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Hi folks :cool:
What is the beat at the very top of the River Don called and what can you tell me about it?
Best wishes
Mike
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Above the Allargue bridge Mike :?...... or below........ :?
Part of the water is on Delnadamph estate and some of it.... errrr..... isn't :wink
H :z3
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Above the Allargue bridge Mike :?...... or below........ :?
Part of the water is on Delnadamph estate and some of it.... errrr..... isn't :wink
H :z3
If we travel as high up the Don Valley as we can, what is the first beat or section that we can go fishing on and what can you tell us about it? Where is it, what's it called, where can we get permission, a contact number, what fish might be caught, wide or narrow water, deep or shallow etc etc
Cheers
Mike
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Interesting topic Mike :z16 I have no idea but I'm interested to know more. I hope to fish some of the upper beats this year so would be nice to get some ideas, tips and contacts etc.
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Mike,
Paul and I fished in 2004 well above Corgarff Bridge early June. We had a kicking further downstream near Monymusk and wanted some easier fishing so fished here for the afternoon. There was a Woolen shop/cafe place on the right hand side of the road where we parked our car,skirted a cemetery and fished upstream for a couple oif miles leap frogging one another. We used 3 wt rods and brought Trout up on small black Klinks from memory. Had a load of fish and it was great fun but very windy. We ended up not far from Luib bridge(the shot showing Paul playing a Trout was maybe 300m below where we ended up) which is not that far from Allargue Bridge. If anyone still has T & S April 2005 there are 2 nice shots of Paul fishing on that stretch and the Trout skull we found was also from there,
Richard
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Hi Richard :z16
Thanks for getting the ball rolling, I can picture the woolen shop/cafe and I think I might have a copy of the magazine in the fishery hut, so I'll check it out.
For the benefit of forum members, what beat were you on up there and where does one get permission to fish it? I expect the trout were quite small, but brilliant fun with the lightweight rods :wink
Can any other forum members that have fished that stretch add more details and tell us about their experiences?
Best wishes
Mike
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Mike,
I should have details, will look them out tomorrow.
I do have that magazine somewhere, was a good article that one.
Cheers
Ben
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Mike,
I should have details, will look them out tomorrow.
I do have that magazine somewhere, was a good article that one.
Cheers
Ben
Great stuff :z16
Cheers
Mike
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Generally the Trout are not of a size that you get downstream but they are far more free rising and can be brought up by speculative casting into likely lies which is not a tactic that works well in the middle reaches.
The stretch is managed by the Colquhonnie Hotel and is part of the 9 miles that they have.
The skull that Paul is holding must have come off a sizeable fish. I hooked one fish (with Paul looking on) on this stretch on another occasion that had the rod nodding up and down,indicating that it was a sizeable fish;however it got off after a run down the pool and we never saw it. Paul had a large fish slash at his fly which he had flicked into the water prior to casting,which took us both by surprise-this was lower down on the Colquhonnie water though
Think 12-13" as an average with a smattering of 15/16" and if you get anything above this it is a bonus. Having said that I do recall reading somewhere of some German? guys who used to visit every year some time ago and by the time their trip was finished they had landed fish between 2-3lbs (was this when Hamish's Dad used to be the Landlord?). And there are bigger residents;the biggest fish in 2002 was appx 4.5lbs I think.
Our biggest fish was appx 16".
Richard
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Richard,
What style/s of comparaduns do you use?
Deerhair or poly yarn wings?
Microfibbet/ C D Leon / ? tails.
Have you tried them with trailing shuck tails?
Any must ties to share?
I tied a box load two years ago (all poly yarn wings) but can't seem to find them.
Ones from last night
(http://i46.tinypic.com/33cw0tt.jpg)
(http://i47.tinypic.com/241s9xx.jpg)
Cheers
Iain
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Hi Iain,
Personally I do not use the Comparadun style of fly and am not sure if any of my friends do either. Having said that they will work well just like many other styles. Your top fly looks really good and though you have just 2 Microfibbets,they are long so should support the fly well. This length of Microfibbet tail may not be so good for Grayling but that aint a problem in Aberdeenshire!!
Most of my dries are either Parachute/Paraduns,F Flys and Klinkhamer types with quite a few foam jobs for terrestrials and collar hackles for very small midge(24 or less). I even use parachutes for spent spinners sometimes with a fluo yellow wing post that shows up well in the fading light,a couple of turns of hackle and a bent shank(a la Stuart Crofts). Many times I have fished this to the point where the parachute hackle has come off after catching umpteen fish and I have for reasons of fading light,lack of time or laziness continued to fish with the fly which will be kept up just by the floating qualities of the wingpost and it has been just as effective.
