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Rivers & Lochs / Re: Straying across the water
« Last post by Mike Barrio on Today at 21:18 »Nice one Terry - Enjoy 
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Rivers & Lochs / Straying across the water
« Last post by Terry Coging on Today at 20:53 »I'll be straying across the water for my annual trip to Ireland tomorrow. The usual venue is the Drowes fishery but I will be concentrating on L Melvin in the boat. Can't manage the bank fishing on the river these days. Hoping to pop down to L Sheelin for a day too. I've visited L Melvin many times over the past 40 years or so but never during mayfly time.
Hopefully the nat will oblige this time. I'll be testing flies tied by 3 forum members
...and there will be a barrel of chilled Guinness waiting for us in the cottage 
Life is good.....
Hopefully the nat will oblige this time. I'll be testing flies tied by 3 forum members
...and there will be a barrel of chilled Guinness waiting for us in the cottage Life is good.....
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Fly Tying / attractor ordie
« Last post by James Laraway on 15/05/2024 at 13:31 »Now i love an ordie, especially with a pink tail.
This one is a bit of a variation - the tail is stripped blob chenille fibres for just a touch of colour
The hackle is claret grizzle hen.
This one is a bit of a variation - the tail is stripped blob chenille fibres for just a touch of colour
The hackle is claret grizzle hen.
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Tackle Talk / Reel Full Circle
« Last post by Kevin McPherson on 13/05/2024 at 20:24 »Well I think I have gone full circle , don’t get me wrong my Danielsson and new style hardy reels are great but my new reel which I got it for a song and is nothing fancy just sounds lovely , barely any drag but it’s a joy when a fish is on 🎣🎣
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Rivers & Lochs / Edinburgh
« Last post by Daniel Rees on 13/05/2024 at 09:38 »I’m gonna find myself in Edinburgh for a couple of days in a few weeks time.
Any river trout fishing you’d recommend in the area. I’ll have a vehicle so don’t mind if there’s a bit of driving involved.
Cheers
Dan
Any river trout fishing you’d recommend in the area. I’ll have a vehicle so don’t mind if there’s a bit of driving involved.
Cheers
Dan
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Rivers & Lochs / Re: River Don 2024
« Last post by Sandy Nelson on 12/05/2024 at 18:07 »Been busy this week with various things but I did get out a couple of times
Early on before we had the mini flash flood, there were good hatches of Uprights and still plenty LDOs, they never really dissappear and can still get the trout rising
Some nice fish to be found, but not in the usual spots, many had moved into the pocket water and it took a bit is spotting to see them
I caught this guy again. Despite his war wounds from either a sawbill or the Osprey he rose freely in a different area to last time
Speaking of Osprey I watched this guy for a while before he settled in the top of this tree and then dove like a kingfisher to take a nice fish from the pool below. Never seen an Osprey do this before
Some Bonny silvery trout about too. Not sure if they were finnock that had been in the water for a while or just silvery browns. They were too big for smolts
Some nice fish though in the pockets
As the week warmed up I saw a couple of these guys. Common lizards, but not often you see them. This one was particularly friendly
Towards the end of week there were noticeably less decent fish rising and an increase in the amount of smolts taking your fly. So I guess that fresh water on Monday moved a lot of them downstream and the Smolt hatch is well underway.
Probably means evenings are on the cards very soon for finding the better fish on the surface. Or big streamers
Early on before we had the mini flash flood, there were good hatches of Uprights and still plenty LDOs, they never really dissappear and can still get the trout rising
Some nice fish to be found, but not in the usual spots, many had moved into the pocket water and it took a bit is spotting to see them
I caught this guy again. Despite his war wounds from either a sawbill or the Osprey he rose freely in a different area to last time
Speaking of Osprey I watched this guy for a while before he settled in the top of this tree and then dove like a kingfisher to take a nice fish from the pool below. Never seen an Osprey do this before
Some Bonny silvery trout about too. Not sure if they were finnock that had been in the water for a while or just silvery browns. They were too big for smolts
Some nice fish though in the pockets
As the week warmed up I saw a couple of these guys. Common lizards, but not often you see them. This one was particularly friendly
Towards the end of week there were noticeably less decent fish rising and an increase in the amount of smolts taking your fly. So I guess that fresh water on Monday moved a lot of them downstream and the Smolt hatch is well underway.
Probably means evenings are on the cards very soon for finding the better fish on the surface. Or big streamers
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Social Corner / Barrio Midge Tip Fly Line
« Last post by Mike Barrio on 10/05/2024 at 14:39 »Great to see the Barrio Midge Tip line performing well in the review by Magnus Angus
See the latest June edition of Fly Fishing & Fly Tying magazine.
See the latest June edition of Fly Fishing & Fly Tying magazine.
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Fly Tying / Re: Good source of deer hair for muddlers
« Last post by James Laraway on 10/05/2024 at 13:33 »I've never tried a sedgehog in a size 4...
i must give it a try
i must give it a try
Its a lot of size 4 Sedgehogs too
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Fly Tying / Re: Good source of deer hair for muddlers
« Last post by Robert MacDonald-Lewis on 10/05/2024 at 13:25 »Its a lot of size 4 Sedgehogs too 
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Social Corner / Re: Izaac Walton Museum
« Last post by Mike Barrio on 08/05/2024 at 11:03 »The museum sounds interesting Terry.
Good luck with your hazel wand quest
Good luck with your hazel wand quest
