Today I had my first trip of the trout season to Rutland.  Needless to say while all around were happily playing and landing some nice Rainbows, I couldn't get a pull. I didn't help that the weather was dreadful, with strong winds, persistent rain and damn cold as well.
However after several hours of humiliation, something did at last latch onto my fly, it was a fish of around 3lbs.  It's now gutted and ready for the oven or the freezer, whichever my lovely wife decides needs it most.
Happily things at Rutland did pick up and I caught and released another 2 Rainbows of around 4lbs each.
Off to have a shower and hopefully warm up a bit.