The weather continues to be pants up here with a constant wind, though for now it’s turned westerly which is better than the easterly of a week or so ago, but it’s blustery and changeable and difficult to fish.
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While my fishing, and specifically dry fly fishing has not been without success this year on stillwaters, my success on rivers has been- well woeful probably isn’t too extreme a description.
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I decided to have my first day out on the River Devon, that runs from Glen Devon down to Menstrie.
This was not so much a fishing trip as an exploratory trip as I really don’t know the area at all and am not sure of the best places for access or indeed for fishing, So I worked on the principle that if I started at the most “remote” end and work down I would be doing the right thing. I followed the river up to Castlehill Reservoir and went down to the top bridge on this stretch at Dunning Bridge.
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Decided to head off down the Tweed today for a final day of fishing for the Lady of the Stream- the Grayling. There is no formal Grayling open or closed season in Scotland- unlike England, but the Peebleshire Trout Fishing Association request not targetting them from 1st April through to end of June, their breeding season. The Trout fishing does not start formally on the Tweed until 1st April either.
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I had a pleasant if cold day on a fairly high but clear, River Tweed today.Greys XF2 Streamflex Plus 4#Never touched a fish but it gave me the chance to try out my new Greys XF2 Streamflex Plus rod with the Czech Nymphs.
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