[Iain Cameron]

Ed Fish, Euan Soundmixer and myself had a grand day walking in to fish a wee hill loch. Very bright sun all day (though not as bright as my sunburned arms look now!) but some fishes were kind enough to play ball.

A couple of pics to follow - just the right kind of day - good craic, good coffee courtesy of Euan, olives and other tapas courtesy of Ed (who says we're uncouth!), some nice fish and a chance to compare lines & rods.

Nice place for a sunday:


my best of the day was a buttery brown of exactly 1lb:


Sometimes this fishing lark is such hard work:


cheers
iain

[Iain Cameron]

a couple more:

golden brown, texture like sun:




3 little boys had 3 little toys; each had an SLX



killer spider. seriously, this thing stalked me and tried to wrap me in spider silk

[Eddie Sinclair]

Iain, Euan,
great day out on a nice wee loch not too far from home. The trots were surprisingly accommodating considering the blazing sun. I would definitely be up for another visit with the tent and additional refreshments for a couple of days and see if we can do it justice without the sun on the water. I am glad the spider was chasing you I might have lost a square go with it I have never seen one like that before.

Good craic and excellent coffee from Euan and it was fun to try different 4 weight rods with the same line.

I will put up additional photos later.

Eddie.

[Mike Barrio]

Great stuff guys, it's really nice up there!

Thanks for sharing the pics!

Best wishes
Mike

[Allan Liddle]

Been a long time since i was last up that kneck of the woods, looks like a cracker guys  
Just back from a wh :z16stle stop trout of Assynt, brazilliant    Lodsafish all on dries in blistering heat, some late mayflies on the go along with a few olives and sedges in the evening.  

[Eddie Sinclair]

First one of the day, thank you miss Kate McLaren.

Eddie.

[Eddie Sinclair]

The first 3 are from today and the final one is for Alan Dryflee from a previous trip to Assynt.

Eddie.

[Eddie Sinclair]

Iain and Euan at the loch.

Eddie.

[Jim Eddie]

Looks like grand day out guys 

 

Jim

[Kevin Muir]

Cracking photos guys, the first fish edd caught was a cracker.

Late evening or first think would be worthwhile.

Well worth taking a float tube there too.

Kev.

[Euan Innes]

Well worth taking a float tube there too

Yes and no Kev.
The boathouse side is quite shallow and can be waded easily and the tube fins would only kick up the silt.
Now the other side would be cool  Sitting off the weed beds and dropping a fly just short of them could be a hoot. That's about the only bit that would be worth tubing. It's quite a shallow loch overall



Saying all that, I still think that I'd try it 

Some of my photos will appear tonight.

 

[Hamish Young]

Nice going chaps 

H

[Euan Innes]

It was indeed a grand day out!
Three grey haired kids excited about fishing for wee trout just about sums it up  Despite the weather fish rose and were caught, or more likely missed. These little buggers are FAST, really fast. And strong too. My first fish assumed the guise of a 2 pounder but turned out to be nearer a quarter of that. But oh my, they are pretty - heavily spotted, golden, buttery, shiny, feisty. The sunlight, of which there was lots, really brought out the trout's best features.
So here are some of my efforts with a camera.

The Cairngorms at their best



The boat house, a store of many treasures, including mac and cheese in a can.....



Relaxed rod trials - to Helios or not to Helios, that is the question. We all had SLX lines in orange though so no arguments there!



Lunch, where three men swapped stories, food and craik, drank cowboy coffee and fought off the advances of a man eating spider. Yes Iain, man up



Post lunch at the far end. All that loch for three people just makes you smile. 



Looking east from the boathouse.


Thanks chaps for an excellent day out. Great drive there and back, sore ribs from laughing, and plans made for a future trip.
Just what the doctor ordered.

 

[Mike Barrio]

and more great photos ..... excellent stuff guys

Best wishes
Mike

[Iain Goolager]

Excellent reports and photo's chasps 

Very wadable, easy to cover a bit of water.

Nice.

Iain

[Allan Liddle]

Even better to tube btw 

[Iain Cameron]

Even better to tube btw 

indeed, and on the return trip this sunday - 18 aug -  tubes will be taken and launched.

Got room for one or two more anglers to join Soundmixer, Edfish & myself - get in touch if you fancy it.
Short walk in - about 45 mins - not too tough, and a lovely wee loch.

[Iain Cameron]

Short walk in - about 45 mins - not too tough, and a lovely wee loch.

still room for one more Tuber & a hill loch this sunday. PM if available

cheers
iain

[Jim Eddie]

Iain

If I had not been jumping the reservation to fish another Perthsire hill loch tomorrow I would have been well up for it.

 

Jim

[Iain Cameron]

Iain

If I had not been jumping the reservation to fish another Perthsire hill loch tomorrow I would have been well up for it.

Tight lines for tomorrow then. If you manage another day pass for Sunday, give me a shout.

ps - saw a Dirty Weeker flee in an old FFFT - same as the Dirty Wick-er??

[Jim Eddie]

Tight lines for tomorrow then. If you manage another day pass for Sunday, give me a shout.

ps - saw a Dirty Weeker flee in an old FFFT - same as the Dirty Wick-er??

Week is the vernacular for Wick Iain 

 

Jim

[Allan Liddle]

It's actually 'Dirdy Weeker' (slang name given to a hard working resident of Wick) dating back to the herring fleet days of Pultney Town and a compliment not a derogatory term.

Wick is itself Norse origin of 'Vik' which means bay.