I always use Poly Yarn wings on my duns and prefer it to Deer Hair(which I use on Caddis). All my Don duns have either natural Poly Yarn colour wings,pink,yellow,white or black (great for 'shiny/glassy' water-GOOD TIP!!). I do not find that the colour puts the Trout off and it IS important that you can see where your fly is if at all possible.
Used to use Microfibbets till a few years ago and mostly use 6-8 Coq de Leon fibres which retain their shape after hundreds of casts but are not too stiff.
Must ties...not really. I went overboard years ago in preparation for our trips to the Don and have at least 2 'Don boxes' full of dries and spiders to match the Spring hatches/falls we have encountered i.e MB,IBD,LDO,Olive Uprights,Beetles,Black Gnats,Terrestrials. One thing about the Don is you do not lose flies in trees as there are not many about,and the type of fishing we do is targeting big Trout so we are not catching many fish and by fishing mostly 4X or 5X tippets we have never been broken off. So our flies tend to last a long time and sort of don't need replacing!
I am going to tie the parachute and emerger Grannom patterns which were in this months T & S (the same patterns were in FF & FT last Spring) only because I hit a good hatch May 3rd last year with plenty of rising Trout and I persevered with an F Fly pattern even though I could see that they were not taking the adults(doh!!) and subsequently blanked. I reckon if I had on one of the emerger patterns I could have had good sport. So I will be tying up 6 of each.
I guess you must have good Grannom hatches further down on the Don? We would love to hit a good reliable hatch but think that Monymusk and above where we do most of our fishing may be near the top end of the where they emerge as they are not really an upper reaches fly. Do the Trout further down respond well to them?
I have quite a few with trailing shucks of poly yarn including LDO,Iron Blues and March Browns for the Don and find they work well.
Richard
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Mike,
I should have details, will look them out tomorrow.
I do have that magazine somewhere, was a good article that one.
Cheers
Ben
Hi Ben :z16
Did you find the beat details for the very top of the Don? It would be grand if we could use these as a starting point and work our way down the river :z17
Cheers
Mike
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Hi Mike,
I did not have a look as yet!!
Richard,
Best caddis sport I had was tiny grey sedges in late June at Dusk, simply superb!!
Cheers
Ben
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Lots of good info there Richard (which I'm sure will be digested by many).
Apologies for the Comparadun with 2 fibbets - there is actually three but it's a combination of sh** tying and photography.
I'll have to try the yellow Aero wing for posts (I have been using grey, pink & orange to good effect but anything that might give a size 18/20 Klink a bit more visibility is worth the effort) I like surface fishing but just can't fish blind/unsighted, it loses its' appeal. small flies at the best of times can be hard for me to see so when in a riffle or in fading light my confidence goes - I need to see the fly so that I can lift or leave so to speak.
I've never considered parachute styles for spinners.
Time to review the tying gear.
Thanks again
Iain
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I am going to tie the parachute and emerger Grannom patterns which were in this months T & S (the same patterns were in FF & FT last Spring) only because I hit a good hatch May 3rd last year with plenty of rising Trout and I persevered with an F Fly pattern even though I could see that they were not taking the adults(doh!!) and subsequently blanked. I reckon if I had on one of the emerger patterns I could have had good sport. So I will be tying up 6 of each.
I guess you must have good Grannom hatches further down on the Don? We would love to hit a good reliable hatch but think that Monymusk and above where we do most of our fishing may be near the top end of the where they emerge as they are not really an upper reaches fly. Do the Trout further down respond well to them?
HI Richard
Now theres a thing!. I have been witness to many Grannom hatches on the middle beats and have yet to see the trout get interested. I have the flies and have tried many times, but i have never seen a decent rise to grannoms.
On the other hand, what Ben is saying about the grey micro's is spot on in my experience too, there are also some tiny black ones too and yellow :wink
Sandy
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Sandy,
Weird one that...we have great Grannom hatches down here in Yorkshire and the Trout go mad for them. They definitely switched straight on to them at Monymusk as soon as they started emerging. Paul was upstream at the time so missed it and did not see a hatch so it may have been localised.
Oliver Edwards did a good Grannom article in April 1996 in FF & FT for those of you who keep back copies. He fishes 12 miles further down the Wharfe (at Gallogate) than I do and for some strange reason a lot of the flys down there are a lot smaller than generally accepted (BWO size 18,20 and Grannom size 18 etc),so you have to bear this in mind when reading some of his articles. As usual check what the size is that you get on your river(s).
