Safety Socks
Tracy&James - Wednesday, June 3, 2026
The River Dee didn't really play ball for Chris and Nick's visit to North Wales at the weekend. Although the level was good and the weather was nice I had a slight sinking feeling when we turned up to the beat to see very little in the way of fly life and nothing rising. I will admit that where we fished wasn't my first choice, as when we arrived there, another angler was making his way across the field to the river. I didn't feel it was appropriate for the four of us to join him, even though it was quite a long beat, so we got back in the car and went elsewhere. I probably need to confess it was my fault we were a little late; the previous evening was quite heavy on the red wine and this led on to competitive knot testing which continued until about 2am. Thus when my alarm went in readiness for getting out of the house at 8am I ignored it in favour of another half hour or so of recovery time. Nick and Chris were, of course, ready for the allotted time, but then had to wait for me to have a coffee etc.
