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Duncan McRae

River Ythan 2020
« on: 25/01/2020 at 19:37 »
Today i decided to blow away the cobwebs by having a wee wander along the banks of a middle Ythan beat.
No fish moving and no sign of any dead kelts which i quite often see at this time of year.
I was dismayed to count 21 Goosanders on a stretch of water approx. 2 miles in length.Surely a small river like the Ythan can't sustain predation on that scale.

The Ythan has often been regarded as a spinning/worming river and while there are certainly many deep,slow moving stretches,there are also some very fine fly stretches.

Some photos of tempting looking water.

































Duncan

Mike Barrio

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #1 on: 25/01/2020 at 20:09 »
Great photos ..... looks like a cracking stretch of water Duncan :z16

Cheers
Mike

Jim Eddie

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #2 on: 25/01/2020 at 21:20 »
I had a walk along the Ythan at Ellon recently, lost count of the Goosanders, with that and the seals at Newburgh, its a wonder there are any fish in the river  :cry

 :z18

Jim

Duncan McRae

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #3 on: 26/01/2020 at 22:33 »
I had a walk along the Ythan at Ellon recently, lost count of the Goosanders, with that and the seals at Newburgh, its a wonder there are any fish in the river  :cry

 :z18

Jim

Still a few fish in the river but for how much longer?

If ever a river needed a hatchery then it's the Ythan in my opinion.
With the predators having protection,there is little we can do to reduce their numbers so I think it makes sense to try and produce a surplus of stock.

Duncan

Duncan McRae

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #4 on: 16/03/2020 at 20:20 »
Looked like a fine afternoon so headed out in search of Finnock this afternoon.
Turned out to be a very difficult casting afternoon with an upstream swirling wind which caused me twice to hook my fly in the back of my hat!
Got hold of a couple of Finnock and lost a couple for my hours fishing.
They were powerful but thin fish who will soon fill out a bit when they get back to the Estuary for feeding.
















Duncan

Duncan McRae

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #5 on: 16/03/2020 at 23:20 »
Definitely fly for Methlick Andrew.
Today i was fishing traditional wet fly using a slow sink tip line.Some of the streams at Methlick might need a  faster sink tip.
Invicta did the trick today.

Duncan

Duncan McRae

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #6 on: 17/03/2020 at 19:40 »
Moved up river this afternoon full of anticipation but it turned out a very quiet session.
It was a lovely afternoon to be out and i did eventually manage to winkle out a solitary Finnock.
















Duncan

Ivor Duffus

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #7 on: 20/03/2020 at 08:56 »
Braw looking water Duncan. Well done we the  finnocks nice fish   :z16 :z16

Ivor

Jim Eddie

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #8 on: 20/03/2020 at 19:42 »
Usually around June Andrew

 :z18

Jim

Duncan McRae

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #9 on: 20/03/2020 at 20:45 »
Braw looking water Duncan. Well done we the  finnocks nice fish   :z16 :z16

Ivor

Cheers Ivor

Might be worth a visit if you're back home.
A bargain at £15 for a day ticket with loads of water to yourself :z4

Duncan




Ivor Duffus

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #10 on: 24/03/2020 at 13:00 »
Cheers Ivor

Might be worth a visit if you're back home.
A bargain at £15 for a day ticket with loads of water to yourself :z4

Duncan

Sounds good Duncan but looks like that wont be possible this year with the lockdown. Hopefully things will start returning to normal come June but I think this horrible virus may be here for a while.

Ivor 

Mike Barrio

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #11 on: 30/05/2020 at 23:48 »
Nice photo Andrew  :z16

Duncan McRae

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #12 on: 06/06/2020 at 10:18 »
River has risen around 4 inches overnight.
Might just be enough to encourage an odd seatrout to venture upriver.

Duncan

Duncan McRae

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #13 on: 08/07/2020 at 13:52 »
Waiting for the Sun to drop behind the hill and wondering what the darkness might bring....















Duncan

Sandy Nelson

Re: River Ythan 2020
« Reply #14 on: 10/07/2020 at 08:58 »
Nice  :z16

 




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