22/08/2026
With the weather cooling off a bit after the long hot spell and a few days of heavy showers, it was time to have a quick morning session at Hollies Trout Fishery.
Hollies is a small Stillwater fishery near Honiton in Devon, nice quality fish, w**d free with catch and keep and catch and release available.
Arrived about 08:30, very bright conditions, water a little bit coloured from the rain but overall visibility was not too bad.
Couple of knocks on a blue flash damsel to start with but didn't manage to hook up. Fish were willing to chase a bit if you could get their attention with many swiping darts at the fly.
Ended up with two rainbows, one on an olive apps bloodworm and one on a gold head hates ear.
Nice couple of hours and good to get out again and dust off the cobwebs after the long spell of extremely hot weather.