Managed a late afternoon session at Kemnay this afternoon.
Although the water is still moderately coloured and higher than desirable for Trout fishing it felt a good height for throwing a fly for Salmon, this was confirmed when I spoke to a guy that had had a springer earlier in the day.
The weather was warm and water temp was apparently up which brought an almost constant flow of flies - sometimes the odd one here and there - sometimes a fair few ,most notably two largeish hatches of March Browns - these had me forgetting the Salmon fishing and trying in vain to catch a sample of the monkeys as they passed downstream, frustratingly just out of reach. I ended up trying to hook them on the reel of my outstretched rod, which didn’t work very well. I did manage a couple ‘Mr Miagi’ style but they weren’t in a fit state to photo.
Here’s the best picture I got
There were also a good few LDO’s and a couple of Sedges which I tried very hard to catch but to no avail.
Only one Trout was seen on the surface but nymph activity must have been high.
As for the Salmon I didn’t get a springer but a fish did go for the green & black twice in consecutive casts – unfortunately a change of fly and mini rest didn’t see any further interest from him.
Great to see so many dries – just wish the water conditions were more favourable for Trout.
Iain
I checked the time on my mobile during one of the better MB hatches and it was 3:33pm
