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Steven Kidd

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #105 on: 09/06/2022 at 14:15 »
The Seatrout are here, woohoo!!

Steven

James Laraway

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #106 on: 09/06/2022 at 15:19 »
bottom two look very sea-trout-ish...

Filip Adamcio

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #107 on: 10/06/2022 at 08:04 »
They are sea trout. I lost one more after epic battle.

Mike Barrio

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #108 on: 10/06/2022 at 10:14 »
Another enjoyable evening on the river in good company, fished my old Daiwa Whisker for a while and had a couple of nice Sea Trout on it  >)






James Laraway

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #109 on: 10/06/2022 at 14:45 »
Nice Mike - and its still clearly very much daylight too. Was the river coloured or are they just taking in daytime conditions ?

Mike Barrio

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #110 on: 10/06/2022 at 15:23 »
Mid evening ( 9-ish ) water pretty clear, and a wee bit of a breeze and cloud on the go James.

I've never done well with Sea Trout on dark 'through the night' sessions, I have tried more than a few times over the years, but probably fish too small and to be honest, I don't enjoy it.

I've always had more success during the day, or during the evening, when fishing for trout. The Don is a funny river, there are often Sea Trout about as early as April and I think their arrival triggers some kind of response in the feeding habits of the larger Brownies, as these can be a bit lazy until they arrive.

I enjoyed fishing the Whisker last night, and only had a single size 14 wet fly on the end  :)

Filip Adamcio

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #111 on: 10/06/2022 at 17:19 »
Nice fish Mike.  :z18

Steven Kidd

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #112 on: 10/06/2022 at 17:24 »
That's superb Mike, great the Seatrout are showing...….I know where i'll be tomorrow night, :-)

I have a right problem with buying up old Daiwa rods off Ebay, latest pick up is a 1993 Daiwa Whisker 8ft 4-5wt, its just lovely.  Added to that ive still got a 2002 Whisker 11'3" 5-7wt loch rod.  Love the Thistle!

Steven

Mike Barrio

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #113 on: 10/06/2022 at 19:52 »
I've still got a 2002 Whisker 11'3" 5-7wt loch rod.  Love the Thistle!
Is that one double handed Steven :?

Steven Kidd

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #114 on: 10/06/2022 at 21:16 »
Mike, that one is a single hander, works just sublime with your 5wt SLX, :-)

I really must fish it more.  The old tech rods are pretty damn nice.

Steven

Sandy Nelson

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #115 on: 13/06/2022 at 09:47 »
Back to work today after a few days exploring the dimple risers. The idea being I wanted to see just how many good fish can be ignored by thinking they are wee ones. An interesting exercise.



Small spinners and small emergers seems to be the way to get them to sip



the first couple of evenings proved very good with some of the dimples  proving to be great fish lazily feeding and making no disturbance



When darkness started to approach a swap to a small caddis brought a couple of good ones too



A few of the fish were showing the wee scars to the nose again.

Back to dimples for the rest of the week and for every 3 of these



I got one of these



And now and again it was one of these, even during early evening and again moving no water, but in a spot that looked like it might hold a good one



Even the afternoon was good, again just trying the dimples with a small 16/18 fly



And late on with a 16 sedge



So simple flies, cast to innocuous rise forms gave me some awesome fun all week with hard fighting fish and a couple of real surprises. Afternoon and evening time was equally as good with the main typical rise starting after 2230 to the sedges.

Mike Barrio

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #116 on: 13/06/2022 at 12:01 »
Great stuff Sandy, you just never know what's hiding behind the smallest of dimples  :z16

Steven Kidd

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #117 on: 13/06/2022 at 14:58 »
Sandy,

With you being back at work at least the trout will get some peace!.....at least until Wednesday when i'm out, :-)

Magic pictures as usual, I wonder why the trout have them noses, any idea?

Steven

Steven Kidd

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #118 on: 19/06/2022 at 19:11 »
Hello,

Out and about on the river a couple of nights last week, the better hatches are definitely towards the end of the day, 10pm, 11pm.  It is just a question of what the hatch will be......one night it is sedges, the next it is olive upwings.

The trout seem to have moved into different water as well, more flat water where the feeding is taking place.  The trout seem to be in small groups feeding of about 4-5 fish, which makines targeting the big ones a bit on pot luck......covering the rise of a bigger fish you might end up with their smaller wing men, :-)

Plenty trout caught though, great fun, :-)

Steven

Filip Adamcio

Re: River Don 2022
« Reply #119 on: 22/06/2022 at 10:45 »




A couple of sea trout from the lower section  of the Don. Caught on the nymph.

 




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