Ben/Sandy,
We saw masses of small black and black/yellow winged caddis at Monymusk last May,generally in the reeds fringing the river. We collected samples and sent them to Stuart Crofts to ID. They were not microcaddis as I had thought and if/when I find his note on what they were I will let you know,
Richard
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For those that are intrerested the caddis we sent to be identified were
Silo pallipes
Goera pilosa
Agapetus fuscipes
For any budding entomologists you can look these up for their common names. If/when I get time later I may do this and post here
Richard
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S. pallipes is Black Sedge
G.pilosa is Medium Sedge
A.fuscpes is Little Black Sedge and in some books as Tiny Grey Sedge
Richard
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Good stuff richard :z16
I think your comment about localised rises is pretty much a fair comment for a lot of the bugs on the Don.
Sometimes the localisation can be very distinct :z6
I have yet to witness a good rise to grannoms on the Don, the odd one, but never a rise.
Nice to know it does happen though. If my memory serves me right the Don grannoms are pretty small too.
Sandy
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Sandy,
They looked 'normal' sized to us with a plump 'muddy olive' body. From memory appx a size 14
Richard
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Doesn't surprise me, richard.
Like you said about the warfe
there can be distinct local variations in species sizes
I know some of the upwings are different sizes and colours
depending on beat. The nature of the river is different
in terms of flow and substrate, so it figures the bugs will be different
all good fun :cool:
sandy
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Great stuff Richard :z16
Fishing sedges in a variety of sizes and shades on the Don has always been a good plan :cool:
Best wishes
Mike
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I have come across an interesting article in an old (Summer 2008) copy of The Grayling Journal(http://i46.tinypic.com/2cqh3kz.jpg)which I think I have attached. In it he states that "In May and June there is a very important emergence of small grey caddisflies from the family Glossosomatidae,the two most common species that appear on Trout and Grayling waters are Agapetus fuscipes and Agapetus ochripes. These are proving to be very interesting and drive fish mad on the edge of dark when they emerge."
I recall somwhere Ben mentioning small grey caddis emerging in the evening and having great sport when this occured. This could be this emergence I suppose. What did you catch on Ben,size and dressing?
As Stuart has said many times there is a great deal we do not know in the UK about our indigenous species from an angling point of view..and a lot to learn. From what I know I understand that those across the pond and the Europeans are far more knowledgeable about their own caddis
Richard
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I mewant to say that A.fuscipes was one of the samples that I sent to Stuart and there was loads of them about last May. If I notice the same this year I want to be prepared and look out for them in the evenings. We did fish one hatch on a day when Ben and Hamish had left Monymusk and there was a good evening hatch of Olive Uprights from 10-10:30pm and we had trout of 2lb 14oz and 3lb 1oz but who knows maybe there were these small grey caddis and maybe we could have done better with an imitation of them!
Richard
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Hi Richard,
"In May and June there is a very important emergence of small grey caddisflies from the family Glossosomatidae,the two most common species that appear on Trout and Grayling waters are Agapetus fuscipes and Agapetus ochripes. These are proving to be very interesting and drive fish mad on the edge of dark when they emerge."
That about sums it up!! When the hatch occurred it began sometime between 21:30 and 10:30 and lasted for up to about 2 & a half hours, max. Seemed to peak about 30 mins before the light really began to fade and was pretty much done by 30 mins into proper darkness, edge of darkness sums it up very well. I was getting about 45 mins of serious activity when I was not sure which fish to cast it but it was worth being on the water for the duration.
The size in the pic looks about right although the colour looks a few shades darker than I remember the flies to be. I had best success on small klinks, partridge 15BNX, size 20 tied quite short in the body. Colour was light tan with peacock thorax.
I did try a few adult patterns that I tied up but found the small klink outfished them every time.
Cheers
Ben
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Cheers Ben!
So just a standard Klink then in the appropriate size. This is my 'go to' pattern when it is too dark to see spinner imitations or whatever on the water. Works consistently well and I use a Fluo Yellow post which I find the best colour in the gathering gloom. I seem to recall we had this conversation about Klinks that night at Kintore!! You can fish into the dark when the fish are still going at it-cast into 'silver paper' water and you can see where your fly lands,as it disturbs the surface, and strike at any rises in the vicinity...becomes a bit of a chore trying to unhook fish in the dark,though would not mind if it was a hefty Don fish!
Itching to get up again;just not sure how and when all the snow will have melt and gone, as when this gets into the system everything will slow up!
