How to Understand a Trout in its World

How to Understand a Trout in its World

Look under the silvery surface of a river and gain a deeper appreciation of the interdependence of all living things

By Cerne Giant Festival

Date and time

Tuesday, May 6 · 7:30 - 9pm GMT+1

Location

St Mary's Church, Cerne Abbas

2 Abbey Street Cerne Abbas DT2 7JQ United Kingdom

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

How does a fly fisherman persuade a canny trout to eat a piece of fluff and feathers? Jeremy Mackenzie has spent over 60 years figuring it out. It is a quest to intimately understand the terrain of a river and how a trout relates to it, as well as the lifecycles of the invertebrate beasties that the fish feed on. The right place must be chosen, the fly imitating the right food for that season picked, and the fly positioned so it is irresistible to the fish. This is about a love affair with rivers and their inhabitants.

£7 including wine or soft drink

Doors open at 7pm.

Organized by

Cerne Giant Festival

The CERNE GIANT FESTIVAL was born out of our vibrant May Day tradition, when the Morris Dancers and villagers gather at dawn on the Trendle, the original  site of the village Maypole at the top of the Cerne Giant. Here we salute the sunrise and celebrate the start of summer with a barrel of Beltane Beer.  Begun in 2017, the Festival has now extended to about 3 weeks. With a theme of ‘Celebrating Humanity in the Landscape’, there will be a huge variety of events including workshops, talks, and walks so that there is something for everyone to explore their own connection with landscape of Dorset and what it means to them. Any profits from the Festival will go towards maintaining the fabric and work of the churches in the participating villages.