An Oscar Nominee in the Making
So yesterday was my “traditional” birthday outing, I usually have a day off around my...
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Tag: Euro Nymphing
The Fog of Fishing
I cannot walk past a wee burn, it is very possibly my favourite fishing type, and though in places it was quite silty from bank erosion I still ventured to run my bugs through the more gravelly deep area on the off chance there was something lurking below.
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Genocide on Clyde
I also noticed how green the wee caddis grubs were so I changed my point fly for another small black bug with a green tag to see if it made any difference. Almost right away I had another fish though I have to say as I fished down there seemed to be a marked preference for my wee black bug with a red butt tag. Size wise it was near identical to the cased caddis and I do think this is what the fish were on.
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The Rugby Ball
As we made our way we thought some water we were passing looked worth somewhere to float a trout or Grayling so he entered upstream of me. I think John decided he wanted to keep loose before me and after a few minutes he was out and heading upstream again. I decided to stay with it here , the brown water was a little shallow but I hoped I might find a little deeper water within reach so decided to stay dookin’ it out. After covering a fair bit here I wasn’t showing much signs of squeezing a lump out of here so found a spot to exit and headed on up myself.
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Rivers last
So the end of the season beckons. I had a day off Friday and took the opportunity to head out onto the River Carron for what will likely be my last river session of the 2016 season. It wasn’t an especially bright or warm day but for early Autumn it certainly could be and soon enough will be, worse.
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