Richard
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Hi Richard,
Just looked up a picture of Agapetus in "Caddisflies" by Ames. The fly looks to me to be the same as that pictured on pg 92, listed as Agapetus Pinatus although I am not sure that this particular fly is present in the UK. Body colour is stated to be "dirty yellow at emergence that turns to dark brown within hours of exposure to air & light".
Cheers
Ben
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Nice one Ben, though not familiar with this book or even heard of it! However it is now in my 'Amazon' Wish List. Do you recommend this? Am thinking of purchasing this plus the "Orvis Vest Pocketguide to Caddisflies"...any views on this?
Richard
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Hi Richard,
It is a nice book, Paul told me that there are a few possible inaccuracies in it, think these may have been picked out by Stuart. It is probably the most comprehensive book on Caddis I have come accross. If you are thinking about the Orvis book, leave it a few days and I will have a look and see what I can turn up.
Cheers
Ben
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Cheers Ben,
Thanks, I look forward to hearing from you on this! I plan to buy both so I can have Ames book at home and the Orvis one on fishing trips to ID (or try to!) some of these caddis. Some are easy and well known but others,to me at least are relatively unknown (such as Agapetus) and look like we should be aware of them because as you are witness yourself, they can provide good sport if you know what to look for
Richard
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For those that are intrerested the caddis we sent to be identified were
Silo pallipes
Goera pilosa
Richard
Hi Richard
Kenneth Boström a Swedish author has written a wee book about Caddis flies, it´s only in Swedish. He´s been study the caddis in Sweden and Norway for many years but he´s pointing out that his book isn´t any scientifically way.
The family name for these 2 species is Goeridae. They live in fast water. The larva is house builder and the house is by stone. The colour of larva is light brown and size of it is 8-12 mm. The size of pupa is 5-8 mm. The pupa usually crawls up to bank and hatch. Adult size is 8-12 mm. And the wings are grey/brown.
The female is laying their eggs on surface.
Agapetus fuscipes
The family name is Glossosomatidae and there are 6 species. Living in fast water. Larva is a house builder and the house is by stone. The colour of larva is olive and size is 5-10 mm. The pupa is olive/brown and size is 4-8 mm. The pupa is fast and free hatching. Adult size is 5-10 mm and the wing colour is grey/brown.
The female is diving to bottom for laying eggs.
Sorry for the late reply.
//Harri
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Thanks Harri
Ben-any luck with the Orvis Caddis book??
Richard
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Hi Richard
I’m not familiar with Orvis Caddis book but I have another American book by Gary LaFontaine, Caddis flies -81.
//Harri
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Thanks Harri
Ben-any luck with the Orvis Caddis book??
Richard
Yes Richard, it came in. Very American as I expected but quite interesting, not sure how much use it would be as a guide for the UK.
Cheers
Ben
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All,
Carrying on the thread about Caddis and getting to know them better in our rivers I have just received this e mail from Stuart Crofts
Richard,
Well after a long cold winter I have finally completed checking all the samples sent into the scheme during 2009. The basic data is attached.
As before I also have a deluxe version with pictures of many of the caddisflies and the tables in different formats. I have put this on a CD-ROM. I can send these out at £5 each with all monies going back into running the scheme during 2010. If you want a copy please post me a stamped (large letter type) SAE (to fit a CD) with a cheque for £5 made payable to Torrentis Products.
I hope you find the data of interest.
Kindest regards
Stuart
Stuart M Crofts
4 Stottercliffe Road
Penistone
Sheffield
S36 6EB
I have tried to upload the pdf survey but it was taken to be invalid so I will send to Mike and Ben and see what they can do with it.I will be buying the CD as it is aimed directly at UK species,
Richard
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Hi Richard :z16
I've hosted the PDF file on the main website for you ...... http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/caddis2009.pdf (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/caddis2009.pdf) :wink
Best wishes
Mike
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Hi Mike, perfect!!
Richard, ignore my email. Thanks for sharing this, very interesting and will get a cheque away tomorrow for the CD.
Ben
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Can anybody name three pools on the Inverurie Fishings beat?
Cheers
Mike
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Hi the, millstream,black pot, rays on the council beat
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Yep, well done :z16
Cheers
Mike
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Where is this on the Don?
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Castle Forbes, looking upstream
Edit: Or should that be looking East? :z4
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Hmmmmm..... now let me think......... :z7
I can't answer that one. Too easy :wink
H :z3
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And this?
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Hmmm ..... good one Ben, is that the full width of the Don there, or an island?
