There is a river I know that, given the right conditions, can appear to be a magic river in the sense that it will produce good numbers of fish. This depends on exactly the right amount of water, and with it being a spate river so the sweet spot rarely lasts more than a few hours. A little while back I got almost the right amount of water but, unfortunately, bright sun. Bright sun spells the end of fishing on our smaller rivers and so turned a potential "big day" into a bit of a "nice day to be out." However, it was a lovely autumn day and it was just fantastic to be out and with the help of low early morning sun, and a few clouds, I did manage some catching as well