The Continuing Adventures of the Fluff Club, Episode 53
“Fly fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it” – Herbert Hoover Previous visits to John O’Gaunts Trout Fishery have been described in episodes 20, 23, 32, 35, & 47, guess what? Here we are again! Upon arrival we were greeted by a pair of honking Canada Geese, watched by a scattering of Mallard, afloat on the main pool, and more sullenly by the chap who was there to relieve us of some moolah. Another poor showing I’m afraid: the Admiral, Inspector, and Whytee made up the Fluff Boys, plus I had brought Dodgy again, which was just as well, as nobody else showed for most of the morning, probably due to the weather forecast, but as it happened we had showers although none heavy as predicted; they got the gusting wind right though. I wish all this wind and rain would blow somewhere else and give us a break. Both the fishery’s pools were actually overflowing, submerging areas of the bank. Simms was as clear as ever, just those wind gu...