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Iain Cameron

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #60 on: 02/04/2015 at 07:25 »
nice one Liam - I got out of the car at work around 1.30pm in the driving snow/hail, and it didn't feel so bad not being on the river...

Allan Liddle

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #61 on: 02/04/2015 at 13:42 »
Well done Liam cracker  :z16

Simon Bruce

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #62 on: 02/04/2015 at 22:00 »
Was out on my favourite little stretch of the river today, was a lovely afternoon to be out after yesterdays weather. Around about mid afternoon things really picked up the river was alive with fish rising.






3 of the best from today

Simon

Andy Finlay

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #63 on: 03/04/2015 at 16:28 »
Looks like a fine start to the season  :z16, missed it but will be out next week all going well.

Sandy Nelson

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #64 on: 03/04/2015 at 16:42 »
well thats my first foray for the broonies on the Don.

Great hatch and lots of good fishing rising, unfortunatley every big trout was a silver one :X1 and they were pretty big :shock and in great condition and a lot of them in the pools where the brownies should have been.







I got 4 seatrout kelts this size (20"+)



And a couple of smaller ones, along with a couple of half pound brownies. Only big Brownie i hooked i managed to loose, but hey he was there and he rose :z16
Biggest issue today was getting the fish to pick up my fly amongst the hundreds on the water, i ended up using a Size 10 DHE with the top 1/3 of the wing cut off to make it look less huge on the water and cast better in the breeze.

Looks like its going to be a good start , so fingers crossed it continues :z16

Sandy

Gavin Stevenson

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #65 on: 03/04/2015 at 17:07 »
also on Don today and similar story, some good sea trout kelts up to 28 inch and browns between  1lb and 2 lbs all on DHE and parachutes. Good to be back on river.

Sorry no pics

Iain Cameron

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #66 on: 04/04/2015 at 09:04 »
DItto - picked up a few sea trout kelts, mostly in decent fettle. A few brownies mixed in too, it was a bit of a lottery casting to rising fish whether it was going to be brown or silver. All good though, and some decent hatches to get the fish looking up.
conditions look good for today, tight lines folks

Gavin Stevenson

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #67 on: 04/04/2015 at 09:49 »
regarding the rises I noticed that the sea trout were more 'delicate' almost sipping like a grayling

Noel Kelly

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #68 on: 04/04/2015 at 20:01 »
Great hatch today. Lots of fish feeding steadily from 11:30 til 3. First one I covered turned out to be a beast and broke me, I wasn't expecting it to be anywhere near as big but that's no excuse, opening day rust perhaps maybe a bit of that. Anyway I know where it its hanging out now...
Loads of fish rising, covered a lot hooked a few and landed a few. Best landed today 1.5lbs. Pic in the gallery can't seem to get it on here just now.



( Edit = add photo )

Pete Winn

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #69 on: 04/04/2015 at 21:30 »
Evening all,

First post on this forum. I've just moved to Kintore and though i'd share a pic of a  brown trout i caught on my first trout trip. Caught on a 5 wt switch rod with an olive intruder streamer. I heard the trout fishing was good before i moved here, but wow it's a great trout river!









Have a good Easter.

Wf2

Noel Kelly

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #70 on: 04/04/2015 at 21:44 »
That's some fish wf and some first post! 29 inches :Shock did you weigh it at all?
Well done :z16

Liam Stephen

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #71 on: 04/04/2015 at 21:45 »
That's a truly awesome fish!  :z16 Any chance of a fly pic? I'm looking to get into streamers in a big way this year and am looking to expand my box.

A fish that size would weigh roughly how much?

Cheers
Liam

Iain Cameron

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #72 on: 05/04/2015 at 08:15 »
First post on this forum. I've just moved to Kintore and though i'd share a pic of a 29" brown trout i caught on my first trout trip.

first trip? not a bad start, hopefully you'll get into some bigger fish next time... :-)

just kidding, that's a cracking fish, and looks like you handled it very carefully too. nice!

i,

Mike Barrio

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #73 on: 05/04/2015 at 11:53 »
Great stuff Pete ....... welcome to the forum :z16

Best wishes
Mike

Peter McCallum

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #74 on: 05/04/2015 at 18:37 »
First but hopefully not the last of 2015 !! A bit of a shy one but a real cracker 23 or 24 inch long which took a size 10 Klink.


 




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