Fishing The Fly Scotland
Index => Main Discussion Area => Topic started by: Allan Liddle on 06/03/2011 at 16:18
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Kind of the same as the anywhere fishing thread and following the recent spell of dry, mild settled weather, i'm just wondering if anyone's spotted any surface movement, or early LDO (or MB) hatches on the running locations?
If things follow as they did three years ago, end of March came on with a bang, and fishing was good right through to June. Here's hoping anyway. :z16
Allan
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Saw the first few olives of the year hatching off the Spey yesterday.
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Snow this coming week might just delay the broon fellows, :cool: easgach1
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Saw the first few olives of the year hatching off the Spey yesterday.
Brilliant news. Given the Spey is notorious as being later to come to life than the Deveron or Don looks like a wee walk along the banks of the former is in order to check things oot. Hopefully the snow Derek's forecast dosen't come to much and fish get into the feeding zone quickly.
About six or seven years ago there was an explosion of Heather Beetles early season that lasted from mid April right through to mid June. Keepers were pissed off as most of the damage from these beasts happened outwith the burning season and a lot of heather was effected, giving them concern for the young Grouse (especially for the following winter. There real worry was if this became a regular feature as with heather being slow growing, it could be drastic on the young birds.
Anyway every cloud and all that meant that the troots on our upland water (Lochindorb was superb) lapped up this unexpected massive protien manna and banged on the beef (bit like myself, although mine's is more pies and beer than beetles and bugs :z4)
Beetle imitations were 'wolfed' by the troots on running and still water and the sport was brilliant. So good was it in fact, that i was glad the mayflee hatches on the west were patchy to get a rest :shock :z4 Ok that was a lie. Truth was it became a bumper season and fished very well right through. I even managed to break a pound out of Lochindorb for the first (and only) time later in August (on an olive DHE), however 12 - 14 oz fish were regular, and 10" fish common place.
There were reports of massive amounts of Heather Beetle from Perthshire all the way up through Sutherland and Assynt. Keepers had to ware goggles to prevent eye injuries when out on the quads.
Who knows,if it continues to stay mild followed mid April by a sudden warm spell (that particular year myslef and Graham Young were sunburnt on the Deveron right in the middle of April, although it snowed again late May when i was up in Orkney :shock) we may see this again?
Ahh the good old Scottish weather. Ye canne beat it. :grin
Allan
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Caddis seen on the Dee and Don on Wednesday afternoon and saw a small stonefly on the Don today, been various midge about for the past two weeks. Seen nothing moving as yet.
Ben
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There was a healthy number of fish rising at Loch Insch on Saturday, especially on Kelloch. I managed to catch 4 and another one got a away from me. All fish were caught on an olive damsel. Might go fishing again tomorrow since i'm on holiday till Saturday.
Dave.
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Had a good afternoon at Kellas last friday taking a bloodworm or a lime green and white okay dokay spent four hours and had twelve on biggest at 6lb 2oz only had a couple under the 3lb mark beautiful full finned hard fighting fish well pleased with my outing .
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Allan,
Glad to see that someone else has noticed the fish getting bigger at Lochindorb, I too broke the pound barrier and have noticed the fish are loooking a good bit chunkier.
Maybe see you up there sometime this season, looking forward to having a crack at the wild broonies again.
Geoff
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I might be going to Lochindorb for the start of the wild Brown trout
season. Dont think it will be frozen over like last year. :z16
Henry.
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Hope not H. I'll post a pic from last year if i can find it.
Any other news on fly / fish activity on the rivers guys?
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Nothing hatching off the Spey yesterday.
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Brilliant news. Given the Spey is notorious as being later to come to life than the Deveron or Don looks like a wee walk along the banks of the former is in order to check things oot. Hopefully the snow Derek's forecast dosen't come to much and fish get into the feeding zone quickly.
About six or seven years ago there was an explosion of Heather Beetles early season that lasted from mid April right through to mid June. Keepers were pissed off as most of the damage from these beasts happened outwith the burning season and a lot of heather was effected, giving them concern for the young Grouse (especially for the following winter. There real worry was if this became a regular feature as with heather being slow growing, it could be drastic on the young birds.
Anyway every cloud and all that meant that the troots on our upland water (Lochindorb was superb) lapped up this unexpected massive protien manna and banged on the beef (bit like myself, although mine's is more pies and beer than beetles and bugs :z4)
Beetle imitations were 'wolfed' by the troots on running and still water and the sport was brilliant. So good was it in fact, that i was glad the mayflee hatches on the west were patchy to get a rest :shock :z4 Ok that was a lie. Truth was it became a bumper season and fished very well right through. I even managed to break a pound out of Lochindorb for the first (and only) time later in August (on an olive DHE), however 12 - 14 oz fish were regular, and 10" fish common place.