Cheers
Mike
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full width, the angler is about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way out from the X bank!
Ben
P.S why can't I see pictures uploaded with tinypic, it seems awful slow of late!
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Sorry guys, looks like our web hosting service is up to something at the moment ..... I'm on the case! :oops
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Hi is it the top bit of the sawmill at alford, where the small burn runs in?
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Hi is it the top bit of the sawmill at alford, where the small burn runs in?
It is!!
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Hi i have no pic so up to someone else please?
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A bit trickier perhaps ...... What's the blanked out name on this sign then?
I was wading in the water when I took this :wink
(http://i54.tinypic.com/9jg7r5.jpg)
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O.K, where's this?
(http://i51.tinypic.com/731mwn.jpg)
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O.K, where's this?
You've got me this time Ben :z4 :z4 :z4
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50/50 or can i phone friend?
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It is very definitely upper river and only fishes well except for 3 holes in anything but a big water
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It is very definitely upper river and only fishes well except for 3 holes in anything but a big water
Are you speaking about my photo, or your invisible photo? :z4
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I'm confused now :z8
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I'm confused now :z8
It's all Ben's fault, but he'll blame the website :z4
Back to the sign in my photo ..... What's the blanked out name of a beat on this sign then?
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No, my fault I think. May have forgot to click the add to post button.
Uploaded again but I still can't see the pic!!
Your photo is Kildrummy Mike!
Ben
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I can see it and I know where it is...... but someone else should have a crack at it :wink
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Yes ..... Well done Ben :z16
(http://i53.tinypic.com/2qmhqtd.jpg)
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O.K, where's this?
(http://i51.tinypic.com/731mwn.jpg)
Can anyone see this? I can't!!
Ben
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Yes, I can see it now Ben, looks like it might be on Monymusk waters?
Cheers
Mike
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Yes, I can see it now Ben, looks like it might be on Monymusk waters?
Cheers
Mike
Angle of the shot makes it look very much wider than it is, upper river and only has three lies in anything other than BIG water when there are a few more but only at certain times of the year!!
Ben
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Is that Semeil fishings Ben??
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Is that Semeil fishings Ben??
I think you are right Paul ...... but hopefully Ben will confirm :wink
Cheers
Mike
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I'm sure paul is right but can you name to pool Paul?
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I think it might be the Deskray (sp?) Noel but when i fished it i think i had the map upside down haha. The water was alot lower when i was there too. Amazing how different it looks.
Paul
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While we wait for Ben to confirm, what about this one. Should be an easy one......
(http://i51.tinypic.com/voaiwm.jpg)
Paul
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Ben's one is the new pool. Your one is the top of the Kintore beat think its called the neck?
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Ben's one is the new pool. Your one is the top of the Kintore beat think its called the neck?
Spot on. I thought you would get that one easily. :z13
Paul
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Well I spend enough feckin time there :z4
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Ben's one is the new pool. Your one is the top of the Kintore beat think its called the neck?
Correct, more later when I get home!!
Ben
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And this one? ..............
(http://i53.tinypic.com/550x1s.jpg)
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Littlewood?
Ben
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Littlewood?
Ben
No, sorry Ben, not Littlewood :z6
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Monymusk?
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Monymusk?
No, sorry Ben, not Monymusk :z6
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Its Inverurie beat Mike, mill stream I think that bit's called?
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Its Inverurie beat Mike, mill stream I think that bit's called?
Well done Noel, spot on! :z16
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An easy one to start. Where is this?
(http://i53.tinypic.com/35mmna1.jpg)
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Iceland Bens front garden Kintore :?
H :z3
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Iceland Bens front garden Kintore :?
H :z3
Correct :z16 Must dig a few more challenging ones out over the weekend.
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OK, hows about this one :?
Ben is not allowed to answer :z7 :wink
(http://i53.tinypic.com/2s0xzjt.jpg)
H :z3
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Not a clue but it looks like the upper clyde
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Castle Forbes, it looks a lot like beat 3.
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Good guess...... but no, not Castle Forbes.
H :z3
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That would be Fetternear beat.
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Indeed it would be Fetternear :z16
Welcome to the forum too :cool:
That wouldn't be Martin Webster would it :?
H :z3
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For one night only, how do Hamish :wink
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One night only :? :! Not good enough :wink
Hope we'll see you on the forum regularly :z16
H :z3
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And this one? ..............
(http://i53.tinypic.com/550x1s.jpg)
Thats one of my favourite bits of water,
here is another one :wink but where is it?
