[Sandy Nelson]

(maybe not quite as many hours as that Irish chap I keep bumping into)

Next time give him some advice  
I think he needs it

Sandy

[Sandy Nelson]

And lastly, I would rather have 7 anglers fishing the dry fly and returning the fish than one angler fishing the worm and killing everything.

Abso...flippin...lutley  

Hopefully that is the real outcome of the River Don thread

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

Excellent replies guys

Best wishes
Mike

[Mike Barrio]

There's no trout in this feckin river. 

I think I should probably agree with you Noel ...... judging by my success rate .....

But I'm still enjoying every moment on the river

Cheers
Mike

[Iain Cameron]

those prepared to stalk and wait it out might, if they are lucky and very quiet, be rewarded with a sighting of Don residents such as the lesser spotted piscatorius noelious,. This elusive creature, know colloquially as the Green Fecker due to its distinctive and melodic song, is  shown here in his hunting posture:



although native to Ireland, the Noelius migrates to the Don banks of a summer evening to perform a curious arm waving ritual whose purpose has yet to be divined.

[Scott Cumming]

"It's BEHIND you!!!"

[Sandy Nelson]

 

Iain, that's what they call the Riverdance

Sandy

[Noel Kelly]

I had a good laugh at that  I'm not sure which is the funniest part but Scott I've been down the river every night since the middle of may klinkhammer may just be in lead.
Iain's effort did make me lol 
Sandy, you're just a cheeky monkey who needs to spend less time sitting at that computer!!!

[Mike Barrio]

Another nice evening on the river last night

Once again, not the rise I was hoping for though, just the odd sporadic one just out of reach

The river is as moody as she was 10 years ago ...... but my turn will come

Cheers
Mike

[Allan Liddle]

Think it's the same all over at the moment Mike.

[Iain Cameron]

Once again, not the rise I was hoping for though, just the odd sporadic one just out of reach

The river is as moody as she was 10 years ago ...... but my turn will come

Aye, last couple of nights I've been out I think i've had less than a dozen casts. Not much moving.

I did have a fascinating time watching trout swirl out of a deep hole to terrorise sticklebacks. Brilliant to watch - I was only two rod lengths away behind them. A lot more to fishing than catching!

[Allan Liddle]

Did you not try a wee lure through the deep bit?

[Iain Cameron]

Did you not try a wee lure through the deep bit?

sob... I reached for my wets and nymph boxes to find that I'd stripped out from my vest the fly boxes "I didn't need " for the day; only had a box of dries. And another box of deer hair dries.

One wee PTN was lurking in my dry box, and it got a swim and a take... Rest assured that my vest is now stuffed with flies of all shapes and sizes again (normal service resumes!).

[Allan Liddle]

Yeah been caught out with that one Iain, that's why there's a couple of Damsels and a wee Shuggie in the back leaf of the dry box labeled 'In Case of Emergency.' 

[Noel Kelly]

It being a week since I was out on the river I was eager to get out tonight. Last time I was out I seen a few rising fish and some obvious fly hatches but still failed miserably to tempt anything!!! This is not normal! After much discussion and a raid of sandys fly box the consensus was go small.. 2 small as it worked out tonight because I found the rising fish again but could I tie a size 20 on in the dark? Could I **** I actually walked away from rising fish which other than a caenis hatch I doubt I've ever done before. I did find another riser on my way back to the car and got it on a CDC&elk a nice lber so that was good but I will have to try this size 20 business before I give up on the river completely!

Anyone else meeting fish that are ignoring all offerings recently?