[trichomedome]

ston3d_247, on 11 December 2011 - 08:42 PM, said:

from Scotland myself.. i fish the natural minnow only for brownies.. been fishing for over 20+ years.. the thing is tho.. its not the same as it used to be.. no wonder the natural minnow was banned in Scotland.. it used to be lethal.. we used to go as far as setting up fly rood & reel.. once we got the boat out.. we would put on the spinning reel and fish the minnow

used to get plenty hehehee.. fished for Salmon a few times.. yet to catch 1 .. missed a few

fav loch... Loch Arkaig

When i 1st read this i was unsure about the minnow being totaly banned. So i put it to the fishing forum. Have a read of this. CR http://www.flyforums...d-scotland.html

This post has been edited by cantregister: 15 December 2011 - 02:57 AM

[trichomedome]

oldsalty, on 13 December 2011 - 11:21 AM, said:

Ive got 5 mile of the earn for £100 a year,and its a couple of weeks shy of the full year coz we get grayling fishing too,and I worked alwost 20yrs on trawlers too workin out of Peterhead

5 miles of the earn for £100 thats good going. prob two of the freshest fish i ever had come from a beat on the earn at perth aprox 12lb and 14lb no sea lice but still bars of silver.

[oldsalty]

cantregister,if you want to pm me I would be happy to send you the club details. You can get a country membership for £140 a year covers the grayling season too,a couple of weeks short of the full year

[this_sith]

Here's another fisherman.

I'm pretty much an alrounder and enjoy a few days a year on charter boats around the South Coast.

Spend a fair amount of time coarse fishing mainly for Barbel and Chub etc on my local Hampshire Avon.

My biggest love, however is game fishing and I'm lucky enough to have lots of very good fishing locally.
Salmon are very few and far between on the Avon but when you do get lucky enough to land one, they are very special fish.

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[hairyscotsman]

cant believe i have been a member here for years and never noticed this section !!
Probably a simple explanation!

I fish in scotland mainly for salmon and sea trout in the tay and esk areas.
Got some great association waters at good prices but love fishing the tay estuary with fly and sometimes spin rod.
nothing like a good sea trout on the fly 20yds from shore in a 2 mile wide estuary and not another person fishing. I used to trout fish regularly but river trout apart catching a wild sea trout or salmon is worth a 100 stocked rainbows imho. I also love fishing for pollack and macky on the fly rod and what a fight from both species when fished for with sporting tackle. I would urge anyone thats been thinking about flyfishing the sea to give it a go...just be careful clambering over rocks after a joint of G13 !!! peace n love.

[Godspeed]

I love all fishing have a nice lake with fat carp 15 min drive from me, go fresh water sometimes fly fishing, sandwiches, joint and a rod...

[oldsalty]

Wellaye hairyscotsman,its fuckin braw eh? Im just a few miles down the road from yourself and fish the tay a couple of times a year.Im a member of a club on the Earn and get six miles of prime water for £100 a year.And I say a year coz we get the grayling from 15 Nov to 15 Jan and the salmon from the 1st of Feb,fuckin excellent,I used to fish the West Water on the North Esk.I also used to fish the Don quite a lot but these days I tend to stick to my own water as its pretty good fishing.Sayin that,I had a poor season just past,funny year.Do a bit of piking in the close season,mainly on the Forth and Clyde canal or lochs Awe or Fruchie.What about yourself?


Salty

[hairyscotsman]

I was a member at rome croy on the stormont ac but it was to busy and a bit mental at times ! i had a day a week on north esk up until this year and have been fishing the burn estate water and edzell . just joined a couple of local assoc on the south esk so looking forward to that. I do also like a couple of days on the tummel in late spring and a few days at the annan at the back end. mmm..starting to think im doing to much fishing !!!

[hairyscotsman]

i meant to ask ..i think it was called the lochlane and laggan stretch of the earn...is that private syndicate do you know ..also is it worth a chuck !

