[Liam Stephen]

Fellas 

Ive got a boat booked for Haddo tomorrow and am taking my older brother along. He has never fly fished before but seems pretty keen. What would you's recommend I pop on the end of the line? And what approach should I recommend to him? I know it depends on conditions and all that. I really want him to catch or at least hook into a fish. Come on guys I bet you's can help 

Cheers
Liam

[Barry Robertson]

If hes just starting out i reckon a floating line single fly with a black and silver humungus would get him some action at hadddo! To be fair anything pulled quick will get some response eventually!

[Liam Stephen]

I just don't want anything too heavy to be flying past my napper  

[Liam Stephen]

Baz

Sorry, he is just starting out 

[Iain Cameron]

a single dry, or a klink and dink - something that can be left static for a while to let the fish find the fly (if they are in the mood).
advantage being  it avoids thrashing the water to a foam in front of the boat... and less time the fly is in the air, being cast, the less likely it is to hook your head!

[Liam Stephen]

Cheers Iain

I will defo consider both (conditions and fish depending). Klink n Dink might result in a few tangles. I'm sure we'll get something. 

Liam

[Peter McCallum]

I was mainly using a size 10 goldhead on saturday and we had 15 to the boat. It was of all things a cats whisker goldhead

Tail  - White marabou
Body - White or Chartreuse dubbing
Hackle - a couple of turns of chartreuse fritz behind a 3mm bead

also a black cats whisker goldhead 

Tail  - Black marabou
Body - black dubbing
Hackle - a couple of turns of chartreuse fritz behind a 3mm bead

a lot of the fish came quite close to the boat. We did try an enormous (size 4 l/s ) black wooly bugger as recommended by Ben but only hooked one fish, though there was an inordinate number of fish following the bugger but turning away at the end or thumping the tails etc.

Best of luck

[Liam Stephen]

Thanks for that Peter 

Noel gave those Buggers a go last weekend, bloody monsterous things 

Liam

[Noel Kelly]

Thanks for that Peter  

Noel gave those Buggers a go last weekend, bloody monsterous things  

Liam

WHAT!!!!!! Lies bloody lies. Liam I'm shocked and disappointed.

What are these bugger things you speak of?

Bunnyboiler......more lies, what's this world coming to when we can't even trust teachers. Glad I don't have kids.

Firstly, 15 to the boat riiiight of course you had. I do remember thrashing about in front of your boat. Could have been fish i suppose but sadly it wasnt.  It was you weilding a monstrous orange fly line. So hideous I just had to buy one to see if I can scare some trout into submission. New don tactic (sheesh)

Cat's whiskers???? Is that some kind of cat food? You do know bait fishing isn't allowed at Haddo?
As if aristocratic brown trout would be fooled by such an abomination.

So there you go forum members. 2 previously well respected members outed for the liars and cheats they are. A sad evening.  hic x

[Liam Stephen]

Noel

Those big meaty beasts with the red head tied on something like a 4x longshank. I'm sure I remember them trashing the water. 

P.S are you drunk Trig? 

Liam

[Barry Robertson]

I just don't want anything too heavy to be flying past my napper  

Stick him up the pointy end of the boat then and fish out one side of the boat as you should be doing and nothing will be flying over your head! De barbed as well so worst case it wont be hard to pull out if does hit him in the back of the head 

[James Abel]

Have you not got a hard hat? Then give him that big cat he'd be bound to catch a fish and I'm sure it would be a day to remember

[Noel Kelly]

Noel

Those big meaty beasts with the red head tied on something like a 4x longshank. I'm sure I remember them trashing the water. 

P.S are you drunk Trig? 

Liam

Had a few earlier Liam but up early in the morn so coffee for the last hour I think you're confusing me with someone else fishing big nasty lures. I presume it's Iain the lure puller Goolager you're thinking of.

Good luck with the bro tomorrow. Great to hear he's having a go. No doubt you will put him onto a few.

[Liam Stephen]

 Noel it was you! Last Saturday at Haddo, those big black wooly buggers you have tucked away in your 'streamer' box. The huge things with red heads. Come on you must remember  ???

I feel like a twat now 

Hopefully I'll get him his first, fingers crossed 

Liam

[Quickcast 84]

Go for a black pennel at the point and a spider on the drop.the fish are not deap And pleanty insect life on the go or try new zealand style.look forward to reading mikes report next week.i might start 1 for rathen 2 next week aswell.ok with you mike another report?