The cold clear weather has brought the brown trout out. For a few weeks they have been lying low in the deeper waters, but now with the brighter, drier weather they are basking in the shallows. Life must be good for a brown trout in the Coln as some of them seem to reach excellent sizes. The one in the photograph above must be around the 3lb mark and it was fixed to the spot for ages in the fast flowing water, which must take considerable effort. Perhaps it is waiting for food, in the form of insects, to float down or to settle on the surface, or maybe they find it relaxing just to swim slowly against the current. I'll nip out at lunch time and see if it is still there.
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