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Index => Rivers & Lochs => Topic started by: Mike Barrio on 22/01/2009 at 21:54
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Hi folks :cool:
Took a wee walk down the Don today, it's always nice at this time of year ..... pre-season :wink
The water had obviously risen a tad since yesterday and looked in good form. Didn't see any trout, but I did see a couple of large looking "silver tourists" head and tailing :cool: Great to see, nothing splashy, but I would guess that they were probably kelts.
Pity I didn't see any trout rise though :z6
Cheers
Mike
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I hope you had a word and invited them to stay until the 11th Mike :z4
Very nice stretch of water, will definitely be taking a Council Roving ticket when the season starts and intend to give it a good going over, dropped two salmon there in September in what seemed like hopeless conditions. Bit off track but.... Hamish took me for a guided tour of the upper river yesterday I have not fished or seen much of the river above Ardhuncart before then, other than in print and I have to say some of it was the most inviting looking trout water I have ever seen. Roll on April :grin
Ben
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Hi Ben
Yes, the upper river is beautiful, isn't it :wink
There is so much cracking water to explore :z16
Cheers
Mike
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I am off "upstream" myself tomorrow..having a scout about...i can't wait! Is there any loch fishing up that way...the only one i can think of is at Mossat..have around 4 hours to kill near Kildrummy you see :)
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I am off "upstream" myself tomorrow..having a scout about...i can't wait! Is there any loch fishing up that way...the only one i can think of is at Mossat..have around 4 hours to kill near Kildrummy you see :)
Yea closest one is Mossat. There is one up Strathdon but its a bit further and its alot smaller.
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Hamish took me for a guided tour of the upper river yesterday I have not fished or seen much of the river above Ardhuncart before then, other than in print and I have to say some of it was the most inviting looking trout water I have ever seen. Roll on April :grin
Ben
Steady on lads. I've had the whole of the upper Don to myself for years now. I'm not sure I could stand the crowding if another two angers turned up. :grin
Rob
There is a small trout pond at Ardgeith on the road across from Logie Coldstone to Donside, near the old Boultenstone Hotel. However they don't expect many anglers in the winter so stock may be a bit low. Otherwise Mossat is your best bet.
Irvine
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Steady on lads. I've had the whole of the upper Don to myself for years now. I'm not sure I could stand the crowding if another two angers turned up. :grin
Rob
There is a small trout pond at Ardgeith on the road across from Logie Coldstone to Donside, near the old Boultenstone Hotel. However they don't expect many anglers in the winter so stock may be a bit low. Otherwise Mossat is your best bet.
Irvine
Hold your horses I lived in Strathdon for 15+ years! Moved into Aberdeen for Uni.
Thats the other Pond I was talking about. Owned by Pat Anderson. Used to go there all the time when I was younger. Was a good little pond.
Cam
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Steady on lads. I've had the whole of the upper Don to myself for years now. I'm not sure I could stand the crowding if another two angers turned up. :grin
Irvine
Dont worry Irvine, you wont see me, neither will the trout, I will be in camo :z4
Ben
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Ben,
I guess you have not seen my fishing get up..lol...Max 4 Hi def...I look like this!.....(http://www.naturescapes.net/retail/camo_Max4.jpg) Can you see me..lol
And here is my bedroom ;) (http://www.mysistersstore.com/images/Max4_Bedding.jpg)
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Today i was having lunch in my car, parked in the ADAA car park at parkhill. There was a large flock of gulls feeding over the river so something must have been hatching. It was 4.5c ???
Rob i cant see you, are you hiding under the covers in your cammo pj's :z4
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Dont worry Irvine, you wont see me, neither will the trout, I will be in camo :z4
Ben
Don't pin your faith in that camouflage Ben. Against a field of newly germinated barley you will be seen for miles. Anyway Sandy manages to catch trout wearing that lurid orange waistcoat of his. :grin
Cammy
You must have been out poaching at night when you were fishing the upper Don. I used to go for weeks without seeing another angler. Or were you wearing camouflage too? :z13
Irvine
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i walked the kemnay beat yesterday with my son, the river was 2/3 feet above normal levels,seen 2 salmon near the coffe pot! the river was looking awesome!