(http://i55.tinypic.com/zv60i8.jpg)
I have a few good wee pictures of the river , so i can play too.
Sandy
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I think I have to declare an interest.... think that pic was taken on the day we three (Sandy, Mike & I) had a cast 'somewhere' on the Don so I shouldn't answer.
Lovely bit of water though :z16
Come to think of it, was a really nice day too :cool:
H :z3
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HI i would say it the other side of the bank
is it the mill stream
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Well spotted H
it might even be mr B's favorite tree :z4 :z4
it is the other bank, but on a different beat :wink
sandy
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......it might even be mr B's favorite tree :z4 :z4
Oh yeah, I remember now :z4
Sandy: What you doing Mike :?
Mike: I'm fishing.
Hamish: In the tree :?
Mike: Well, someone has to.
Sandy & Hamish: OK then, but the trout are in the river :z7
Mike: Fuck off colourful metaphor
H :z3
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Oh yeah, I remember now :z4
Sandy: What you doing Mike :?
Mike: I'm fishing.
Hamish: In the tree :?
Mike: Well, someone has to.
Sandy & Hamish: OK then, but the trout are in the river :z7
Mike: Fuck off colourful metaphor
H :z3
Interesting. Did you catch anything in the tree Mike?
Do you normally fish in trees?
Will you fish in any old tree or is that one special?
So many questions about this exciting new "branch" of the sport....
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I have no idea where the last pic was taken but I do remember You speaking about that day Sandy, and also you Mike but where were ye hmmmm. I will guess Kildrummy?
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No, not Kildrummy this time I'm afraid Noel :z6
Ah ..... the joys of a rising trout and not looking where one's backcast is going :z4
One major disadvantage of the steeple cast ..... is that when you do hook a tree, your fly is a lot higher up the tree :z17
Cheers
Mike
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One major disadvantage of the steeple cast ..... is that .............
................................. If you have a tree behind you.................you should really be using a roll cast :z4 :z4 :z4
It was a very memorable day, one of the best days out i've ever had. :z18
Sandy
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................................. If you have a tree behind you.................you should really be using a roll cast :z4 :z4 :z4
Hindsight is a wonderful thing ...... stupid place to plant a bloody tree anyway! :oops
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing ......
and if it worked, you might have seen the tree.. :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4
Sandy
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:z3 ........ Getting back to your photo, are you going to give these folks some sort of clue?
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Monymusk?
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Monymusk?
1/2 a point, which beat :wink
Sandy
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Okay
Perhaps thats a bit much, its the very top end of the Home beat on Monymusk, well worth a cast or 2 :z16
here's an easier one
(http://i53.tinypic.com/mmvj0i.jpg)
Sandy
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The Black Pot at Inverurie?
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It sure is :z18
sandy
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How about this one?
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Is it name the location or the tackle tart?
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Location John, and no its not Iain in that pic :z4
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Looks like May, from the gorse.
Standing on the Left bank watching the guy fishing upstream :z6
Its the wee hill thats throwing me, i would have said it looks like monymusk, but it could be the middle part of littlewood. Difficult photo, looks like a lot of the parts of the river i would search out to fish on :z5.
However having studied it some more, is it about 200yds upstream of where the photo i posted was taken, above the head of the black pot standing by the tree? and the picture just makes the river look narrower? The wee hill is the start of the rise up to the high bank behind the black pot? It does look familier :z6
Good fun though
Sandy
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Good effort Sandy and I can imagine where you are thinking off but is the water not much deeper there? To narrow it down a bit ts not Inverurie. Must admit this photo was selected to be a bit difficult :wink
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Hmmmm tricky.
Would it be Breda or Auchintoul :?
H :z3
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Never heard of either of those Hamish so not correct.
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Kemney beat 4 looking over from the Manar side?
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Nope :z7 :z4
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Never heard of either of those Hamish so not correct.
Oh cock :roll
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Brux :?
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monymusk beat 1?
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Hamish you are 2 far upstream.
Peter you are getting close....
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So is it part of Castle Forbes then?
Sandy
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Castle forbes just above the road bridge??
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Ye are getting cold again guys, its not Castle Forbes. Its Monymusk beat 5 or 6. :grin
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Ye are getting cold again guys, its not Castle Forbes. Its Monymusk beat 5 or 6. :grin
Thats what I said monymusk just above the road bridge..... I just spelled it Castle Forbes :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4
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Awwwww....... Come on :z4
my first guess was monymusk :z16
:z4 :z4 :z4
sandy
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Now now Sandy mentioning half the beats on the river is a clever tactic but you're not fooling anyone :z4
Right ladies how about this one?
