Fishing The Fly Scotland
Index => Main Discussion Area => Topic started by: Sandy Nelson on 26/05/2017 at 10:15
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So wee reminder for everyone, if you are interested... :z16
Mike and I are going to drive down to Hoddom Castle ( http://www.hoddomcastle.co.uk/ ) and set up our tent on Thursday 15th June ready to fish in the evening :cool: We will stay for 3 nights and pack up on the Sunday morning for the drive home.
Let's see if we can make this a forum trip? Anybody that would like to come along is welcome to join us. There are pods at the campsite for those without tents ( best to book the pods early as they are in high demand ) and you can simply book the days that are suitable for you directly with the campsite :z16
Plenty fishing in the area and the campsite stretch is damn good too
So hopefully see you there :z18
Cheers
Sandy
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Looking forward to it!
:z18
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I thought you were more of a B&B man Sandy? :z4 :z4
Ash
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Don't let the soft outside fool you, inside beats the heart of a caveman :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4
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Sadly not for me this time :z10
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As much as I'd love to join you guys, already had 2 trips away this season, so need to build up some Brownie points with swmbo
:z18
Jim
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Not long to go now guys! Seriously looking forward to it, hopefully the rains just given it a wee freshen up in time for our arrival.
:z18
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Last night wouldn't have been a good night to be in a tent ...... some wind :z4 :z4 :z4
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Have a good trip lads. Maybe next year for me Still nursing a broken anckle.
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Last night wouldn't have been a good night to be in a tent ...... some wind :z4 :z4 :z4
Wind in a tent was never a pleasant experience :X2
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Not long now ....... busy looking out the tent and all the gear today :cool:
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RoadTrip............. :X4
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have a good 'un! safe travels and lots of trout and pics
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RoadTrip............. :X4
tight lines guys! have fun :z12 :z18
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Well, it was interesting weather that greeted us on our trip south, but it it did break just before our first venture down the river.
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Hard work though, although the best pool was already occupied (switch settings to HD1080 for best results :z16)
https://youtu.be/m6jYUL-SSps
After an evening of getting eaten by midges, the fish were found in a single pod, but not by me :wink
Getting back later it did look like the Aliens had landed, but it was a great base camp for the 3 days.
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A lovely morning greeted us day two and Mr B set a precedent for much of the trip :z7
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We spent a good amount of the day searching out fishable water, and the guys did find a few fish, i resorted to Strip,Strip, Set, but without the set :cry it was exciting at times but hard work for little reward.
Saturday the river had settled down a bit more and the pockets gave up some of their residents, beautiful yellow coloured fish from the Annan
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With the sun making life look fab, it was a day to explore.
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And although some of the weaker rocks were feeling broken by the conditions
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I gloried on to try and catch that elusive Grayling, eventually i got one, but they proved to be very tough to photograph, even the camera went into a spin.
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I kept the next one over the net for its mug shot :z4 :z4 only wee, but hard won :z16
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So a great trip away, great company, good food, decent fishing despite the conditions.
Thanks to the guys who came down and looking forward to the next one :z18
Sandy
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Nice :z16
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Lots to do when I got back home ....... so just a couple of quick photos.
A great road trip, Eagles to Led Zeppelin and a pit stop at The Horn. Base camp started off very wet and windy for setting up the tent ( all part of the fun ) but we were soon on the river and enjoying a mixture of jungle warfare, midges and interesting water conditions. We all had new waters to explore and we all caught fish ...... what more can you ask for :cool:
I had a great time ......... Thanks guys :z16
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Shame it was hard work for you lads, but I'm sure the banter was top draw & a good time was had by all 👍🏻🎣
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Those that put in the hard work did very well Ali :z16 ...... I was just a bit lazy, as usual :z4
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Sandy doing a bit of net practice? :z4
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