It was Castle Forbes for my last day of the Don 8 event.
With heavy rain the day before I made an early start in an attempt to beat the rising water.
Unfortunately the water was coloured and looked like it was already rising so I just had to make the most of it, mind you with scenery like this I can think of worse ways to spend a day…
This was my first time at Forbes, the dirty water made it difficult to see how deep the pools were so it was a bit of guess work trying to find the fish. Using nymphs with various coloured heads I worked my way up the pools. I connected with my first trout around 8:30 tucked tight into my own bank.
There is a lot of water to cover so I fished through the pools quickly.
I connected with another fish in the margins, but this one was a good bit bigger…
A deep solid lump
I had another small one 10 mins after and that was it for the day.
So another cracking beat, I was well chuffed to catch another biggie in rising, coloured water. A great way to end a great event
Scott C
