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Iain Goolager

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #250 on: 02/07/2011 at 00:27 »
Firstly - Well Done young gun :z16

out tonight - long story short as I'm goosed.

a couple of big fish around and lots of smaller stuff, as per usual.

Had a few smaller fish to various CDC'S (F-flies, emergers)



and a few to an olive CDC Elk before finally hooking a decent fish on a Black Klink,


 Sea-Trout slightly over the 2lb and well received.

Gavin, fly pictures to follow......

Iain

Liam Stephen

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #251 on: 02/07/2011 at 00:57 »
Nice one Iain, saw your car but not you? Were you down from the bridge or something?

Iain Goolager

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #252 on: 02/07/2011 at 01:24 »
affirmative - in the badlands. Council seriously need to run  a strimmer over some of the banks - a fair chunk of water unfishable.

Iain Goolager

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #253 on: 02/07/2011 at 08:01 »

Gavin,
Here's a picture of my typical F-fly and CDC & Elk (both in olive bodies). Black Klink will follow - fell asleep at the computer earlier this morning after tying these up  :cry




Iain

Jim Eddie

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #254 on: 02/07/2011 at 10:16 »
Nice flies Iain  :z16

 :z18

Jim

Iain Goolager

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #255 on: 04/07/2011 at 01:30 »
On the lower Don tonight.

Had three or four 1lb to 1 1/4lb fish on the dry which was very rewarding as their lies or fishing windows were difficult/ minimal.

No sign of any realistically reachable big fish so headed off to a spot which I'm fond of......................nowt showing.

One last try at the tail of a pool I like a lot although I did wonder if it was more likely to hold Sea-Trout at the moment, but armed with 4wt and a size 17 CDC & E I was hopeful of a decent Broonie.

Bang on, as soon as I reached the short pool I could see a few rises which made me think were decent fish. Two casts later I was into a 1lb fish so steered him in quick as I didn't want to spook the pool unless it was with a decent fish.

Just as I was preping the fly there was a big splash yards from me and as I hurried to get my line in order it rose again - it was an otter and it proceeded to butterfly stroke up the pool - 'keep going you ratbag!' I heard myself mutter.
I decided to have a seat and give everything a breather. 5 min's later a fish started showing again, fairly regularly and a good 10 or so cast which I though must be covering him went by without an offer. Up he came & out the flee went..............sip, fish on! better this time I thought then all hell broke loose. All the loose line was picked up and then he started hauling line from the reel as he headed down stream through the rapids and I knew at once there was a high percentage of losing him here. Day Zha Vouz as they say in allo allo!
Very near dark clambering across boulders , long reeds no idea of my footing and I knew I had to go in after him.

The next 10 min's were frantic with me barely holding him in the current then him leaping four times as he twisted through the showing boulders. I'm waiting for the line to go slack.  I'm still wandering if this is a Sea run Trout and desperately hoping it's not.
Finally I cornered him over at the other bank but still he was giving me a hard time in amongst the reeds, then I saw his flank and my hands started shaking in earnest.
Only when he was in the net did I stop chanting 'please not now, please not now'

A wonderful fish  and I’d like to think rewards for time put in.
Scales went to 6lb initially but a giggling and faffing seen him settle @ 5 1/4lb.

I didn’t measure him and did want to return him as soon as, it took easily 20 min’s for him to swim away strongly during which time I hurt my back, got cramp in both legs and f***** my mobile phone – at least the camera stayed intact.

Iain



photo doesn't do his girth justice





Sandy Nelson

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #256 on: 04/07/2011 at 03:14 »
Fabulous fish Iain

Well done :z16

Sandy

Ewan Lindsay

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #257 on: 04/07/2011 at 04:25 »
Magnificant fish Iain, congratulations  :z14

Ewan

Jim Eddie

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #258 on: 04/07/2011 at 06:52 »
Superb Iain. you deseve that for the hours you put in  :z16

 :z18

Jim

Noel Kelly

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #259 on: 04/07/2011 at 07:40 »
Brilliant Iain a superb fish. Sounds like you did very well to land it.

Michael Buchan

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #260 on: 04/07/2011 at 08:25 »
Stunning fish Iain well done  :z16

Michael

Matt Henderson

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #261 on: 04/07/2011 at 11:27 »
chapeau!  (To continue your French theme!)

Irvine Ross

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #262 on: 04/07/2011 at 12:35 »
That's a cracker Ian.  :z14

Bet you remember that one for a long tome :grin

Irvine

Barry Robertson

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #263 on: 04/07/2011 at 12:47 »
Well done Iain, cracking fish!
Nice tail for a stockie  :z7

John Reid

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #264 on: 04/07/2011 at 15:45 »
Fantastic fish Iain.  :z16

Thats it I'm off to the river  :z2

Liam Stephen

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #265 on: 04/07/2011 at 18:19 »
Jammy git Iain!! :z4 I'm pretty sure I know where you took him from. Well done.

Iain Goolager

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #266 on: 04/07/2011 at 19:05 »
Quote
Jammy git Iain!!  I'm pretty sure I know where you took him from. Well done.

Hi Liam,
You definitely don't know where he came from  :z7 so if you know where a big fish is lying - go get 'im.

As for being Jammy....................you are 100% correct  :z16 

See you Wednesday.

Iain

Liam Stephen

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #267 on: 04/07/2011 at 19:20 »
Pheeeew!! Yeah been after a biggie for ages, know where a few are holding, one monster in paticular (Noel pointed him out to me). Hopefully Wednesday will see me land one. My catches have been getting gradually bigger so fingers crossed.

Thanks

Noel Kelly

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #268 on: 04/07/2011 at 19:30 »
Few free hrs today so had a go at the river. Bright sunshine, no hatches as such so on went the woolly bugger :grin
Have found when I fish these that they either love em or wont touch em. Well today they loved em, for a while anyway. Loads of fun, must have landed 20 or so fish in an hour and a half. Nothing huge but plenty half lbrs and a few 3/4lbrs. Wish I could take decent pics with one hand...

8524gavin

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #269 on: 04/07/2011 at 20:50 »
Hi Ian
Thanks for the pics of the flies
Pretty big fish you got there , well done
Cheers
Gavin

Liam Stephen

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #270 on: 04/07/2011 at 21:21 »
Noel, I have tried that olive wooly bugger you gave me a few times. With nothing, how do you fish them again? ???

Thanks

Noel Kelly

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #271 on: 04/07/2011 at 21:37 »
Noel, I have tried that olive wooly bugger you gave me a few times. With nothing, how do you fish them again? ???

Thanks

Alright Liam :z16 Glad to see you have been getting some fishing. If you keep up that level of effort you will be out fishing us all in a year or 2.
I fish the wb up and across first cast and let it sink and swing. Next cast more across and less up and so on until I'm casting straight downstream. Then take a few steps upriver and start again. Vary retrieves until you get a take. Slow steady pull was working today.   
Doesn't work every day. If I don't get a take within 20 mins or so I would try something else. 
If that makes no sense I will show you next time I see you. 

Liam Stephen

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #272 on: 04/07/2011 at 21:53 »
Okay thanks, hope to see you on the river soon Noel.

Thanks

Iain Goolager

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #273 on: 04/07/2011 at 23:22 »
Gavin/ Liam,

Add this to your list.................Hackle isn't very good, I've a Keough cape on which the stems are prone to twisting.



Size 18 Klinkhamer Extreme BNX hook

Iain

Ben Dixon

Re: River Don 2011
« Reply #274 on: 04/07/2011 at 23:32 »
I recognise that one Iain, try it on a #12 when there is naff all doing.

Cheers

Ben

 




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