How was your opening weekend to the River Season?

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Silver Scales Pro Team Member, Lee Harper-Smith has been putting our rubber legs to good use and having fun on his local river with a frog fly pattern to tempt Chub. As you can see from the picture, Chub love to nail a big bait like this!

The fly uses the following:

White Veevus Thread
Rubber Legs (in Green, Brown and Chartreuse)
Sakuma Manta Extra 545 2/0
6mm Silverscales Eyes
2mm Foam in Green & White from a Craft Shop and a brown marker pen

Gentle jerks of the fly make it work like a frog and work the legs nicely with them returning to their forward position naturally in the water on the pause and folding backwards on the pull.

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Chub are great sport when caught on the fly but always remember to use a trace if pike are present.

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How did your opening weekend on the Rivers go?