(http://i55.tinypic.com/nl7bkm.jpg)
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The Kypie at inverurie. :z16
sandy
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Yes, well done Sandy. Too easy obviously :z7
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Another one?
(http://i52.tinypic.com/ermkvr.jpg)
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Not a clue but it looks very nice :z16
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Fetternear :?
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Spot on Hamish :z16 Thats a nice stretch in the pic alright but I didn't see a fish that day.
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Noel thats a nice a wee bit of Water.
I remember a great evening there once, in June , many moons ago when i discovered the joys of the Badger and yellow :z3 Ahh... memories...........
Next.
So where does the Don look like this then :wink
(http://i55.tinypic.com/28sseo2.jpg)
Sandy
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I recognize that spot Sandy but I will keep mum for a while.
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I reckon you and I search out the same bits of water :wink
:z4 :z4
Sandy
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Maybe that's because its where the fish are :z4
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Hi Sandy,
I will keep mum as well, I think that I was there that day.
Cheers,
Bri.
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Mum seems to be the word, but where is it?
Brian has an unfair advantage :wink
but it was well spotted by him too :z16
sandy
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I give in.... Kildrummy :?
H :z3
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I give in.... Kildrummy :?
H :z3
Hi Hamish
It wasn't my question, but I'm fully confident that you have got the right answer ...... Well done :z16
Cheers
Mike
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Hi Hamish
It wasn't my question, but I'm fully confident that you have got the right answer ...... Well done :z16
Cheers
Mike
Agreed :z16
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Here's another one ....... where am I now?
(http://i52.tinypic.com/4scit0.jpg)
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Something familiar about that but not sure...is it also Kildrummy just downstream of Sandy's last pic?
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Sorry, no, not Kildrummy Noel
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Ardhuncart :?
H :z3
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Ardhuncart :?
H :z3
Well done Hamish ..... Ardhuncart it is :z16
Cheers
Mike
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OK, this could be too easy :!
(http://i54.tinypic.com/1znr7so.jpg)
H :z3
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Looks like the top end of the lords throat?
With millstone hill in the background :wink
sandy
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Not really..... but close, very close.
Beat :?
H :z3
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Beat :?
1 - monymusk looking at the castle forbes beat on the left bank
sandy
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It's still the bottom of Castle Forbes, but close enough :z16
H :z3
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I thought the bottom beat on Forbes was the opposite bank (left) to Monymusk no.1(right) Perhaps i am mistaken :z8
Anyway here is another easy one.
(http://i53.tinypic.com/2d7d5pj.jpg)
:z18
Sandy
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monymuk 2
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The Marrat Stream near the top of the Inverurie beat.
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The Marrat Stream near the top of the Inverurie beat.
:z16 as viewed from the hut at the top of the Boat
well spotted
Sandy
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And this one ................?
(http://i56.tinypic.com/11rreqb.jpg)
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One of the few places on the Don where you can see Salmon leaping
up the rapids :wink
I spent a whole afternoon watching a family of otters playing on the rock in the centre of the flow, it was a little bit
lower that day and the rock was exposed :wink
i think mums the word again :z16
sandy
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Okay...where's this on the Don?
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(http://i54.tinypic.com/fog29x.jpg)
..ahem I mean this!
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Must be further up than i've been, i don't recognise it all.
I'd say Strathdon somewhere, so i'll guess at Candacraig.
I'm looking forward to finding out where it is though, could be the spot to try in the summer when i'm back :z18
Sandy
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Sandy,
Nope, too high up by a good few miles. A wee clue, we are looking upstream and there is a road running beside the right hand bank :wink
Richard
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kildrummy?
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I thought at first it may be Monymusk, but I'm going to plump for Glenkindie - for the hell of it you understand :wink
H :z3
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Nope, but you're both going in the right direction. Still too high though
Richard
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In that case i have a good idea where it is, not sure of the beat though, i was going to say Brux as i think thats the road up to the gamekeepers house on the Ardhuncart side.
You've thrown me with the side of the river, i've never fished the right bank that far upstream, only ever the left bank (looking downstream)
Sandy
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Sandy,
Nah you need to come downstream from Ardhuncart for this beat
Richard
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Somewhere at the top of the Lord's Throat, around Glenton or Tilliefour maybe?
Cheers
Mike
PS: ........... nobody know where my photo was then? apart from Sandy :z4
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Mike
Getting close but not close enough. You're practically there...it is Monymusk but which Beat?
