[Geoff Gill]

It’s been a long while what with pandemics and work etc. But finally managed a few good days back on the river.


Amazing fight again on the #4
 
Geoff

[Geoff Gill]

Oh forgot to add. It was released to fight another day nine the wiser 

[Eddie Sinclair]

Nice fish, well done Geoff.

Eddie

[Sandy Nelson]

 Cracker Geoff

[Mike Barrio]

Yep, nice one Geoff 

[Sandy Nelson]

A couple of days worth of Dry fly fish





Large dark olives the main fly on the go



One of the prettiest fish so far this year, the photo doesn’t do it justice. Proportions were perfect, spots delicate and the fins tipped white



The smolts are in on the act too



Water temp is 12 degrees and the fish are going off like rockets



All in all a lot of fun with the 3wt




Sandy

[Eddie Sinclair]

Nice,

Looks like a lot of fun. Been too busy to get to the Don so far, need to do something about that shortly.

Nice pics,

Eddie

[Mike Barrio]

Great stuff Sandy, hoping to get out on the river this week too

[Steven Kidd]

i'm on Monymusk Beat 3 on Wednesday if anybody fancies joining me for the banter

Steven

[Filip Adamcio]

[Mike Barrio]

Great stuff Filip ..... early season fish, lean and mean 

[James Laraway]

Lovely fish Filip. I see you go for my choice of trout net. The large Scierra net is excellent. Had no issues swallowing a salmon I caught last year and will easily deal with double figure trout too....A great net at a great price....

[Filip Adamcio]

 

Lovely fish Filip. I see you go for my choice of trout net. The large Scierra net is excellent. Had no issues swallowing a salmon I caught last year and will easily deal with double figure trout too....A great net at a great price....

[Steven Kidd]

A lovely day today on the River in good company with Mr Nelson.

Not very many rising fish, however did see a few rises around where I connected with this fella.......(still not sure if it was the same fish,  ).  This is my personal best wild fish ever both River and Loch.  Apologies for the fish on the bank picture, I really was pretty excited.......... ,  I was very lucky to have landed him as at one point the line wrapped round my leg...., (don't ask).....But my 'river dance' worked

3lb, ~18inches



The Clyde Style patterns are still working well,



Steven

[Jim Eddie]

Well done Steven, bonnie fish 

 

Jim

[Mike Barrio]

Great stuff Steven ..... nice one 

[Eddie Sinclair]

Well done Steven, nice troot

[Stevie Rennie]

Well done Steven on your PB, bonnie fish.

[Steven Kidd]

Thanks gents,

We are really very spoiled with the fishing and places we have on our doorstep up here.

Steven

[Sandy Nelson]

Micheal Flatley would have been proud
 

[Duncan McRae]

Thought i'd managed to connect with a very elusive Spring salmon yesterday but was pleasantly surprised to net this big Brownie.
For some time i was convinced that i was playing a Salmon in the peat stained water.
Wish it had been on the dry fly.





Duncan

[Mike Barrio]

Cracker Duncan 

[Steven Kidd]

Belter!

[Sandy Nelson]

Cracking Fish Duncan

[Sandy Nelson]

So today was an interesting one 

I thought id try and miss the rain before it arrived, the fish were rising already to steady hatch of LDO's But the black sky was looming.



Just after this we retreated to the hut and Gassed about the last few days and how the hatches have been on and off, but some nice and varied fish had been had
From Classic Don Browns



To Distinctly blue ones



And lots of pretty little Smolts, some to good sizes



We were watching a feeding fish that never stopped for the whole 45min downpour, when the rain eased he still didnt stop and was quite obliging



And still the LDO's keep coming



And the fish kept rising, for about an hour and half it was some of the very best sport of the season so far



Definitely well worth sitting out the rain and chatting

Sandy