[Liam Stephen]

Snapping tippets means new rod time buddy! 

 

[Simon Bruce]

That's a nice picture at the end of your post Ali
One of my favourite places to fish all be it on the other bank and I get a good bit further up Now on to my bug bear,people thinking they can keep fishing up and up,until they start fishing the next beat and continue going  you are fishing in someone else's water( you haven't got written permission to fish that bit) I can't stand poaching and the arseholes that do it( there is boundaries on how far you can fish and your permit clearly stipulates that) study it before you go out.  I have a right good picture of a couple of guys fishing away and a wee video of them doing it( don't want to put it up on the forum)  as it might incriminate some folk.  And I really don't want to do that
Cheers
Simon

[Ali Mcewan]

Simon, a great bit of water.
But I think you should make it clear your not on about me with your post👍🏻

[Scott Cumming]

Ali,  I didn't read that as being linked to you, but whoever it was really needs to wise up!

I've already witnessed a couple of idiots this season. One was well known to the bailiffs and was promptly dealt with. The other thought it would be a good idea to spin on a Sunday I soon sent him on his way :X

If you witness anyone up to no good please contact the bailiffs Tel: 01467 642121, they are usually quick to respond 

cheers
Scott

[Ali Mcewan]

You know what folk are like, put 2 & 2 together & get 5.
I get too much free fishing to risk the confusion 👍🏻

[Liam Stephen]

Trophy number 20 graced my net this weekend. I was over the moon after a 10 day dry spell I finally got my big fish fix again!





Lots of other nice fish were landed and there was some incredible hatches.









I'm starting to think about evening fishing now..... I can't be too far off.

 

[Mike Barrio]

Great stuff Liam ....... and nice pics

[Liam Stephen]

Thanks Mike 

I can't take any credit for the pics. I had my camerman on hand. Thanks Ash! 

 

[Ashley Thomas]

Thanks Mike 

I can't take any credit for the pics. I had my Cameraman On hand. Thanks Ash! 

 

You know me! I can't take credit for those 'bumper' trout though 

Here's my favourite of that belter from Saturday;


Another great weekend!

Ash 

[Scott Cumming]

Nice fish Liam👍 you get it on the nymph again?

Scott

[Liam Stephen]

Cheers mate! 

Yeah I didn't know there was any other way to catch them!?   

 

[Scott Cumming]

Visits to the river have been few and far between this season. However the fishing has usually been good the times I have been out and I’ve been lucky enough to connect with some nice fish.

There has been some fantastic Grannom hatches lately but the fish are hitting them sub surface. The bigger fish I’ve spotted are surfacing to olive uprights and terrestrials.

This stonker fell to an OU emerger pattern. An absolute cracker, a deep solid fish




and a sturdy set of shoulders too






Caught this one on the nymph between hatches. I thought this fish was a good bit bigger after the initial hook up, its huge tail fairly propelled it through the water, what a scrap!






Back on with the OU emerger, not my biggest but one of my favourites, I loved the huge spots on this one




The distinct markings still clearly visible as it recovered in the shallows, cracking fish!




The next two were taken on gnat imitations.





 
Cheers
Scott

[Liam Stephen]

Awesome fishing  and great pics mate! That tail is massive. 

 

[Duncan McRae]

You guys are taking some magnificent trout,and it's only mid May.

Imagine the size of them come September, after stuffing themselves all summer!!

Duncan

[Ashley Thomas]

Absolute belters Scott, I'm a tad jealous!

Ash 

[Ashley Thomas]

Trophy number 20 graced my net this weekend. I was over the moon after a 10 day dry spell I finally got my big fish fix again!



Release Footage of this one going back, a cracking fish 



Ash

[Mike Barrio]

I've just played about with some code ...... and I think simple URL links to Vimeo, YouTube videos etc should work now 

Cheers
Mike

[Sandy Nelson]

Tough old day today

Perfect weather, lots of flies but fish were hard to find.
Lots of black gnats and hawthorn flies kicking about



Also lots of micro caddis





A few small Dark olives also coming off, but when we eventually found a few feeding fish, they seemed to be taking the black gnats

https://youtu.be/7-zwM8muQNQ

These guys responded well to a size 16 APT, this one was a real scrapper and brought some fun to a difficult day.



