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Hamish Young

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #50 on: 03/09/2008 at 11:50 »
Consider yourself on the list there Baz  :cool:

I actually called Lintrathen today.... just to be safe.... and have reserved 6 boats with the possibility of another 2.
No problemo if we end up needing more :wink

As we're coming as a 'sort of' club (fishingthefly forum) we get the preferential rate of £36 per boat  :wink
I suspect the easiest thing on the day will be to pass the necessary folding to me and I'll deal with the fiscal side of things.

I suggest we all meet up at the carpark before going down to the lodge, if we can all be at the carpark for 09:30 that'd be ideal :z16 As I think we get to fish from 10:00 to 17:00 - that's to be confirmed.

The only thing I'd like to see organised before the day is who fishes with who. More specifically those with boat handling experience (with outboards) matched up to a fishing partner who doesn't have that experience :z17 Should make the day all-together more enjoyable that way  :cool: I suspect that 2 anglers per boat is best, although they say you can have three in a boat I think 2 is more 'comfortable'.

This could be the biggest forum gathering away from Haddo...... jings  :shock :cool:

We need one more angler to make that 8 boats.......

Noel Kelly

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #51 on: 03/09/2008 at 12:23 »
We need one more angler to make that 8 boats.......
Maybe not...Im still not a definite and looking less likely each day  :cry
Will have a definite answer by fridays cutoff

Peter McCallum

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #52 on: 03/09/2008 at 13:23 »


I suggest we all meet up at the carpark before going down to the lodge, if we can all be at the carpark for 09:30 that'd be ideal :z16 As I think we get to fish from 10:00 to 17:00 - that's to be confirmed.



At this timer of yearn it used to be 9.30 till dark, the evening session being too short, but that could have changed.

Barry Robertson

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #53 on: 03/09/2008 at 13:33 »
Thanks Hamish, Iam driving from Montrose if anyone would like a lift!

Ross

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #54 on: 03/09/2008 at 13:57 »
Stick me down! I'll be driving from Mintlaw!

*edit* if anyone needs a lift!

Stuart Smith

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #55 on: 03/09/2008 at 20:44 »
thanks hamish

does anyone know how the lock is fishing?

stuart :z12

Barry Robertson

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #56 on: 03/09/2008 at 22:10 »
2 people per boat sounds like a good plan and you could even change the boat pairings after a lunch break to let the members meet other anglers and check out other tactics  :z4 , just an idea!

Mike Barrio

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #57 on: 03/09/2008 at 22:52 »
Hi Hamish

Yes, 2 per boat is much better ( and safer ) and your point regarding boat experience is spot on :z16

I have a wee bit of boat experience :z7 and will pair up with Brian :cool:

Thanks for doing all the footwork by the way! :z2

Drogues could be tricky? ..... Do they not supply them?

Cheers
Mike

Peter McCallum

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #58 on: 03/09/2008 at 23:08 »
It's actually a pity they don't allow tubing cos this could have been the mother of all tubing days :z4

Hamish Young

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #59 on: 03/09/2008 at 23:48 »

Drogues could be tricky? ..... Do they not supply them?


Sadly not, it would be a useful addition to their fleet but I can see why they wouldn't want to provide them.

Easy to make though, also cheap enough to buy  :z16

It's actually a pity they don't allow tubing cos this could have been the mother of all tubing days :z4

Yup, use the boats as 'taxis' and paddle around a bit. Faniced trying that on Watten this year but, sadly, will have to wait until '09  :z6

Sandy Nelson

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #60 on: 04/09/2008 at 10:21 »
Ross

Daniel and I are going from Crichie, if you like we can pick you up in Mintlaw :z16
Easier for us to pick you up probably.

Sandy

Paul Rankine

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #61 on: 04/09/2008 at 12:21 »
Hi Stuart,
              "does anyone know how the lock is fishing? " .

  You need to have the key   :wink

Any "locals" help out here ? Peter ?


Mike , I have a drogue. who else ? and we can hopefully ensure everyone has , so that it will be a day of flat calm and blazing sunshine ! :grin

paul.


     

Peter McCallum

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #62 on: 04/09/2008 at 18:53 »


Any "locals" help out here ? Peter ?
     

Sorry Paul aint fished it in ages, but there should be plenty water so round the edges may be good, the Rhodies are usually worth a chuck - maybe even the little loch ???

Paul Rankine

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #63 on: 04/09/2008 at 21:59 »
Hi Pete,
           It's a wee while since I fished there too . :roll

Stuart  , I guess it's a case of suck it and see how it is on the day.

 I suppose that it's like most big places it's big enough that nowhere is "off" all of the time ,so , and I lke this , you just have to watch , read the conditions , ring the changes , etc. etc.   and keep trying .

