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First ever Grayling , very gentle take barely new it was there , one of many along with a few trout all in all a cracking day on the Earn.

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Photobombed by Brownie *smiley-grin*

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It was only a month ago - but I'm itching to go back already *smiley-grin*

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Back at the fly tying table for a while this morning.

A few more F-Flies in the box, far from perfect, but they don't have to be perfect to have fun making them :)

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Enjoyed a cracking afternoon/evening on the Don, weather conditions just felt right - so I headed down for a few hours.

Netted lots of nice Brownies, and found a couple of bonnie Sea Trout in amongst them too :)



A few more pics here: https://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9859.msg77413#msg77413

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Just beautiful  )

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And the trout were just as golden  )



Photo by Stewart :z16

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Damsel meets Olive in a feast for the predator




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Just back from a few days without a PC or phone signal ...... just great company and lots of Brownies  )

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Was going through some of photos and I’d forgotten I’d taken this, in its natural environment

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Last day on shift yesterday, lovely evening so I thought id take the new Steffen 804 I finished 24hrs previously, out for a spin.
What a little gem, nicely christened with one on a spent spinner



Several more followed, then it was onto sedges as the light disappeared, small window, but lots of fun, gave the rod a good workout.



So yet another seriously impressive Blank from Mr Gray. Still have a couple more to build up and try out....

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Hot off the machines at Redditch ......

and I'm busy boxing them up and filling the shelves  )

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Great fun exploring about 3 miles of new water to me on the upper river with Sandy and Colin yesterday :z16

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The final taper design for the new U.K. made Smallstream line got some testing in the garden this morning, with my arsenal of glass



And I was a little earlier than expected home after todays Chores, so I nipped down the river with my favourite 4wt glass rod and did some proper R&D. All I can say is for small stream work up to 50 this line is just superb, presentation is delicate but the short head is punchy and controlled, roll casts really well and you can progress from just the tip of the line to the whole head , which will be really handy on those tight brushy wee burns. I was doing reach mends with a small RH hook to get a fly over a current to a rising fish, no problem, even got the drift

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Went over to Skye for a few days this week  )

Cold and windy - certainly blew away a few cobwebs *smiley-grin*



This place at Talisker make a great coffee :z16

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As usual the first Olive uprights appeared last week, just as the first swallows re appeared.
The martins have been back for a week or two but now the swallows are here, so the OU can start to hatch

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( This is a back up post - originally posted by Sandy Nelson )

Montana? New Zealand? Or the upper Don valley *smiley-tongue-out*

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Getting down to the 'nitty gritty' ...... had a lot of fun testing the latest fly line samples today  )

Caught a few fish too ..... bonus :)

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While out yesterday, I spotted some cool fungus halfway up a tree. I think it’s the one they make Amadou from. However on looking at closely there is a rusty old spinner in it which the fungus must have grown around. Strange the things we find down the river.

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I love exploring how the river has changed every year.

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Great to be back on the river again :)

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This afternoon I watched a Stonefly begin its emergence from its nymph. I spent 3 hours watching it and then had to go home.
I had no idea it took so long for them to break out of the body. I did get a few step by step photos up to the point where I had to go home. would have been nice to see the whole thing, but 3 hours was enough even for my patience *smiley-tongue-out*







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First outing on the river for me this afternoon, absolute cracker once I worked things out.

Looked like they were rising to March Browns and Large Dark Olives, but I really struggled to tempt them on dries.

I went back to some old favourites - and then it was a totally different ball game!  )

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Wife Elke appeared from her craft room with new T-shirt for me 🤙

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https://visionflyfishing.com/product/tool-relief/



Got to love the Finish sense of humour *smiley-funny*

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I've had the New Barrio GT125 out in both 5wt and 4wt forms over the last couple of days.



Orange has always been my favourite colour for a line and this orange is just perfect, easy to see but low profile.
The new hydrophobic coating that the UK made line has, makes this the best floating line I've used, its incredibly easy to mend and floats pretty high so its easy to track the tip.
I've used it with dries and with an indicator and tungsten nymph and it turned over both equally well, although I would usually be using this as my dryfly line because the aerial stability is superb and the control is just fantastic. Needless to say, I'm smitten *smiley-love*

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For a brief window from 2.15-3pm there was an nice LDO hatch.

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I have a feeling the fishing gods wanted to see a fish or two on Wednesday.
The weeks Sepa chart is an interesting story


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Happy Brown Trout day everyone *smiley-yippee*



Cold but fishable *smiley-yippee*

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Only a couple of day's thaw before the trout season opens *smiley-yippee*

But current weather conditions don't really invite me to come out of hibernation just yet - I imagine the Don will be rising a fair bit today *smiley-unhappy*

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Delgatie Castle Trout Fishery

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Wild Trout Trust Annual Spring Auction 17-26th March

This year's auction catalogue is now live and bidding starts at 9am on March 17th.
https://auction.wildtrout.org/categories

Great to see so many friends donating lots of awesome items again this year!

Grab yourself a Barrio Pocket Fly Box in lots 83 and 84 and check out Sandy's superb McFarland 7ft 6in glass 3wt dry fly rod in lot 96, which comes with a Barrio DT3F fly line.

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The GT125 is back ..... manufactured in Redditch UK, and on our original dies!

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I may have got carried away buying pretty stuff this winter, while stuck in the flat.
However It does mean I have a rather lovely collection of agate guides for building this year.



(I may have done the same with Wooden real seats :X2)

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Really proud to have been invited on here by Cameron. I’ve been an avid follower since Mike and I first discovered Epics in 2012.

https://thefiberglassmanifesto.blogspot.com/2023/02/sandys-custom-fly-rods-sandys-ethos.html

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Barrio fly lines magic brew ........ Return of the GT125  )

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Out fishing and spotted this can’t remember having ever seen one before , not sure the norm but this was a good 4 inches.



https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/pond-clinic/identifying-creatures-pond/freshwater-pearl-mussel/

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