So a difficult day, with a few highpoint's some of which had us rather excited, but the only monsters i got pictures of, were the jurassic bugs .



 

Sandy

[Rob Brownfield]

Ever had an evening where it all goes wrong, but you still learned a lot! Last night was that evening!!

The gusts made presenting flies difficult and a klink and dink team proved problematic, losing me 4 fish before I realised that the klink was wrapped and fishing backwards!

Moved downstream and found another cracking run that had "STREAMER" written all over it. I did not disappoint it and on went a heavy cone head wooly bugger. Two really good fish hooked, two really good fish dropped!

However, on the plus side, I found some areas that I have walked past a few times and thought nothing of them, but this time I saw some good fish feeding. I also saw a few salmon in areas that I would never have thought they would sit, and it means some exciting fishing coming up

[Duncan McRae]

Ever had an evening where it all goes wrong, but you still learned a lot! Last night was that evening!!

The gusts made presenting flies difficult and a klink and dink team proved problematic, losing me 4 fish before I realised that the klink was wrapped and fishing backwards!

Moved downstream and found another cracking run that had "STREAMER" written all over it. I did not disappoint it and on went a heavy cone head wooly bugger. Two really good fish hooked, two really good fish dropped!

However, on the plus side, I found some areas that I have walked past a few times and thought nothing of them, but this time I saw some good fish feeding. I also saw a few salmon in areas that I would never have thought they would sit, and it means some exciting fishing coming up

Good to hear that there are some salmon showing.I don't think i've seen one this season.
It's also  getting very close to all night sessions for sea trout which can be exciting in the extreme.

Duncan

[Grant Montgomery]

Hi,

Had a great day yesterday on the dry fly.  Just visiting the river-had a couple around 1.5lbs and this fatty that gave me a bit of a runaround.

Today-not so good!

Grant

[Ali Mcewan]

My first day out this week continued my run of losing good fish, this one was the fish of my season, hooked under the rod tip in a wee pot of a long set of Rapids, after its initial jump it took across the rapid & round a boulder, my 8'6" just couldn't lift the line high enough #ping 😢 I know where you live now boyo 😉
Next pool produced this wee fish with funny spot pattern, didn't make up for the heart ache though 😂

 



My I phone effort at these fashionable but awkward 1/2 & 1/2 photos 😂🙈 (see the bottom photo🤔)



Today I had a few hours after the rain yesterday,  not much happening on top, but the 2nd pool gave up this one




Again I fished a wee run i usually wander past, hooked this on the crease & what a fight for a 17" fish, mainly because of the current, but landed it about 40 yds down stream, what a gut it had on it














Back into the same spot & hooked its brother, I decided to try & bully it into the net, missed my first attempt & the klink caught on my cuff & ping went the tippet 😤

Anyway tomorrow's another day on another (free) beat 😂 It's all who you know in this game ..... 😉
I'm sure it will produce a 🏆 Or 2

[Dave Robb]

Nice fish indeed.

I went out to Parkhill for a couple of hours late afternoon but stupidly went on the north bank and ended having the wind blowing into me once I left the sheltered area. 

Saw a couple of fish sipping and the ripples suggested these were lumps of fish, but too far away from me and in areas that were just too deep to try and wade. 

I ended up getting frustrated and left early.  Think I need to change my tactics, I'm a bit of a stickler for fishing down and across which just doesn't  seem to work in a lot of these very slow moving areas.

[Allan Liddle]

Outstanding stuff guys, fantastic fish 

[Rob Brownfield]

Another windy night as well as a couple of torrential downpours! Only one fish of about a pound and a half on a PTN. Only small fish rising.

However, I did spot a tail sticking out from under some weed and sat on the high bank above the fish for a good 15 minutes watching. Not saying how big it was, but it would have put a serious bend in a rod. Its head was well under the weed but every minute or so the weed parted to reveal the whole fish.