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Anyway Sandy manages to catch trout wearing that lurid orange waistcoat of his. :grin
My autumn orange camoflague will be great the day i fall in the river, or fall down the banks where i hurt myself, and someone needs to spot me :z12
The fish are usually looking over my head anyway :wink
I'll be back on Inverurie this year :z16
My home stomping ground, so looking forward to revisiting a few favourite spots :wink
Great value for a season ticket
Sandy
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Sandy,
Have you any comments on the Urie? Does it fish well? What's the slower, deeper water like further up towards the back of the Civic Ammenity Site?
Only had a wee dabble years ago but it's good to have option for river work on the Sabbath. (I'm sure it's permissable to fish it on a Sunday).
Iain
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Rob,
Why do I get the feeling that it's totally possible that the picture actually is of your bedroom. :z7 :z4 with perhaps a Fraggle Rock duvet set as your 'spare' :wink
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I am same as some above, I will be taking out a permit for Inverurie Burgh this year, some great Trout fishing area's.
Iain, yes you can still fish the Ury on a Sunday (but not the Don at the Burgh)
I used to leave the car behind the cemetery walk across the field then through the woods & then fish back to the bridge.
The Ury is where i started fishing when I was about 8 or 9, was only a couple minutes from my home.
When I was about 10 I used to go down there myself go home for something to eat then head back down to the River, no over protective parents in those days.
Nostalgia is not what it used to be :z4
Regards,
Bri.
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not long until season starts now.....
what like is the water usually at the start of the season? i take it its more than suitable for the fly from the get go or do folk (that usually use the fly) start off with spinners??
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You can fish the fly right from the start, in fact it is often more productive than spinning.
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good stuff.....ill get a feel for the water soon enough im sure :wink
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It was good to see the paths, stiles, benches and rod rests in pretty good condition at Inverurie today :z16
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Who is looking after these "Bri"? They are doing a good job and the huts were clean too :z16
There are a couple of trees down here and there, but these looked like recent falls and were easy enough to get round.
Best wishes
Mike
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I would assume it was the council, if it is then that's a good sign.
I haven't been down myself for a look but will ask around, there was a joint meeting between the clubs and council last November so it may have come up then.
Regards,
Bri.
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Great stuff Brian :z16
I was impressed today, I haven't seen the beat looking so good for years and ready for the start of the season too :cool:
Cheers
Mike
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Great stuff Brian :z16
I was impressed today, I haven't seen the beat looking so good for years and ready for the start of the season too :cool:
Cheers
Mike
I think your getting the river itch Mike :z15
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I think your getting the river itch Mike :z15
Caught that a long, long time ago Noel .... and apparently there's no cure :z4
Cheers
Mike
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Mike
Your photos show work carried out at the top end of the beat by some of the regular local anglers.
I believe that they have been forced into purchasing their own strimmer due to the council no longer maintaining the river banks.
The local angling club were unable to help them out so they have decided to go it alone.
They have done a really great job but it's a relatively short stretch of the beat that they look after.
Come July,most of the beat has become an overgrown wilderness with many good pools unfishable.The situation is even worse on the river Ury.
In early October i decided to have a try for Salmon on both the lower Inverurie beat and the Ury and in many spots i couldn't get near the water for the Dense vegetation.
Given the splendid job they have done at the top end of the beat,i think that these local guys should consider forming their own club and take on the maintenance of the entire Inverurie beat.
Duncan
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Hi Duncan
Thanks for that information :z16
Must confess that I was a bit surprised when it was suggested that the improvements were possibly down to the council, but the high quality of the water height gauges did look like "council made" signs.
I should also add that I am equally surprised that Inverurie Angling Association would be unable to help these regular local anglers out :wink If these local anglers are members of the club - from my experience as a long term club member myself, I am fully confident that the club would help them out as much as they possibly could.
Yes, they have done a splendid job Duncan. Are all the benches, rod racks and stiles the handywork of this group of anglers?
Best wishes
Mike
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Hello Mike
Believe it or not,the guages are actually 'council made'.They were installed to show anglers a river level below which spinning is not permitted.This level is marked by a red band.
Don't know why the local club was unable to help.Perhaps they are no longer
involved with the burgh fishings due to having their own private beat to look after?
