[Jim Eddie]

Forecast does not look quite as bad as it did earlier in the week , fingers crossed 
 might still be a trifle damp though.

 

Jim

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Jim
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See you tomorrow
Best wishes
Mike

[Mike Barrio]

Well that was a rather wet trip home, some seriously big puddles ( almost big enough to fish in ) and flooding!
Was it really raining that much today?

I was soaked and frozen, but really enjoyed my day
Best wishes
Mike

[Jay Scott]

Yeah me too  nice to put some more names to faces.

Pitty about the weather.... but that's fishing 

Thanks for organising it Mike 

Will post a couple photos soon


Jay

[Hamish Young]

Well, my wee Fiat did a meaningful impression of an amphibious assault craft tonight

That was seriously not any fun at all - but that's tempered by the fact had a good time chucking lines and chewing the fat with everyone and a big thanks to Irvine, nice pint 

Hamish 

[Jim Eddie]

Just to echo what has already been said , really enjoyed it despite the weather , would have liked to stay for a pint but was going out tonight to the outlaws for dinner   

 

Jim

[Jay Scott]

big thanks to Irvine, nice pint 

 

Sorry how could i forget.. Thanks Irvine.

Next drinks re on me... just try keep it quiet though 


Cheers,

Jay

[Jim Eddie]

Oh and thanks to Mike for organising it and to Ben for giving an excellent demo in not the best conditions and to Hamish for being a boulder (you had to be there) 

Oh and my casting was abysmal  Methinks I will be giving Ben a call before the start of next season.

 

Jim

[Ben Dixon]

Thanks to all who turned out today, was a good day despite the weather.

Few pics below...








Intersting drive home, this is what I was greeted by, I have a river about 8" deep running past my back door down my drive, across the B977 and down the track towards the river

Will work out the shoot out scores after I have had some food, need to eat before the kitchen is under water 

Cheers

Ben

[Jay Scott]

Here's a couple photos from the day.



The two Mikes


Along the Line


Hamish even had a tail.... "for counter balance"


The weather wasn't the best


Irvine and Mike

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Ben

Glad to see you got home ok, at one stage there was a 4X4 behind me and another 4X4 in front ........ and my wee Astra was just doing it's best to float in between

Have you caught any fish in the new burn outside your kitchen window yet Ben?

Here's some crazy out of focus lines from today .........



Cheers
Mike

[Stuart Smith]

well hi all

thats me just got home to St Cyrus.the time is now 9pm.had to leave my car at Kevs because he cant get near his house then the coast road south of inverbervie is closed so kev dropped me off 2.5 miles from my house and i had to walk the rest.i was starting to get tired wet wading infront of the car

the river bervie becide Kevs house which is normally 8 foot wide is 200 feet wide and thats only where the current stops flowing.havent seen it like that before

I hope everyone got home ok

thanks for the great day even tho its been a damp one

stuart

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Stuart
Glad to hear you got home OK
It was certainly a bit wild on the way back tonight and you guys had a fair distance to drive.

Thanks for coming up, it was great to see you again
Best wishes
Mike

[Ben Dixon]

Hi Ben
Have you caught any fish in the new burn outside your kitchen window yet Ben?

Cheers
Mike

I have caught fish in shallower water than there is in the deep fast run on the far bank by the wall 

I have scored the shootout....

Outfits were

a) Sage TCR 590 with Barrio Outcast WF5F line
b) Orvis Western3 107 Protoype with 32' 15.6g floating shooting Head
c) Scierra Ferox 105 with long belliy SShoot WF5F
d) Orvis Helios 966 with Loop Opti Stilwater WF6F line

Results
1. Stuart - 40
1. Ben - 40
3. Hamish - 39
4. Kevin - 32
5. Michael - 27
6. Iain - 26
7. Mike - 15
7. Brian - 15
8. Jim - 13
9. Irvine - 12
10. Jay - 10

Worked out as follows..... 11 casters, longest cast with each rod received 11 points, shortest cast received one point, totals added up

Also worked out the average distance with each outfit.

a) 78.73'
b) 83.68'
c) 87.15'
d) 86.82'

Very interesting, the £75.00 Scierra with £5.00 discontinued line came out top, obviously not totally reliable as the wind was so changeable but it was a nice set up.

Some seriously big casts went out today in appaling conditions, would have been interesting to see what the distances would have ben had we started earlier before the wind picked up, there were a number of high 11x's and a few 120's with the 5wts.  Was good to see some new faces and also very good to see some of those I have cast with before, some of whom have obviously been practicing ( nice backcast loops Mike! ).

Thanks to Mike for organising the venue and thanks to everyone who showed up, was a really grim day for it but the turn out made it more than worth the soaking I got 

Cheers

Ben

[sightbob]

hi all
had a few scary moments on the way home to. how come when you come to a huge puddle there is always something coming the other way???
anyway had a good time considering i haven't cast a single hander this year but now the salmon season is over may get a few outings, infact might go out tomorrow weather permitting.
cheers
brian