Hot and Cold
Another wee trip down the Clyde Valley looking for Grayling, another bright sunny and a fair bit colder morning, another slightly dirty and lifted river.
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Tag: Grayling
Late winner
First outing of the “Grayling season” how could I resist? I was trudging through possibly the most monotonous job in telecoms late on Thursday when I heard the weather forecast for Friday. It hadn’t rained for a day or so and the river levels app was suggesting the Clyde was at a good height. A matter of minutes later a day off was booked and as soon as work was done I was getting my river gear together ready for the morning.
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Rain, Sleet, Snow, Rain, Fish?
I ventured off again to the Clyde yesterday, again out to fish a stretch that I have not wet a line in before. I was in an area I have visited previously but generally have fished upstream, this time I wanted to try fishable looking spots downstream.
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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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