Yes Mike,all benches etc are the handywork of this group of anglers.
Regards
Duncan
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Hi Duncan
Yes, the council made gauges makes sense.
Still confused by the club thing though. The club strimmers would certainly be available for members to use for this kind of work and I'm certain that other club members would have been keen to help out if they had known about the project.
Re: "Perhaps they are no longer involved with the burgh fishings due to having their own private beat to look after?"
As I'm sure you are aware, the club has never had anything to do with the actual running of the Inverurie water, but has always been keen to help out with anything that it can. The club syndicate beat is part of the club obviously, but it is certainly not the focus of the club.
Best wishes
Mike Barrio
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Hi Duncan,
Apologies to yourself, I was assuming that the council had done this work, I should have known better.
It is great to see what the guys have done, their woodwork skills look a lot better than mine.
The council should be doing something after all surely part of the permit price should be earmarked for the upkeep of the beat. It appears to me that the more that `Joe Blogs' does the less that that they do.
We certainly miss the likes of Bert who kept on top of the the three council beats (for those who didn't know Bert he was employed by the council and his duties were as a River Bailiff and looking after the beats).
I believe that the upkeep passed onto the council leisure & recreation department (but could be wrong again).
IAA, I would have thought would have always been willing to help but as everything nowadays usually any work or help required comes down to a handful of volunteers, everybody seems to be to busy.
I will certainly bring this up at IAA's next meeting, would any of the regulars at the top end of the beat who are members be willing to come onto the committee so that they can directly put their views in.
On a totally different matter I always personally think that instead of what can any Club do for me it should also be what can I do for that club.
Regards,
Bri.
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Hello Bri
No need for apologies.I've had no involvement in the work carried out and don't really know any of the guys involved.
I agree with you that the council should have to upkeep the beats and it's
disgraceful that they don't.I think that in the interests of health and safety they should be obliged to do so.
Is Mike correct in stating that the club has never had anything to do with the actual running of the Inverurie water?
I assumed(probably wrongly)that the club was involved in the beat upkeep sometime prior to the council's appointment of Bert as river Bailiff.
Anyway,if the banks are as badly overgrown as last year then i will certainly be approaching IAA for the use of a strimmer!
Best Wishes
Duncan
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Hi Duncan,
The Don & Ury at Inverurie has always been run by the Council and never by IAA but we have at times helped out with some of the work in the past.
I phoned my father, because I could not remember what happened prior to Bert being in the post, and it was always the council that looked after the upkeep of the banks but occasionally when there was to much weeds etc the council approached IAA to give them a hand.
For quite a few years, in the 80's when busloads of central belt gentlemen came up to the river, a few of us were registered with the Council & Board as River Watchers which gave us the right to inspect peoples bags, only if they allowed us, but not full Baliff powers. Some interesting times then, all we could do was move them on.
Duncan, out of curiosity are you the same Duncan that used to win all the IAA Club competitions.
Regards,
Bri.
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hi bri, did u say u can fish the ury on sundays? if so whos permission do i need 2 seek?
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hi bri, did u say u can fish the ury on sundays? if so whos permission do i need 2 seek?
Hi Garry
You can buy a day or season permit from Sloan's tackle shop or Watson's the ironmongers in Inverurie, this will cover you for the Don and the Ury.
Best wishes
Mike
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Hello Bri
Yes,I did enjoy the fly fishing competitions at the time, but looking back, what a pity we had to kill all the trout for the weigh in.
I'm glad to see that the competitions are now catch and release.
I'm guessing that you are Brian,our club secretary?
I moved to Ellon 7 years ago and regrettably gave up my syndicate rod a few years back when i wasn't fishing much.I am still an association member but have lost touch with whats going on due to not fishing the syndicate water.
I suppose there's still a waiting list for membership?
Hope you have a good season
Duncan
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Hi Duncan,
Long time no see.
Yes it is me and I am back onto the committee, that one sneaked up on me.
You are right about the competitions we were keeping trout that normally would have gone back, hindsight is great is in it, but at least we know better nowadays.
There is a waiting list on Ardmurdo but I do know that some people are not renewing their permit this year for different reasons.
Hope to see you around soon,
All the best for 2009.
Regards,
Bri.