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Title: First Proper Day on the River
Post by: Allan Liddle on 03/04/2011 at 10:33

Ok it was actually my second day as the previous Sat i'd nipped over for a couple of hours (see anything rising thread) and found a few fish moving to LDO's with a small (but very welcome) fish falling to the DHE (what else for me?  :z4)

Anyway last Tuesday and a day off work found me standing on a little bridge looking for hatching flees and rising troots. 
(http://i52.tinypic.com/o55gfs.jpg)

Well i didn't even get as far as the bridge as i'd saw enough action on the way there so it was rush back to the car boot and get kitted oot.  4 mins later and on the water.

There was a reasonable hatch of LDO's and a few fish respondin, but they had that early season head on and were ignoring more than they were eating. Simply not recognising them as a food source yet. And as they weren't hard on the feed they were hard to tempt.

But weather conditions were perfect and i had plenty water to explore so i set off in search of targets and before too long found a willing fish or two (or four to be exact  :wink) all in the 8 to 10 inch range.

Found some nice water like this

(http://i54.tinypic.com/nlxzmf.jpg)

And looked out for things like this

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And hope it ended up like this

(http://i55.tinypic.com/2h69934.jpg)

All in all a crackin wee day and hopefully a decent spell of settled weather will have them on the top in earnest with some 'Rod Benders' amongst them.
Strangely there was a reasonable couple of flurries of MB's which were completely ignored by the fish so i suspect these were the very first hatches.  Won't be long before they're geting nailed in earnest.  Sadly i'll have to wait a couple of weeks now as i'm off to Carron next Sat for the first of my SNFFL matches.

Actually what am i saying, where's that holiday card?

Allan

Title: Re: First Proper Day on the River
Post by: Hamish Young on 03/04/2011 at 10:44

Nice report there Allan :wink

Good to get out again isn't it :? Hope to be having a cast for some trout this coming week myself :cool:
However, I suspect my approach may be a wee bit less delicate :shock

H  :z3

Title: Re: First Proper Day on the River
Post by: Allan Liddle on 03/04/2011 at 10:48

Don't think i'd have to troll too hard to think what you're going to be doing then Hamish.  :z4

Allan

Title: Re: First Proper Day on the River
Post by: Hamish Young on 03/04/2011 at 10:53

LOL  :z13
I can see why that might be logical with my fondness for the 'dark side' but no, it won't be trolling - not yet anyway :wink
Let's just say it has something to do with streamers and a large river :z16

H  :z3

..... I will be taking a light rod along too.... just in case they're sticking their noses up for something on top  :cool:

Title: Re: First Proper Day on the River
Post by: Noel Kelly on 03/04/2011 at 20:48

Good report and pics Allan. Must start using the camera more often myself.  :z16

Title: Re: First Proper Day on the River
Post by: Offthebard on 04/04/2011 at 20:09

Nice report Allan and a nice bit of water, good to see the troots are now playing North of the Border.

Had a good start doon here now with troots coming readily to dry hoppers and Hawthorns, managed ten last visit with the best a corker at 1lb2oz. :grin

Looking forward to the meet at the bunkhouse in a few weeks.

Sandy.