Cue , Paul's blank ........... :oops

Hope not though !

Looking forward to see you there Pete .

Paul.


     


Mike Barrio

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #64 on: 04/09/2008 at 22:18 »
Have they got a website? ....... Can't see one on google :z6

Mind you, google can get a bit "fuzzy" without me glasses :z4

Cheers
Mike

Hamish Young

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #65 on: 05/09/2008 at 05:46 »
The only thing I can find is the link I posted previously in this thread, which surprises me really as it's a good venue and I'd have thought it warranted a better webpage :?

What it will be like later this month I can only speculate but my last couple of outings have shown that 'loch style' with conventional loch patterns is the way to go - which is nice :cool: However that could change and it's nice to have to chop and change tactics/depths/think about things to get results  :cool:

There are substantial shallows throughout the loch so fish can be caught all over :z16 Let's wait and see what we get on the day :z3

Noel Kelly

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #66 on: 05/09/2008 at 07:53 »
After much juggling of commitments i still cant say i will definately be able to make it so best count me out :cry
Noel.

Hamish Young

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #67 on: 05/09/2008 at 09:47 »
OK - so I will be calling them later today..... the list is going to be:

Mike B
Hamish
Spiderman & 'little me'
Jedi
GRHE
Soundmixer
Moffty
Rabbitangler
Bri
Pbibio
Kev Muir
Ben Dixon
Baz
Ross

Ideally we need just one more to make 8 boats..... anyone :?

Hamish Young

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #68 on: 05/09/2008 at 14:26 »
Seven boats have now been booked for the 20th  :z3

I don't believe we will have any difficulty in getting another boat if needed :wink

Start time is officially 10am, but if we can all meet at the carpark by 09:30 then we can get going sharpish like :z16

I'm looking forward to this  :cool:

Jim Eddie

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #69 on: 05/09/2008 at 14:35 »
Here is the latest report from the Brechin Anglling Club last Saturday , no doubt we won't get these conditions  :wink

"Brechin Angling Club held its 125 competition on Lintrathen Loch on Saturday evening and seldom in recent times has so much pleasure been enjoyed on a club outing.
They arrived to find light cloud and light winds casting a perfect ripple over the loch and Laurencekirk Angling Club members coming off the water with tales of limit bags and free-rising fish.
This was just how we found it and there seemed to be no particular fly which was doing the business and indeed everyone seemed to have done well on their own favourites.
Winner with a limit bag of six fish was Ron Gray who also had the best fish of the competition at just over five pounds.
I myself got a lesson from last year's winner, Ken Craig, who also had his limit crowned with a very good trout of just over three pounds.
Ken was fishing with his favourite fly, the Sweeney Todd, which took four of his fish, the final two on the Kingennie Green Pea, My success was on the Diawl Bach size 12.
It is good to see Lintrathen fishing so well, but there is a certain sadness to note just how few Brownies were weighed in.
It was such a delightful brown trout fishery, but such are the demands of the present day angler that they demand more and larger fish and therefore the rainbow is back in town, or should I say Lintrathen but I guess I still have Loch Lee.
One criticism… Lintrathen Angling Club – you need to do something about the condition of your boats and motors.
Your charges are high and surely some money needs spent on the comfort of your customers, I heard many a criticism over the evening and apparently this is the opinion of many of my fellow anglers. Over to you."

 :z18

Jim

Paul Rankine

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #70 on: 05/09/2008 at 21:11 »
Cheers Jim,
                 "the Sweeney Todd, which took four of his fish, the final two on the Kingennie Green Pea"

Looks like we'll have to go traditional then !  :wink

Paul.

Hamish Young

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #71 on: 06/09/2008 at 17:43 »
One minor revision, Moffty has had to cancel  :roll
So we are at 7 boats, which is handy as that's what I booked  :wink

Hamish  :z3

Mike B
Hamish
Spiderman & 'little me'
Jedi
GRHE
Soundmixer
Rabbitangler
Bri
Pbibio
Kev Muir
Ben Dixon
Baz
Ross

Barry Robertson

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #72 on: 06/09/2008 at 18:45 »
What are the boat pairings looking like Hamish?

Hamish Young

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #73 on: 06/09/2008 at 19:46 »
To be confirmed - if those who know what they're doing with a boat and outboard would like to put their names up that would make pairing off nice and easy :?

Iain Goolager

Re: Loch of Lintrathen
« Reply #74 on: 07/09/2008 at 14:07 »
If anyone requires to borrow a drogue for the day then give me a shout.

It's a wychwood drogue that has yet to be used so there is no swivel/ clip on it at present but that can be easily remedied.

Iain

 




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