Tag: Dry Fly

Deer Hair Yellow Owl

Like lots of anglers I have a number of Shuttlecock Buzzers tied and in my fly box. Its a great wee fly- provided you can get the balance right between the hook and the tuft of CDC that suspends the body just in or below the surface film. The fly though has two problems for me.

If you catch on it it gets all greased up and its hard to keep it fishing well after a fish.
it’s not a particularly good fly to act as a sighting fly when fishing buzzers below- it tends to get dragged under then become waterlogged.

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Ending as it begun

With the so called Indian summer apparently here, ( it’s rained at some point, everyday of it here so far )I took the opportunity to grab an afternoon off and head up to Pendreich for what will be the last time this season for me. Two anglers departing as I arrived had had no luck all morning though fish had been moving.

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Was it just fate?

The plan hatching in my head Sunday morning was to get out fairly sharp after walking the dog and go somewhere different. However I then realised I had a few other tasks to get round and ended up cutting steel, up to my elbows in manky drain water, and jet washing a roof!

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Fun and Sport at Menteith

My son and I went up to Lake of Menteith yesterday (Saturday ) for a late days fishing, I think the official evening fishing ticket times have ended but fishing as a guest of one of the families who own rights on the lake (loch?) , we took the boat out at the back of three and fished until dusk around nine. We pretty much had the loch to ourselves for all but the first hour.

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Two good days

Wasn’t out much at all last week what with the torrential rain, but had a few hours up at Pendreich on Saturday Afternoon. It was a mild if a little breezy day and not overly bright so I hoped it might be good for daytime fishing. Not had the boat out for a while , so with the wind being gusty I decided to take advantage of it not being in use and took it out. One advantage being you can always cast with the wind behind you wherever you are!

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