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Social Corner / Re: Troutstream
« Last post by Mike Barrio on 12/04/2024 at 09:53 »Nice one Sandy, great to see them being enjoyed 
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Social Corner / Re: Troutstream
« Last post by Sandy Nelson on 12/04/2024 at 08:32 »Took the production line out for its first foray yesterday on a nice but breezy day.
It’s every bit as good as the prototype but with an even better coating. I managed to get it a decent stretch too
It’s every bit as good as the prototype but with an even better coating. I managed to get it a decent stretch too
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Fly Tying / Re: More muddler madness
« Last post by James Laraway on 11/04/2024 at 11:10 »Goats toe
Yellow may
Yellow may
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Main Discussion Area / Re: Salmon catches in Scotland lowest since records began.
« Last post by Duncan Inglis on 10/04/2024 at 21:19 »100% correct Bob and if you think last season was bad just wait till you see this current seasons figures if the start is anything to go by.
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Fly Tying / More muddler madness
« Last post by James Laraway on 10/04/2024 at 14:10 »sort of a mayfly style muddler.
Green tail, hare's ears body ribbed with green wire and french partridge , on a size 10
Green tail, hare's ears body ribbed with green wire and french partridge , on a size 10
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Rivers & Lochs / Re: River Tummel - 5 April 2024
« Last post by Mike Barrio on 09/04/2024 at 11:20 »Nice one Nick, sounds like you were well rewarded for braving the weather
Haven't fished the Tummel for years, but can remember enjoying some good days on the river.
Haven't fished the Tummel for years, but can remember enjoying some good days on the river.
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Rivers & Lochs / River Tummel - 5 April 2024
« Last post by Nick Thom on 09/04/2024 at 10:26 »Storm Kathleen couldn’t stop me fishing for a few hours on the River Tummel last week. I was on the last few days of honeymoon and walked down to the river at Pitlochry, at the very top of the Pitlochry Angling Association water.
It was 2 degrees, it had been snowing and the river was running high and coloured. I fished a team of spiders with a small beaded nymph on the point and started getting pulls in the slacker water. They never came to much. As the day warmed up and a small hatch of Large Dark Olives started to appear, some fish started moving so I dressed the top dropper spider with Gink and immediately took a trout of around a pound. It was long and very lean - much different from the fat trout on the Aberdeenshire Don I have been catching recently. I took 3 or 4 more trout to around 12oz but this time on the heavier point fly, as it started to swing and rise in the water.
I saw a very good head and tail rise down below me and couldn’t reposition myself to fish it with a dry fly, so I let my flies swing down towards it and then lifted my rod to induce a take. I had no idea the size of that fish when it took my point fly initially, it felt heavy in the current and was not for being moved. I tried to get below the fish but it tore off downstream into some very fast water. I followed it and was gaining some interest from two men in the nearby sheltered housing and some salmon fisherman on the opposite bank who were shouting questions at me, which was off putting. “What did you catch it on?” Etc. It continued to run downstream and I stumbled after it and eventually netted a very thin but beautifully marked 3lb 4oz brownie. It regurgitated two small trout in the net as a thank you.
The fisherman opposite thought I had hooked a big sea trout and all gathered to fish opposite where I was fishing. I released the big trout and then returned to the run upstream and took another 3 brownies to around a pound before I trudged back to the Airbnb.
It was 2 degrees, it had been snowing and the river was running high and coloured. I fished a team of spiders with a small beaded nymph on the point and started getting pulls in the slacker water. They never came to much. As the day warmed up and a small hatch of Large Dark Olives started to appear, some fish started moving so I dressed the top dropper spider with Gink and immediately took a trout of around a pound. It was long and very lean - much different from the fat trout on the Aberdeenshire Don I have been catching recently. I took 3 or 4 more trout to around 12oz but this time on the heavier point fly, as it started to swing and rise in the water.
I saw a very good head and tail rise down below me and couldn’t reposition myself to fish it with a dry fly, so I let my flies swing down towards it and then lifted my rod to induce a take. I had no idea the size of that fish when it took my point fly initially, it felt heavy in the current and was not for being moved. I tried to get below the fish but it tore off downstream into some very fast water. I followed it and was gaining some interest from two men in the nearby sheltered housing and some salmon fisherman on the opposite bank who were shouting questions at me, which was off putting. “What did you catch it on?” Etc. It continued to run downstream and I stumbled after it and eventually netted a very thin but beautifully marked 3lb 4oz brownie. It regurgitated two small trout in the net as a thank you.
The fisherman opposite thought I had hooked a big sea trout and all gathered to fish opposite where I was fishing. I released the big trout and then returned to the run upstream and took another 3 brownies to around a pound before I trudged back to the Airbnb.
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Social Corner / Re: Old Tee shirt
« Last post by Iain Cameron on 08/04/2024 at 10:15 »So the loch is Bhruisda, on the island of Berneray. Excuse my spelling, I frankly can’t be bothered to check.
I remember picking up a permit at the coffee shop. The catch returns book was: blank, blank, blank, 5lber, blank blank, big fish…. And so on. A lot of blanks - two out of two visits for me - with the chance of the odd big troot seemed to be the norm. I wouldn’t rush back, as the plentiful lochs of north and south Uist hold enough interest and adventure for many days of trouting
I remember picking up a permit at the coffee shop. The catch returns book was: blank, blank, blank, 5lber, blank blank, big fish…. And so on. A lot of blanks - two out of two visits for me - with the chance of the odd big troot seemed to be the norm. I wouldn’t rush back, as the plentiful lochs of north and south Uist hold enough interest and adventure for many days of trouting
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Social Corner / Re: Old Tee shirt
« Last post by Noel Kelly on 08/04/2024 at 09:40 »My wife’s mother is from that island Iain. Her uncle still lives not far from that loch. I’ve only fished it once and blanked. Did see one or 2 of the infamous residents move far out beyond reach.
This was 10 yrs ago, I’ve not heard if it’s still worth a cast. Her uncle says it’s not.
This was 10 yrs ago, I’ve not heard if it’s still worth a cast. Her uncle says it’s not.
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Rivers & Lochs / Re: River Don 2024
« Last post by Steven Kidd on 07/04/2024 at 18:45 »I am hoping to star my campaign soon.......I am just never home when the river is right.....this weather is so frustrating!!
Steven
Steven
