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A cold but otherwise fair day beckoned and I wasn’t sure what to do with myself on the...
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Tag: Euro Nymphing
Burned by the burn
Had my first outing of the year on the wee burn today, thinking it looked quite nice and there would be some reasonable height of water with recent rains. While the later judgement was correct, the former was miles out, it was really very cold, especially given we are nearly into May.
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Hoddom up or Hoddom doon……
Saturday was the Annan Fishery Board, Grayling fishing day. The day is set up as a survey of the river primarily for Sea Trout but also other species, and anglers are offered fishing on one of a number of beats in return for a donation to the Celtic Sea Trout survey.
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Clutching Despair from the Jaws of Success!
Normally the bugs start to swing up as the line tightens in the current below you, but they just stopped. I was about to try free the line when the snag moved!
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Blown out the water
We fished this short but hopeful corner for a while with no sign of fish. Then took a walk upstream, where we found other anglers in the competition. They too had nothing. We started discussing how a single fish might win. John knew a few of the other anglers as Scottish team members…. “they will find fish” he said confidently.
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