Tandoori Trout

 Trout Fillets Skinned
 1 Tub of plain yoghurt
 2 x table spoon of Tandoori Masala Powder
 1 x table spoon of Amchoor Powder (Ground Mango Powder)
 1 x fresh lemon juice
 2 x crushed garlic cloves
 salt & pepper to season
 Fresh Coriander

 Fillet, Skin & de bone your trout.

Take a large bowl & add to it the tub of yoghurt, 2 x table spoons of Tandoori Masala powder, 1 x table spoon of Amchoor Powder (Ground Mango Powder), 2 x crushed garlic cloves & squeeze 1 fresh lemon in to the mix. Add salt & Pepper to season and some finely cut fresh coriander. Mix all the ingredients in the bowl thoroughly.

 Take your trout fillets and dip them in the bowl one by one covering them evenly with the Tandoori mix. Then place each one on to a silver foil covered oven tray. Put your tandoori trout fillets in to the fridge for a few hours to allow to marinade.

Oven cook for around 16 minutes at gas mark 5.

Add some freshly made rice & garlic naan bread and you have a great meal.

Traveled down to Hampshire yesterday to fish the preeminent chalk stream the river Test. Dry fly and nymphing the order of the day. We arrived around 8am and on inspection of the river it looked pretty colored because of all the rain we have had. Had a coffee and tackled up, deciding to fish light tackle with my Orvis 7' weight 4 Trout Bum rod.

I walked the bank and started to see a few rises. After slogging away for some time I was into a fish. Straight away I could see it was a good size Grayling. Caught on a Dry Blue Winged Olive size 16 fly. Chuffed with myself I returned the fish and had a break for lunch.

At around 2pm there was a good mayfly hatch so I changed my dry fly to a Mayfly Green Drake size 10. I cast across rise after rise to no avail. I think the trout had gorged themselves on mayfly for a few days so gave up and switched back to the Dry Blue Winged Olive.

After a few casts to a rise I was into a my second fish. A rainbow trout of around 2lb. The rainbow put up a good fight and I landed and bagged my dinner. Great sport on light tackle.

Well I went at it for another couple of hours to try and get my river Test grand slam but that elusive brown trout just wasn't biting today. So I packed up and headed home.

I will return to have a go at netting that big brown some time soon.

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Rivers Torridge & Taw in Devon - Fly Fishing & Spinning with a couple of pals. Stayed at the Half Moon in Sheepwash. Evening dinner and the obvious lock in.

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A Christmas trip to Albury Estate Trout Fishery

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Another fine day on the water at Felix Farm Trout Fishery & dinner t'boot.

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Firefly - Traditional Bamboo Fly Rods will be launching the new website and ebay store on July 12th 2012. We will be offering excellent quality hand built outfits consisting of bamboo fly rod, classic reel and silk fly lines in sizes 7' 4 weight and 8' 6 weight as well as bamboo fly boxes, bamboo trout nets and branded baseball caps and t'shirts.

These outfits are a perfect introduction in to the world of bamboo fly fishing. Great for fishing your favorite trout fishery, chalk stream or small river for those elusive rainbow trout, brown trout or grayling.

I will keep you posted on progress. Tight lines.

 

Congratulations to my son Teyte age six on winning the Troutmasters 2012 junior competition at Felix Farm Trout Fishery on April 07.