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Post by iainjay on Mar 2, 2006 21:42:28 GMT
I have decided not to put this in "Rookies Corner" because I now see myself as a salmon angler,having caught my first (delusions of adaquacy,I feel).Was up in Speyside for a few days and on the advice of some members booked a lesson with Ian Gordon last Sunday.Absolutely fantastic! What little I had learned in the last year was thrown completely out the window.Ian's patience and teaching methods were brilliant.I had booked the next day on Wester Elchies and was kept right by everyone present.My new-found casting skills produced my first ever salmon on the fly,only a kelt,safely returned, but I was SO chuffed.  |
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Post by juniorspey on Mar 2, 2006 21:44:57 GMT
well done!!! good on you,was there a good scrap??? tokk me a year to get 1st on the fli!!!
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Post by iainjay on Mar 2, 2006 21:54:36 GMT
It was a good scrap as far as I was concerned.Sam the ghillie put it at about 14 pounds.Can't imagine what a springer of the same weight feels like.(One day)
Cheers
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Post by munro on Mar 2, 2006 22:05:07 GMT
Well done you. That must have been a great feeling -now there can't be a duck this season - thats a grand way to start the year.Bet you have a lot more this year. Here's hoping anyway.
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Post by Fruin on Mar 2, 2006 22:39:01 GMT
Well done, now that you've felt that initial pull and draw of line you'll probably be hooked like the rest of us. The only cure is more fishing!!!  |
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Post by iainjay on Mar 2, 2006 23:10:11 GMT
Just feel so much more confident now and realise that when it goes wrong I know why....and know how to rectify it.Hope to be back up soon.
cheers
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Post by JJ on Mar 4, 2006 15:27:35 GMT
Well done IainJay!
It must be an amazing feeling! I havent got one yet and cant get to the Spey until end of April so I am jealous as hell!
Here's to more fish to your rod this year mate well done!
- JJ
ps what fly, what line, what rod, what reel, what bs line, which pool, what retrieve, what depth and what did the fish look like? Is he still there so I can catch it?! ;D
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Post by pondolive on Mar 4, 2006 16:03:26 GMT
Congratulations on that mind-blowing achievement! I know it was that: I caught my first salmon last October, almost on my 62nd birthday. It was, for me, one of the most influential moment of my life, and I wish it could have come years earlier.
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Post by johnmac on Mar 4, 2006 16:37:31 GMT
well done!! thats all you needed... now you know that you are doing things right! Next one will be a bar of silver! Until you get that first offer or land that first fish you are never fully confident that you are fishing the right way! So well done and good luck with the fututre!
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Post by juniorspey on Mar 4, 2006 19:53:54 GMT
! I havent got one yet and cant get to the Spey until end of April so I am jealous as hell! jjofspeyside, are you coming to Grantown??? |
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Post by JJ on Mar 5, 2006 21:45:27 GMT
Hi JuniorSpey
Too right I am! Cant wait..
I am up in 3 weeks time actually but I guess thats too early for Grantown isnt it?
Would I have a chance of a 'Broon' at Grantown at the end of March or am I fantasising again?!
- JJ
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Post by williegunn on Mar 5, 2006 22:28:37 GMT
I hear Blair Banks Juniorspey has already had a fish from Grantown.
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Post by Tyne Angler on Mar 6, 2006 7:23:38 GMT
IainJay
Good to hear you enjoyed Wester Elchies. Which pool did you get the kelt from ?
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Post by juniorspey on Mar 6, 2006 20:35:58 GMT
aye, i winkled one out!!!! how'd you get on at delfur Malcom???
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Post by williegunn on Mar 6, 2006 20:39:54 GMT
Nothing fresh only kelts
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Post by acw on Mar 6, 2006 21:26:41 GMT
I really enjoyed my 3 Kelts from Wester Elchies , thanks Malcolm .
That was a nice break from Shi) in the City .sorry about drinking Japanese whisky
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Post by iainjay on Mar 6, 2006 22:56:34 GMT
Tyne Angler
Feel a bit embarrased,can't remember the name of the pool."Pol-na-cree"or something along those lines?? I'm sure others on here will be well aquainted with the correct name.
Cheers
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Post by williegunn on Mar 6, 2006 22:59:52 GMT
Pol ma Cree which is an anglisation of the gaelic Pool of my heart
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Post by jan on Mar 6, 2006 23:03:14 GMT
I really enjoyed my 3 Kelts from Wester Elchies , thanks Malcolm . That was a nice break from Shi) in the City .sorry about drinking Japanese whisky suntory? |
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Post by iainjay on Mar 6, 2006 23:06:37 GMT
Thanks Malcolm,wasn,t far off.
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