Category: 2019

Sutherland Adventure Part One

Sutherland Adventure Part One

Posted by | Tuesday, September 17, 2019 | , , , |

This years fishing trip is to the Assynt area of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.
I had never fished here though and it has been a long time ambition to fish a couple of the literally hundreds of Brown trout occupied lochs and lochans in this area.

A quirk of fate made it happen this year and the trip is underway. I am being a bit of a Kenny “nae mates” being up here on my lonesome but it does mean I can do my own thing to my own timetable and with my own particular brand of faffing about, without bothering anyone.

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When old is better than new

When old is better than new

Posted by | Monday, September 9, 2019 | , , , , |

One of the reasons I have always disliked tying this fly ( easy though it is) is the use of silver tinsel as the body rib. I often resort to silver wire as the oval tinsel you get these days is frankly crap. I find I invariably manage to strip the coating off it, as it seems to be some sort of fine thread “coated” with a tinsel skin.

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Two Numpties in a Boat

Two Numpties in a Boat

Posted by | Tuesday, August 27, 2019 | , , , |

I was thinking, back down the Clyde at Lamington again ( a bit of a drive), maybe the Earn ( though might be busy with Salmon anglers given recent high water), or an explore into areas I have less experience of, on the River Devon. On Sunday evening the decision was made. Carron Valley Reservoir!

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In the Valley of the Lizards

In the Valley of the Lizards

Posted by | Sunday, August 25, 2019 | , , , |

When I got up there it was evident there is still a LOT of water coming down off the higher ground and it was very peat stained. Right away I was thinking this might be a bit of a dead loss. I think I have encountered high water here once before and it was very hard to find a fish, in fact, that time I think I blanked which is unusual on the burn.

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Fresh water on the Clyde

Fresh water on the Clyde

Posted by | Wednesday, August 21, 2019 | , , , |

Several seasons ago, probably eight….where has the time gone? I got a Lamington and District Angling Improvement Association season ticket. I think it was a winter ticket for Grayling. Though I fished the Clyde a few times that year, the weather was particularly cold, and the fishing brutally hard and I never actually made it on to any of the LDAIA water.

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