Speed of fly?

[williegunn]

Thet were tatties? I thought they were bean sprouts so ate them with a chinky carry-out

[Bogyoch]

Malcolm

No, nothing from our side. A 10lber from opposite bank in the morning.

Knocked up a Sunray Shadow/Blue Elver thingy last night and stripped it through at Carnousie today and had a trout. Two kelts from The Loggs later on a small cascade. When do we see the last of the kelts?

PS Couldn't find a suitable virgin, Norwegian or otherwise.

[williegunn]

Richard indeed the optermist, fishing the Deveron for springers, the Posties at over 1ft and the looking for virgins in Foggie.
Next you will expect to catch a fish at Carron.

[turrifftackle]

Richard - you must be the unluckiest fisher on the Deveron this week.
Reports to my ear up until tonight show- 22 fish taken this week.
FOUR at Turtory on Thursday.

Frank

[Bogyoch]

Frank
Remember, I did have one at Carnousie on Tuesday morning. Tommy fished Carnousie/Upper Netherdale yesterday and didn't touch a thing.

Malcolm
Are you saying there's no guarantee that there won't be one for me at Carron?

[kelliefly]

speed of the fly, my local river the ericht at blairgowrie has allowed me to try differant ways to fish the fly.
sunk lines and a fast fly in the spring {feb, march, april,} works very well.
i tried to copy the cutlery fishermen that fished the flying c, so tied a large shrimp pattern in yellow which i moved in a cold high water, . . the result in four hours was ten springers, so a fast moving fly works well for me in cold water :

[Fruin]

Kelliefly,

Ten springers, that is good going!!!
When you say a large shrimp pattern, what size of hook/tube do you mean?

[macd]

Wow

[johnmac]

ten springers??? next you'll be telling me you get fish everytime you go out Its no fair! i must be doing something wrong! thirty trips to the river and not a sniff!! whats your favourite bit of the Ericht Grant? are you a cementers man?? I normally dont fish that far down.... somewhere below Eastmill's lade pool fishing downstream...... occasionally i'll fish above westmill?? never tried the town yet though?? well done to you all the same! John.

[johnmac]

I'm heading down the Ericht tonight.... i've got a new line to try out! maybe i'll get a bend in the rod too..... preferably a fish! but i'll give it a good three hours right until dusk! here's hoping.........

[Bogyoch]

Had two fish on Friday and one took the fly like a trout as it (the fly) scooted across the surface in a fast run.

[tweedcast]

Spent Monday indeed as Malcolm said chasing virgins in Foggie - with Gogsie. That is Marnoch Lodge - nae fish, nae excuses.

Elwynman has already posted a sunray shadow at ;.

salmosalar.proboards80.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=rookies&thread=1148082953&page=1

scroll down. Albeit without the mirrorflash in Malcolm's photo.

M

[kelliefly]

johnmac you must stop greetin in the river as it will put the river up,and the fish will get past you.
as to the best parts of the river, mmmmm,any pools below the lade pool in the cold water early in the year and above the blair bridge ,march , april , may.in a big flood.

[kelliefly]

fruin, the fly i get my fish on is a large fly ,about 2 to 3 inch copper or aluminium and works in the early spring or backend.
I will try and post a photo if i can work out how to do it

[kercock]

fruin,kelliefly forgot to tell you that his mate caught six springers that same day, kelliefly,you must have forgotten to tell me about the fast moving bit !, as to the fly,god (note the small print ) will definately claim it as his,but you know that. god also has a copper shrimp,I wonder where he got that idea from ??

[johnmac]

thanks for the info Grant! I'll keep hard at it!!

i'm off for a fortnight in two weeks time..... so im hoping to get my first Salmon off the Ericht in the second week...... i'll give it a few hard days, and if i dont get a fish...there will be a 12ft rod, reel and various bits of tackle going cheap on e-bay!! what do they say?? patience is a virtue?? okay maybe i'll give it three days!

[Fruin]

Kercock,

At this rate I'll be lucky to get ten springers in a lifetime, never mind ten, or six, in a day!!!

[johnmac]

i think im in the same boat!! but there are always the grilse!! so dont give up yet Fruin.....

[Bogyoch]

Tweedcast:

There was a virgin that you had overlooked in Falconers. I had her on Thursday!

[Tyne Angler]

Now now Richard keep it clean theres youngin's about......

Are you now a full convert to the "wang it out, haul it back brigade" ?