I opened the front door I was met with some really heavy rain……..not what I had wanted to see.
We arrived at the fishery around 8.15 am and proceeded to set up for the days events but still in the pouring rain. Everyone started arriving around 9.30am and was greeted with tea and coffee and the day got started at 9.45 am.
I had hoped to run some of the course outside in the morning but this was just not possible due to the now monsoon type rain we getting!! Luckily Burton Springs has a lodge so we all packed into this for sessions on fly tying, entomology and knots and leaders.
The weather broke just before lunch and I took everyone out onto the lake for a talk and demonstration on basic casting mechanics, 5 minutes into the demonstration the heavens opened again and we all made a dash back to the lodge for cover, it was short lived and we were all soon on the bank again to finish this session.
After lunch we were lucky as the weather seemed to get better and we were all able to get out and get into some casting before finishing up with some fishing with a few fish landed on the bank to end a great day.
The day was made all the better with the great people that had turned up, all of us had a good laugh and a chuckle throughout the day which helped considering the conditions we had to endure. Everyone went home with a smile on their face so I guess it was mission accomplished!!
For everything they done to make the day a success, I would like to say a big thank you to fellow instructors Sally and Tony Pizii, Gilly for laying on all the great food for the day, taking the photos and not forgetting the home made cakes which went down well!! And finally to Adam and Dave down at Burton Springs Fishery for hosting the day and helping us make the day run smoothly.
For those of you that attended the day, I would be grateful for any feedback that you can give me by filling out the message box at the bottom of this page and please feel free to copy any of the photos I have posted here.
Keep an eye out here for similar future events and come and join us on the bank.
Here are some photos of the day, please click on a thumbnail to enlarge the photo.
I had a fantastic day and will be fly fishing again in the near future. Neil and his team made us all feel very welcome and the tuition was second to none. Highly recommended!
Thank you.
Neil
Just would like to thank you again for a fantastic experience last Saturday at Burton Springs. Noah still hasn’t stopped reminding me that I didn’t catch a thing and that he did rather well! It was such a well organised event that covered so many aspects of fly fishing, all presented with professionalism and amazing patience. Thanks again – Nigel & Noah
ps. Let me know when you want a day out on the Axe
Many thanks for a very well run informative day .think that I may well have caught the bug all be it a little later in life.Thanks also to your lovely lady for keeping us well supplied with some wonderfull catering.
Kind regards
David Williams