[pcman123]

Ihave fished since i was a young un and loved every minute of it mainly coarse fishing my favourite is probably spinning for pike.

[trichomedome]

kgb, on 08 December 2011 - 05:37 AM, said:

i love fishing (carp)...the trouble is im crap at it!!...tbh i just like the peace n quiet!!

That,s fishing budy each to his own enjoyment is the oblective.
Forgive me if anyone was double p.m,d ? TCD

This post has been edited by trichomedome: 27 April 2012 - 12:26 PM

[oldsalty]

Gonna have to get myself out soon! Need some water though,its as low as Ive ever seen it but one or two fish about all the same

Salty

[HappySADhu]

trichomedome, on 15 December 2011 - 02:47 AM, said:

ston3d_247, on 11 December 2011 - 08:42 PM, said:

from Scotland myself.. i fish the natural minnow only for brownies.. been fishing for over 20+ years.. the thing is tho.. its not the same as it used to be.. no wonder the natural minnow was banned in Scotland.. it used to be lethal.. we used to go as far as setting up fly rood & reel.. once we got the boat out.. we would put on the spinning reel and fish the minnow

used to get plenty hehehee.. fished for Salmon a few times.. yet to catch 1 .. missed a few

fav loch... Loch Arkaig

When i 1st read this i was unsure about the minnow being totaly banned. So i put it to the fishing forum. Have a read of this. CR http://www.flyforums...d-scotland.html

hehe u opened a nice debate there fella.. just read the 13 pages.. im ston3d_247 as you are prob aware...

for some to say the minnow causes problems on there local lochs are talking nonsense.. all part of the eco system and numbers will be kept in check with predators..

[trichomedome]

HappySADhu, on 27 April 2012 - 08:58 PM, said:

trichomedome, on 15 December 2011 - 02:47 AM, said:

ston3d_247, on 11 December 2011 - 08:42 PM, said:

from Scotland myself.. i fish the natural minnow only for brownies.. been fishing for over 20+ years.. the thing is tho.. its not the same as it used to be.. no wonder the natural minnow was banned in Scotland.. it used to be lethal.. we used to go as far as setting up fly rood & reel.. once we got the boat out.. we would put on the spinning reel and fish the minnow

used to get plenty hehehee.. fished for Salmon a few times.. yet to catch 1 .. missed a few

fav loch... Loch Arkaig

When i 1st read this i was unsure about the minnow being totaly banned. So i put it to the fishing forum. Have a read of this. CR http://www.flyforums...d-scotland.html

hehe u opened a nice debate there fella.. just read the 13 pages.. im ston3d_247 as you are prob aware...

for some to say the minnow causes problems on there local lochs are talking nonsense.. all part of the eco system and numbers will be kept in check with predators..

Yeh man that was quite entertaining for a while, it,s amazing how people can kid there self or be misslead. I thought the comment " I think i pull a chair up and open a bottle, there,s already been some entertaining stuff said compliments of guyfromlaw 124 replies. I could just imagine the size of the fish in these so called places, i say imagine becuase i,ve neve known of it in my life. It was a stupid comment to make imo also the grayling be responsable for the salmon decline that was just bonkers. It was a disease that was the main reason for diminished stocks of salmon in the late 60,s early 70,s afaik the the farming was another eco fuck up. A few peeps getting rich at the expense of the salmon decline, the fuckers argued for years that it was no problem. I maybe wrong on this but i,m sure all the netting stations in the estuaries have been bought up afaik the drift netting was also bought over. there,s also salmon par being stocked into various rivers up and down the country, in fairness it apears to be working. fingers crossed TCD

[HappySADhu]

aye and i think that fella GFL is banned now from those forums ??

but was an interseting debate i`ll give you that.. there was always 1 guy though...

" why we talking about minnows on a fly forum "

it was he who claimed minnows were terrorising his local loch