The continuing adfventures of the Fluff Club, Episode 67 *
“If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is High Church” – Tom Brokaw Whytee missed the last Fluff Boys’ outing, so could hardly contain the wait for this one: we were heading for one of the ‘homes’ of small, stillwater fly fishing, the legendary Damerham Trout Fishery, which also just happens to be the origin of the Blue Trout! A double delight! Luminaries, like Charles Jardine, learnt their trade here, back in the 80s. For much of the time since then the fishery has been syndicated, almost exclusively, but now it’s available to fish on day tickets! Molly (my sat-nav) guided me to the lodge along narrow, residential lanes, despite the doubts in my mind at times. In due course the Professor appeared, soon followed by Moneypenny, then the Admiral, who had actually passed each other going in opposite directions on one lane. We half expected the Inspector and Lumberjack would turn up too, but no. I wondered whether they too had suffered some sat-nav gobbledegook, become completely frust