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Post by exerod on Jan 28, 2006 21:43:16 GMT
38inches, twenty something? flying C, May '05 Dorset chalkstraem.
On the fly about 12lb on an orange templedog from the Halladale, May '05 (it was a good month!)
But the one I will always remember is the first one I ever saw. It was in the last week of the 1988 season on the Dywfach in Wales. It was probably only about 8lb but it was bigger than anything I'd ever hooked. It just kept heading and tailing in the middle of a small pool. It ignored everything I threw at it but it just made me more determined to get one. It took another four years!
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Post by jimthefish on Jan 29, 2006 1:06:19 GMT
27lb cock fish on no8 Allys, intermediate line from River Earn, Dupplin Estate Water on 1st October 2004.
All the big ones I've hooked have managed to get away !
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Post by robmason on Jan 29, 2006 13:02:15 GMT
Where are all the big fish when I'm about  I don't think I've even lost a truly "big" fish. How's that for honesty. Anyway sometimes small is best- my first, a 3lb grilse from the Awe or my first Tweed salmon- a mighty 4lber!! Beat that! |
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Post by redshrimp on Jan 29, 2006 15:25:28 GMT
15lb springer, river finn. 1" willy gunn tube
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Post by easky on Jan 31, 2006 11:06:53 GMT
9lber from the Sixmile Water (Co Antrim - N Ireland)
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Post by ceilidh on Feb 9, 2006 14:39:39 GMT
26 lbs from Taymount on a No 6 Silver Stoat, in 1955, had to wait 25 years before I caught another fish over 20lb !
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Post by curler on Feb 9, 2006 16:14:28 GMT
26lb Springer off thr Tay in February.
Mind you that was in the old days when there was a spring run!!!
Great fishing then .. the sleet... the snow.. the ice... the drams. Those were the days
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Post by woburn on Feb 9, 2006 17:01:30 GMT
Best was the first.
Boat Pool on the Crathie beat of the Dee in June a few years ago.
I can still see the line as it swings round, then starts to tighten and chug away..........
Only about 8lbs but I had to wait a hell of a time for it. Ive had bigger ones since but none as memorable as the first.
Sam
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Post by Fruin on Feb 9, 2006 20:53:33 GMT
Size wise, 37.5 inch cock fish from the River Leven in October 2004. Lost one far bigger last October.
This was not the nicest or most pleasurable fish to catch. The best fight was a 14 pound fish from the Tay last summer, it took the most backing that a fish has ever taken from me.
Some of the prettiest fish I've caught have been tide fresh early summer grilse from spate rivers.
Still to break my duck as far as a springer goes. Unless the first week in June counts!!! I'll get one earlier this year.
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Post by kercock on Feb 22, 2006 21:55:52 GMT
Most memorable fish was my first ever,I'd seen a good fish show in a pool on the Ericht one March day whilst trout fishing, I had only spinning stuff in those far off days which I used for pike fishing in winter,spinners I had collected off the river bed during trouting trips. I went down to the pool next morning tied on a silver Toby and on the second cast I was into something heavy which turned out to be a 16lb sea liced stoater ! Almost gave up on trout after that !
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Post by johnmac on Feb 22, 2006 23:15:41 GMT
got a 1lb Brownie on the Ercht last year! size 12 Silver Stoats tail! no Salmon as yet! haha
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Post by johnmac on Feb 22, 2006 23:16:28 GMT
sorry meant to say Ericht!
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Post by zeolite on Feb 23, 2006 4:01:02 GMT
8lb spring salmon off the Coupar Grange beat last year. Black flying C did the damage.
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Post by macd on Feb 23, 2006 15:08:36 GMT
26lb, Ness springer (Laggan) silver ally
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Post by tweedcast on Mar 15, 2006 18:55:21 GMT
21.5 pounds with sea lice on the ugie - i regret to say I had not my season ticket that particular day - Willie Bruce will confirm - - he told be even with the ticket I was on the wrong water !!!!! ... !!!!
Malcolm
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Post by davewallbridge on Mar 15, 2006 19:18:44 GMT
13 Lb., taken on a size 14 single Munro's Killer when Seatrout fishing on the Dyfi.
One of the prettiest was the birthday present the river gave me, a beautiful bright silver 4Lb. grilse, last October when I had popped down to the river for an hour.
Dave.
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Post by exerod on Feb 10, 2007 9:15:17 GMT
I thought this might be worth a bump with all the new members about. Come on lets have some more whoppers!
Andy
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Post by madkeen on Feb 10, 2007 9:27:19 GMT
Around the 15lb mark sea liced springer R.Tummel last year.
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Post by altmor on Feb 10, 2007 10:00:24 GMT
25.5 lbs from R. Tweed, Upper Hendersyde, 10th November 1999, along with fish of 19 lbs, 21 lbs and 22 lbs on the same 3 day trip. Never forget that trip !!
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Post by ibrox on Feb 10, 2007 10:23:33 GMT
Got the house rod for the day at cleughhead on the Annan ( was going after seatrout )
got 2 ST and 3 salmon best was 16 . 8lb
AA
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