Today i decided to blow away the cobwebs by having a wee wander along the banks of a middle Ythan beat.
No fish moving and no sign of any dead kelts which i quite often see at this time of year.
I was dismayed to count 21 Goosanders on a stretch of water approx. 2 miles in length.Surely a small river like the Ythan can't sustain predation on that scale.
The Ythan has often been regarded as a spinning/worming river and while there are certainly many deep,slow moving stretches,there are also some very fine fly stretches.
Some photos of tempting looking water.
Duncan