There were reports of massive amounts of Heather Beetle from Perthshire all the way up through Sutherland and Assynt. Keepers had to ware goggles to prevent eye injuries when out on the quads.
Who knows,if it continues to stay mild followed mid April by a sudden warm spell (that particular year myslef and Graham Young were sunburnt on the Deveron right in the middle of April, although it snowed again late May when i was up in Orkney :shock) we may see this again?
Ahh the good old Scottish weather. Ye canne beat it. :grin
Allan
Well the hope of a prolongued dry mild spell didn't last eh :shock Hopefully it'll turn back warm again very soon.
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Now the March winter period is hopefully over (now i've sid that que another fecking prolonged cold spell :wink) any hatches guys?
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A few midges off the Spey yesterday, no olives. Plus saw a couple of small sedges, wing length about 6mm and a dark mottled brown colour, it's the earliest I have ever seen sedges.
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Ben's been saying that as well. Hopefully the mild settled weather continues and the olives start in earnest, troot will follow soon after. MB's should also make an appearance soon, although you don't tend to get prolongued hatches and certainly sporadic. Not very often the troot don't respond to them though.
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Surface activity on the loch is increasing steadily this week and there were some good rises today. Haven't seen any olives yet, but I'm seeing some Alders and quite large midge.
Cheers
Mike
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That's good to hear Mike. Buzzers usually amongst the first to produce a response from the troots and some spectacular (and in the right conditions prolongued) rises can follow. Time to think seriously about dusting off the rods.
Anything on running water?
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There were fish rising on the Avon on Saturday and I heard of someone catching them on sparkle duns! :z16
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There were fish rising on the Avon on Saturday and I heard of someone catching them on sparkle duns! :z16
Ah missing the old streams
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going to hado tomorrow think al give buzzers a try seen a few midges around the garden thin migh be gettin better hopefully the fish will be on the surface
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Ben have you got a thermometer?? That's something you Salmon boys( :z4) usually carry isn't it? I'm just thinking of all the snow you've had up there (see Lecht are saying all runs are still open) it's gettign in Don and may lower water temp enough to put off the hatches. Would be interested to see what it is at the moment and if you are by the river and see a hatch you could take temp then too :z18 Cheers;will get you a beer when we're up!
Richard
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Richard
I can't give you exact figures as I have not been on the river yet but we have had double figure air temperatures for the last two days. The peak of the snow melt went down the river on Tuesday and levels are dropping back. There is very little snow left now below 500m altitude in this part of Deeside, unlike last year. If the weather stays like this I would expect water temperatures to be on the rise.
cheers
Irvine
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Thanks Irvine...sounds good. Hope to hear of some surface activity soon then!!
Richard
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Was out walking Kemnay Adaa beat today and at 1.15pm a hatch of March Browns started, good numbers of them and lasted 15mins, no surface activity from the trout however but still good to see.
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off topic from this thread but rather than start a new one i thought id ask here - im off to carnoustie with work next week and might have a few hours spare in the evenings, any recommendations for some :z15 eries down that way?
any local knowledge would be appreciated. Thanks in anticipation of your replies :z15
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Kingennie is just up the road, I'ts a good few years since I fished there . Baz is the boy for local knowledge
:z18
Jim
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Back to the topic in hand (a hazel nut in every bite :z4) and in answer to the question anything risin? Yup olives on the go today (on a wee river near here) and troots respondin. Sadly it was late afternoon before i got over there and the fecking rain showers were very very heavy which killed the sport very quickly, however managed one wee fish (pic to follow soon).
Glad to be off the mark and roll on next week as i've a couple of days off.
Here's hoping it all stays settled and the flies (and troots) respond in earnest. Canne wait.
Allan
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Ben have you got a thermometer?? That's something you Salmon boys( :z4) usually carry isn't it? I'm just thinking of all the snow you've had up there (see Lecht are saying all runs are still open) it's gettign in Don and may lower water temp enough to put off the hatches. Would be interested to see what it is at the moment and if you are by the river and see a hatch you could take temp then too :z18 Cheers;will get you a beer when we're up!
Richard
Hi Richard,
Just back from a trip up north so just picked this up. Will be out tomorrow so will get a temp reading for you. Came back over the Lecht today and not a lot of snow, far less than a week ago.
Cheers
Ben
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Must be something happening on the bigger water by now? :z8
Fish rising steadily on some smaller waters with decent hatches o LDO's and a fair smattering of MB's.
Allan
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Hatches on the Spey over the last few days, mainly LDO's, March Browns and stoneflies. The rises havent lasted long, caught a couple yesterday.
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Good to hear, Rod Benders should be putting in an appearance soon, if not already.
Cheers Graham
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it was so cold at the loch the other day I thocht me waders were leaking, nothing showing,easgach1
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Quite an astonishing hatch of March Browns on the Ness (for a brief 5 minutes) today whilst I was out walking the banks at lunchtime.
Didn't see a single trout rise :roll
H :z3