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Rivers & Lochs / Re: River Don 2024
« Last post by Mike Barrio on Today at 16:23 »Great stuff Sandy - some really bonnie pics too 
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Main Discussion Area / Re: The Weather
« Last post by Mike Barrio on Today at 16:18 »Nice one Sandy 
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Rivers & Lochs / Re: River Don 2024
« Last post by Sandy Nelson on Today at 16:07 »Had a look down Saturday evening rather than doing the warm day.
Quite a few fish moving but mostly smaller ones, loads of flies with various spinners and sedge on the go plus a few olives and yellow mays hatching.
So I figured maybe a morning might be better, it was overcast this morning but from 9-11am there was a decent fall of spinners and a nice hatch of Olive uprights.
Pocket picking with a spent spinner to rising fish was a lot of fun
The water was beautifully clear and the light was great for photos
Some chunky ones too
All in all a great morning on the dries. I went home as the sun came out from behind the clouds as the rising fish disappeared.
Saw a few of these small copper butterflies, beautiful wee bugs
Quite a few fish moving but mostly smaller ones, loads of flies with various spinners and sedge on the go plus a few olives and yellow mays hatching.
So I figured maybe a morning might be better, it was overcast this morning but from 9-11am there was a decent fall of spinners and a nice hatch of Olive uprights.
Pocket picking with a spent spinner to rising fish was a lot of fun
The water was beautifully clear and the light was great for photos
Some chunky ones too
All in all a great morning on the dries. I went home as the sun came out from behind the clouds as the rising fish disappeared.
Saw a few of these small copper butterflies, beautiful wee bugs
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Main Discussion Area / Re: The Weather
« Last post by Sandy Nelson on Today at 15:56 »A bit of water won’t do the river any harm. I took the temp this morning at 14degrees which is about ideal.
She was running beautifully clear too. The Don is quite a river too for water quality.
She was running beautifully clear too. The Don is quite a river too for water quality.
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Main Discussion Area / Re: The Weather
« Last post by Mike Barrio on Today at 11:04 »Moving the timeline along to Wednesday and Thursday in the forecast display in the first post - looks like we could see a fair bit of water in the North East later this week.
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Rivers & Lochs / Re: My neck of the woods currently
« Last post by Mike Barrio on 18/05/2024 at 12:18 »Looks awesome Graham
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Rivers & Lochs / Re: My neck of the woods currently
« Last post by Sandy Nelson on 18/05/2024 at 09:01 »Just beautiful 
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Rivers & Lochs / My neck of the woods currently
« Last post by Graham Nicol on 18/05/2024 at 07:47 »LIving in Hampshire I am fortunate in being surrounded with chalk streams which at this time of the year are quite simply stunning. The ranunculus is forming, mayfly is appearing and cuckoos are singing in the background. We had one of the wettest Winters in recent times and the aquifers are full to overflowing and so even if we have a drought like Summer flows ought to hold up. Nevertheless we will probably see a hosepipe ban again!
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Rivers & Lochs / Re: Straying across the water
« Last post by Mike Barrio on 17/05/2024 at 21:18 »Nice one Terry - Enjoy
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Rivers & Lochs / Straying across the water
« Last post by Terry Coging on 17/05/2024 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.....
