Mixed Weather on the River
It was a late night decision to go fishing, in fact it was on then it was off then it was on again. This was due to the weather forecast which was hinting at a good plummeting of rain in the hills that feed the river we were planning to fish. To top this off Jim sent me a text saying one of the guys had passed the river earlier in the day and it was looking high and dirty. We took the executive decision to leave it until the morning to check river level updates, the weather and the forecast. A gamble was made and off I set to pick up Jim. If you go conditions may be crap and you might not...
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I’m back from the trip, what a great one it was too! Met up with old friends and made some new ones too. We managed 4 species on the fly – trout, pollack, arctic char and crab! Here’s the video:
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On Wednesday I had my first trout trip since returning to the UK. I went with my friend Alan to a small river around an hour North of where I live. It was a day of mixed weather with showers coming and going and also fluctuating temperatures which quite noticably affected the insects hatching off or not. We managed to pick up a number of fish, mainly small ones but we both managed a couple around the 1lb mark. I was catching on a small cdc and elk and Alan was catching on a small black klinkhammer – both seemed to have similar results. The river was a funny one, it wasn’t what...
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Scott is a fly fishing instructor come blogger come fish bum! Armed with a fly rod, he spends most of his time chasing all kinds of fish in both fresh and salt water. He's enjoys nothing more than the adventure of fly fishing that brings together the excitement of the unknown and the satisfaction of success. Disappointment of course creeps in now and again but the best planning in the world couldn't keep that at bay! With a fly rod in hand and a license to travel anything is possible. 