Got an evening pass yesterday so decided to fish for Ide @ Aboyne Loch.
Robs previous post regarding the sport to be had at the Loch on trout gear and traditional trout flies (and my ignorance as to the species) appealed to my new found desire for fly fishing diversification.
With the best will in the world I knew it was going to be a short session travelling to Aboyne from Altens and realising that darkness falls around the 8:30 mark.
Although I was as excited as a wee loon I must admit that the amount of weed present in the Loch coupled with the limited casting locations for the bank fisher did dis-hearten me a tad. That said the amount of fish showing all over the Loch soon brought fresh optimism.
I fished from a few likely spots but to no avail, with weed hook ups a bit of an annoyance. I could see gaps in the weedbeds but bankside trees and vegetation prevented me from making the decisions.
Another move produced a good few tugs/ plucks over a 5 min period and this got the old adrenaline pumping, eventualy leading to a nice Ide of 7-8" to the Black Pennel. (well, I think it's an Ide!).
Two nice fish each about 1 1/2 lb jumped in unison not 10' from me but I failed to hook either - oh well.
I managed another three fish two in the 7-8" bracket and one smaller @ 5" but with a few more good offers and the constant rises from much larger fish going on around the Loch I'm sure I'll be back again but in the 'Old Lady' (Float Tube).
I was using a 5wt outfit (wish I'd taken the 4wt) and would use the 3wt in the Tube - Floating line and two flies, Pete Ross & Black Pennel (3 fish to the P Ross)
I saw many fish taking flies from the surface and if I could have got in amongst them I'd have had on the dry.
Iain
