You And me both :z16
Still have the blank and the bits sitting ready to go, when i get the time. :X2
Sandy
You And me both :z16
Still have the blank and the bits sitting ready to go, when i get the time. :X2
Sandy
OK I am now a salt addict.
I am actively looking for the "right" reel and I have several things being watched on Ebay.
The "right" reel must be heavy enough to balance my sturdy Orvis #9, cheap enough to be scratched on the rocks, have room for a LOT of 30lb dacron backing and have a good enough brake to withstand a big Pollock. Not easy to find
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Is anyone fishing marks local to Aberdeenshire or is it mostly westcoast and the Highlands?
Cheers,
Steven
Not that many Steven, one decent one is off the rocks at the lighthouse at Boddam, Pollack and chance of a Bass in summer.
And H, i think this is definite for one of next years trips, besides a jaunt up your way is Looooooooong overdue :z14
Sandy
Is anyone fishing marks local to Aberdeenshire or is it mostly westcoast and the Highlands?
Cheers,
Steven
I have had a word with some local knowledge chap and I have four locations south of Aberdeen. Check them out on Google or Bing maps.(Bing maps Birds eye view is really excellent and can be changed to OS for print outs)
Catterline Bay, North side.
Braiden Bay at Todhead Point lighthouse, just south of Catterline.
Downies below Portlethan, south of the road end, across the heather and down the cliff.
Portlethan Harbour, from the Bothy Mark north to the Deep Mark.There is also a "secret" beach just north of Portlethan with some nice outcrops.
All of the above are fly fishable with care and all of them have good kelp beds. Downies and Portlethan are not usually busy apparently. The other advice I got was to just try everything on all these marks. That and don't go alone just in case one of you goes splash.
I have seen photos and video of all of them and I am a little bit drooly with the prospect of big Pollock. I have started the fly tying already.
Maybe we should have a day out sometime soon. I have a some things to do over the next two or three weekends but I still have some holidays to take before Christmas so a mid week Pollock foray might be in order. Who's up for it?
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Steven,
The HT would be good but the switch might be a bit tricky. I my limited salt experience spey and rolls aren't needed much and big overheads can be better with a short single so there is no real advantage in the switch. What you do need is the ability to lift (haul)a big Pollock from deep inside the kelp up to somewhere that you can play it. Most of the time my Orvis #9 is like bringing a .44 to a smallbore club but every now and again you will need the power. My Airflo DI7 tip Sniper line also needs the oomph to get it out, sometimes with a limited backcast, ten feet above the water.
Hamish uses a #12..... :z13
If I am teaching my granny to suck eggs forgive me.
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I my limited salt experience spey and rolls aren't needed much and big overheads can be better with a short single so there is no real advantage in the switch.your 'limited experience in the salt' shines here mate ! :z4 :z4 :z4
no false casting, strip in to the back of the head, pick up, one BC and boom !Marc, that is exactly what my 9' #9 does :z12
Marc, that is exactly what my 9' #9 does :z12ok, but you're talking about girly 90' casts. i'm talking about 150' or more with less physical effort than the girly 90'er :wink :z7 :z4
it may require some careful thought in line choice
Is this pollack thing just for summertime or do they hang around the shore all year round?
thought you'd get the point, H :z16
i'd give a simple shootinng line / Rio T tips or other T material as 'fly line head' replacement / leader combo some serious consideration. :cool:
as for not using the basket, i gues you like tangles and crushing shooting/running line agaist sharp, nasty rocks in equal amounts... :z4 :z4 :z4It's honestly not been too bad so far Marc, but I can see when I've switched fully to heads and running line that fishing without the basket might be just plain silly :z4
Eddie - My reply on page 1 of the thread might be of some help here. H
Leave the switch at home when on the rocks, simples. They may be perfect on the beach when you are wanting to put a fly past the last breaker, but when it comes to stopping a fish going deep, the shorter rods have the advantage.
Besides, the fish are normally within 5 feet of the rock face, no need for long casts, cast along the rocks, not out to sea and you will have plenty of good fish.I disagree with, I've had fish from close in and from afar. We both know that's as much to do with the nature of a mark itself and by and large we do try to ensure a Pollock mark has certain characteristics which mean there's a bias towards fish being close in.
My most successful flies have all been "rootbeer" coloured, except at Peterhead where white excelled.
We need to get out in a boat!
Interesting Rob....... but I do think Marc is right about the way to achieve outright distance and this.....
Now that is very interesting indeed..... you might say coalfish colour then...... :? :z17
Pictures please Rob! :z14
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m7vfv16JQE
This one interests me very much....... :z16
I heard that the cod are making a come back here so I will have to look into that :z12 easgach 1
I have done a few trips out for Pollock fly fishing but only from a boat.
Fishing was awesome with some big fish coming to the boat.
As said above your gear will get wrecked so dont buy top end kit.
I use a SKB overdrive reel and a Airfow Di9 line.
As for flies they will take almost anything.