Fishing The Fly Scotland Forum

Mike Barrio

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #15 on: 07/01/2016 at 16:54 »
The roads are going to be a nightmare for folk trying to get home tonight ...... so many closed :z6

Kintore and Inverurie both have severe flood warnings now http://floodline.sepa.org.uk/floodupdates/info/town/Inverurie

Colin Sunley

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #16 on: 07/01/2016 at 21:52 »
All This flooding can't be very good for this year's fishing season can't it ??

Mike Barrio

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #17 on: 07/01/2016 at 21:58 »
You'll be able to catch them at the bottom of your street if this keeps up Colin ...... things are getting pretty bad all over the Shire tonight :z6

Cheers
Mike

Jeff Donovan

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #18 on: 07/01/2016 at 21:59 »
All This flooding can't be very good for this year's fishing season can't it ??
Maybe not so much for the coming season, what damage will it cause to the spawning redds & future stocks?

Mike Barrio

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #19 on: 08/01/2016 at 08:36 »
Well that was quite a night :shock ....... I hope everybody got home OK and without any nasty surprises when they got there!

Colin Sunley

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #20 on: 08/01/2016 at 19:46 »
My folks live in Ballater an have managed to avoid the flooding in terms of a few feet away. Most of there friends have not been so lucky seeing 4ft of water in there home. Having see some of the damage caused by flooding my hart goes out to all who have been effected.

I think both the dee and don will be badly effected in the next few years even with all the talk of non returning stock.

Rob Brownfield

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #21 on: 11/01/2016 at 07:39 »
Well, living 715 feet above sea level did not help us :(  It is a very helpless feeling watching water running into your house.

As for the fishing...well, the Dee certainly received a stocking of Rainbows...so at least there is something to catch!!

Colin Sunley

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #22 on: 11/01/2016 at 13:24 »
Ah Rob so Sorry to hear that, am hoping there has been not too much damage and that the bounce back is swift,

Mike Barrio

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #23 on: 11/01/2016 at 15:24 »
Sorry to hear about the house Rob :z6

Liam Stephen

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #24 on: 11/01/2016 at 17:44 »
Good luck with the clean up Rob!

Hope you catch some of those rainbows  :z7

Liam

Rob Brownfield

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #25 on: 12/01/2016 at 08:10 »
Thanks chaps. We were just starting to get the clean up operation under way, and, lo and behold, we had torrential rain early this morning and its back to square one with water coming in again!

Still, we managed to get a roofer so at least we will have the water from the top stopped soon, now how to work out how to stop water coming up through the foundations.... any drainage/structural engineers out there??  :z7


Mike Barrio

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #26 on: 12/01/2016 at 08:16 »
Good news about the roof Rob :z16 ...... foundation problem sounds a trickier headache :z6

Rob Brownfield

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #27 on: 12/01/2016 at 11:42 »
Good news about the roof Rob :z16 ...... foundation problem sounds a trickier headache :z6

Speaking to the farmer who was there when the house was built, never been an issue in the 50 years the house has stood. As he said, 14.7 inches of rain since December the 30th is going to be an issue anywhere! Another 2-3" last night :(

Marc Fauvet

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #28 on: 12/01/2016 at 12:36 »
ouch....  :cry

Colin Sunley

Re: Ballater not looking good ........
« Reply #29 on: 12/01/2016 at 15:03 »

Sounds like you need to Jack the house up and put on stilts,   eeek ,   

 




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