Richard
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I would imagine beat 1 Richard, as that low bank lined with trees in the left of the photo looks like the track to get to the lowest of the Castle Forbes beats?
Cheers
Mike
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So I reckon that you are in between the pine trees in the distance in this photo and on the other bank :z4
(http://i54.tinypic.com/2irwto6.jpg)
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...well you are not correct. Come on, only 12 Beats left :z5
Richard
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...well you are not correct. Come on, only 12 Beats left :z5
Richard
Bummer, I've used up that photo for nothing now :oops Doh!
But it was a good try :z4 :z4 :z4
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Nice picture Mr B :z16
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Okay Richard
Are you standing on Beat 4 looking at beat 5, downstream from the Mill Lade :z16
It could be the bit of road, where i nearly stuck the car in the river, due to some black ice.
Sandy
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Sandy,
Not Beat 4 or 5....
Richard
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.....but both you and Mike were very close :wink
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In the absence of any other guesses, it was Beat 3, upstream of Nibbet Stone by a wee bit. Shot taken in April 2003. Those of you with good memories will recall that we had hot weather and no rain for the 6 weeks prior to this-hence all the exposed stones. I had just fished a wonderful March Brown hatch which brought all the big fellas up and lasted an hour. It was seeing all these big Trout that cemented our thoughts into to basing our trips around Monymusk the next year (I was by myself that day) and 2004 was the start of our annual pilgrimages though we had visited Strathdon in 2002
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Great stuff Richard :z16
So, Sandy knows where this is, but does anybody else?
(http://i56.tinypic.com/11rreqb.jpg)
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Looks like you need a clue? ...... This photo was taken on one of the Council Waters :wink
Cheers
Mike
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Mike,
That be where I caught a really nice trout during a local comp but we later found out that the closing time had been changed and we were disquallified.
Didn't go down well.
Bri.
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Yes Brian, I thought you would know where it was :z4 ..... well done :z16
I was standing at the tail of the Black Pot in Inverurie, looking downstream.
Cheers
Mike
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Where am I now then?
(http://i54.tinypic.com/2mn16dv.jpg)
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Littlewood :? Looks a bit like it...... :z8
H :z3
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Littlewood :? Looks a bit like it...... :z8
H :z3
Littlewood it is ..... well done Hamish :z16
Cheers
Mike
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Cool :cool:
So.... where's this :?
(http://i55.tinypic.com/15qw8ep.jpg)
H :z3
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Damn I know that pool at Littlewood but didn't recognise it. Saw 2 Otter cubs playing in the plunge pool for 10 minutes once there.
Re: your pic Hamish...looks a bit like Monymusk near the top of Beats 6 and 7?
Richard
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Must've been taken from a high bank .... as I don't think I've ever seen Hamish climb up a tree :z13
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Richard - sorry chum, not Monymusk.
Mike:
Git :z7
H :z3
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Somewhere up around Edinglassie?
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Sorry Irvine - it's not that far up river.
H :z3
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Castle Forbes beat 5?
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Negative - maybe this one is a bit trickier...... :cool:
H :z3
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I'm bored.
The answer was..... drum roll please...... Littlewood :wink
H :z3
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...okay had me there,nust be near the bottom of the beat. Where do you think this is....(http://i56.tinypic.com/27zg0sp.jpg)
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Gut answer is Castle Forbes, although reminds me of a pool at Fetternear.
H :z3
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I was going to say Castle Forbes too ...... can't pinpoint the location though. Somewhere near the bridge at the old turbine?
Cheers
Mike
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Looks like the Dam Pool from the beat 1 side of Castle Forbes.
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...is spot on. Well done :z16
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That was too easy then. In the absence of any other entrys...where is this then??(http://i52.tinypic.com/faq5p1.jpg)
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Looks like Eucharies on the Deveron :z7
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...erm may look like it, but wrong river. Clue ...Hamish should recognise it (I think)...but obviously doesn't
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Sorry - Ben and I have fishing heads on.... day three just been an gone :wink
Thought initially it might have been Littlewood again, but my suspicions are it lies a chunk further upstream than that.
H :z3
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Hamish
You're right, Littlewood it is :z16. First corner downstream of parking place at top end. Well done
Richard
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This could be way too easy.....
(http://i56.tinypic.com/71n52d.jpg)
H :z3
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Guess it wasn't too easy :z8
The answer was...... Kildrummy :cool:
H :z3
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Hamish, is it Kildrummy? :z7
I've just phoned the RSPCC as I think that a childs head is supposed to be exposed in a papoose, for breathing purposes.
Expect a call.............. :shock
Iain