Hi folks
"Spiderman", "Bri" and myself enjoyed a grand day out on the Kildrummy Fishings on Friday. We were met by "Gus the ghillie" and given a tour of the water by landrover, excellent start to the day! This is a delightful stretch of the river in beautiful surroundings, lovely and peaceful, we even disturbed a deer in the morning which bounded off across the field.
We all found the water at Kildrummy to be the perfect sort of width, one which enabled us to cover all areas with ease. We only fished about a tenth of the beat on the day, as it was such a lovely stretch with very easy wading and it just looked so very "fishy".
Hatches were consistant throughout the day and there were enough small fish rising to keep things interesting, we didn't see many larger fish rise though and my best would have been somewhere around the 3/4 lb mark. Sandy caught fish in good numbers and had fun experimenting with deep nymphing under the banks, but it was Brian who caught and released the best trout of the day, a cracking Brownie of approx 3 lb!
We took a break at around 5.30 and went up to the Glenkindie Arms, where we had a delicious meal, the food really was first class. Then we returned to the river and fished till around 10.30.
All in all, a great day out in great company!
I will update the Kildrummy Fishings information on the main website as soon as I get a chance.
I have enjoyed some great fishing over the years due to the generosity of people like Bruce Sandison ( Bruce's book really is "the bible" of where to fish in Scotland ) sharing their knowledge of our lochs and rivers, complete with all the important details regarding location, how to get there, who to contact and what to expect ....... I strongly agree with this sharing of knowledge and that is what our "Fishing The Fly" website is all about
Please post your own experiences
Best wishes
Mike Barrio