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« **Reply #225 on:** 15/02/2011 at 18:05 »

Hi Hamish

i think you are correct. I believe it is a chaffinch

alan

« **Reply #226 on:** 15/02/2011 at 18:38 »

Quote from: ramjet on 15/02/2011 at 18:05

Hi Hamish

i think you are correct. I believe it is a chaffinch

alan

Spot on Alan. Your next

« **Reply #227 on:** 15/02/2011 at 19:10 »

When were Rainbow trout successfully introduced into scottish waters?

I have a couple of answers ??? both are very close together though.

« **Reply #228 on:** 15/02/2011 at 19:15 »

Howietoun 1885 ?

Jim

« **Reply #229 on:** 15/02/2011 at 19:24 »

oh well i should have gone for a harder question

That is the answer i have jim, spot on

« **Reply #230 on:** 15/02/2011 at 19:30 »

I have been reading an old "Hooked on Scotland" book I just read it there a couple of days ago.

1st place in Englandshire was Blagdon.

OK back to my Salmon Question

This years Salmon opening day

What does the largest Salmon caught on an Aberdeenshire river on opening day have in common with the 1st fish caught on the Helmsdale ?

Jim

« **Reply #231 on:** 15/02/2011 at 19:51 »

Both are a bloody miracle

« **Reply #232 on:** 15/02/2011 at 19:52 »

Quote from: rabbitangler on 15/02/2011 at 19:51

Both are a bloody miracle

Close but no cigar Peter

Jim

« **Reply #233 on:** 15/02/2011 at 21:24 »

Both the same size, or caight on the same flee?

« **Reply #234 on:** 15/02/2011 at 21:42 »

same angler?

« **Reply #235 on:** 15/02/2011 at 21:54 »

Caught by a Ghillie

« **Reply #236 on:** 16/02/2011 at 00:17 »

Both can be kept?

Cheers
Mike

« **Reply #237 on:** 16/02/2011 at 06:46 »

Nope, I'll make it a bit easier , the Aberdeenshire (25lb clean fish) was caught on the Dee.

Jim

« **Reply #238 on:** 16/02/2011 at 10:46 »

OK this should be a giveaway now, the answer is in the location where the fish were caught

Jim

« **Reply #239 on:** 16/02/2011 at 11:00 »

River Dee........Helmsdale Fly??

« **Reply #240 on:** 16/02/2011 at 11:06 »

Had a look on the Helmsdale website for clues http://www.helmsdale.org/fishing/fishing.html and I see they record the first fish was from Park pool ...... so is the connection "Park"?

Cheers
Mike

« **Reply #241 on:** 16/02/2011 at 11:41 »

Not much good at this general knowledge

but learning plenty keep it up

Henry

« **Reply #242 on:** 16/02/2011 at 13:05 »

Correct Mike

The 25lb Salmon was from the Park beat on the Dee and the Helmsadle one was from the Park pool.

Jim

« **Reply #243 on:** 16/02/2011 at 13:15 »

Great stuff Jim ...... OK, here's another easy one

"The great error of fly-fishing, as usually practised, and as recommended to be practised by books, is that the angler fishes down stream whereas he should fish up ........"

This is a quote from a well known Scottish angler and author ...... What is his name?

Cheers
Mike

« **Reply #244 on:** 16/02/2011 at 13:32 »

W C Stewart?

« **Reply #245 on:** 16/02/2011 at 13:40 »

Bob Wyatt? Scottish?

« **Reply #246 on:** 16/02/2011 at 13:58 »

Canne mind ever writing that?

Ok hands up i qualify on the Scottish bit but the writing and great are certainly pushing it too far....

I think it was RC Bridgett?

Allan

« **Reply #247 on:** 16/02/2011 at 14:35 »

Quote from: Hares Lug on 16/02/2011 at 13:32

W C Stewart?

Well done Irvine ....... Over to you

In The Practical Angler (1857) W. C. Stewart went on to write: "The first and greatest advantage is, that the angler is unseen by the trout ...... The next advantage of fishing up we shall notice, is the much greater probability of hooking a trout when it rises ..... Another advantage of fishing up is, that it does not disturb the water so much ..... and the last advantage of fishing up is, that by it, the angler can much better adapt the motions of his flies to those of the natural insect."

Now considering the way that anglers fished in those days, this was awesome! Not only was W. C. Stewart suggesting that anglers fish their wet flies like spiders upstream, but he was doing so nearly 30 years before Halford wrote Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which told anglers to fish dry flies and to fish them upstream!

« **Reply #248 on:** 16/02/2011 at 14:53 »

OK. Who had a book on fishing north country style spiders published in 1994

« **Reply #249 on:** 16/02/2011 at 15:14 »

I think it might have been Dave Hughes but I could be wrong.

In 1975 Sylvester Nemes began the re-introduction of sorts to traditional North Country spider patterns, including Pritts original North Country spiders, with the book The Soft-Hackled Fly. This book along with a string of others have kept traditional soft hackled spider patterns alive and well in the fly fishing community while introducing some innovative patterns to a new generation of fly anglers. Most recently Dave Hughes, who knew Pete Hidy, has kept the tradition of flymphs alive. In 1994 he wrote Wet Flies: Tying and Fishing Soft-Hackles, Winged and Wingless Wets, and Fuzzy Nymphs. This book has detailed descriptions of how to tie and fish fly patterns from Leisenring, Hidy, and Polly Rosborough.

Alex