Hello,
Just back from a great trip up in Caithness.
Me and my dad fished Loch Watten on Saturday, a good few boats out which was great to see. Conditions were tough going for us, flat calm, sunshine, with the odd blast of wind which created a ripple albeit the direction changed frequently during the day. I managed just the one fish, but the great thing about it was it was on a Kate McLaren, drifting boat on a wild loch,
.......all is well with the world!!.
Back in the Bar of the Brown Trout Hotel, there was talk of another boat landing 5 fish and another boat 3 fish for their day. I decided after dinner id head back out for an evening session.....another new experience for me. Caenis hatch!.....never seen anything like it, I was covered in them like snow, stuck in my beard the lot,
.......flat calm conditions and lots of trout seen rising, but not a touch on my line, I tried everything,
, fishermans curse indeed. Back to the bar for a nightcap.
The next day, (Sunday) we tried Watten again, much the same result....so we jacked that in and went to explore Loch Toftingall for a a recon mission in prep for Monday. We had great memories as you can see from the post 10 years ago of a Mayfly hatch, and indeed on arrival, there were mayflies in the air and on the water and cruising trout,
. The Ospreys were also there again just as they were 10 years ago, it was great to see them dive for fish. Amazes me they come all that way from Africa every year, the same pair and reside at that wee loch for few months. Anyway......I couldnt resist a wee cast to test out our MayFly imitations.........(we came prepared this year). Sure enough, wadin along the margins, I landed two of the prettiest wee trout you'll see, super sport on a wee glass rod. We left shortly after, full of high hopes for the next day.
We were not disapointed.
Our flies for the day.......J.Son of Sweden.......spotted them browsing a shop a couple weeks ago and thought they looked about right, realistic mayflies, very cool.......
We were delighted we had cracked the MayFly hatch after talking about our failure for 10years!.........we both landed plenty of fish all stunning wild as they come,
.......then I had a savage take which sounded like a bigger splash than normal.....now these wee fish fight very hard.......at one point i had in my mind it must be about 5lb......
..........Just look at how pretty this fish is, a trophy for that wee Loch I am sure. Delighted,
Now, does anyone know what to do in a Caenis hatch......apart from go to the pub?
Steven
