i won't be coming to help ron unfortunately i've got to go piking on the thames on my new spot on sunday, i got your email thanks for the advice on fly fishing, they didn't win the war of the roses though, we have proof, we won so much land of em we had to pile it up to get it in that's why yorkshire is so hilly.
as for the fish well done eddie brown trout are a beautiful fish, i've never had one on fly yet but i've had a couple of accidental wild ones while coarse fishing thames tributaries a really big one must be a fine sight. and the best thing is they're native fish too.