seddo
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Arrived at Tweeddale approx 8.30 with just a little drizzle showing which wasn't too bad as it chucked it down during our travel up there, there was a stiff cold "breeze" blowing up the lake towards the lodge but fish were topping all over.
I was with my nephew Darran, his mate Micky and my old pal Ronnie.
I kicked off with a washing line set up with a large CDC on the point and two small buzzers, one black and one claret.
Second cast resulted in a fin perfect 6to 7lb rainbow to the black buzzer which gave a magnificent account of itself, as we were on C/R it was retuned safely to fight another day.
A Brownie of about a 1.1/2lb was the next fish to the net and its colouring was fantastic, where was my camera
at home.
Ronnie started to score using one of his Labrador fly's and he returned a rainbow that looked every part of 8lbs.
My Nephew and his mate were struggling a bit and they decided to go and fish the top lake to see if they could change their luck.
The weather changed about 12ish and became very bright which put the fish down, by this time Ronnie and myself had returned a good dozen.
I decided to fish lures with one dropper and I went for the trusty FU with a Holo ribbed Dwial Bach on the dropper, to say the trout were obliging would be an understatement, in a short period I had returned 5/6 fish mainly to the FU.
There was quite a bit of interest by other anglers as to my lure so needless to say, I parted with half a dozen so it will be back to the vice this afternoon.
I changed the FU for a lure named the Divine Dancer which can be credited to a fellow angler called Matty Devine who hails from my part of the country.
This lure it gradually gaining a reputation as a consistant fish catcher and it certainly accounted for a few more rainbows at Tweeddale.
To round thigs up fella's, the scores on the doors for our visit was
Myself 17 C/R 6 drop offs and three snapped takes
Ronnie 11 Loads of drop off using very small fly's
Darran 4 A few drop offs on the top lake
Micky 1 Just learning to fish but lost a couple by being too severe when playing his fish.
Overall guys, a great days fishing with 5/6 fish in the 7lb bracket safely returned and a couple of cracking Brownies returned,
seddo
I was with my nephew Darran, his mate Micky and my old pal Ronnie.
I kicked off with a washing line set up with a large CDC on the point and two small buzzers, one black and one claret.
Second cast resulted in a fin perfect 6to 7lb rainbow to the black buzzer which gave a magnificent account of itself, as we were on C/R it was retuned safely to fight another day.
A Brownie of about a 1.1/2lb was the next fish to the net and its colouring was fantastic, where was my camera
at home.Ronnie started to score using one of his Labrador fly's and he returned a rainbow that looked every part of 8lbs.
My Nephew and his mate were struggling a bit and they decided to go and fish the top lake to see if they could change their luck.
The weather changed about 12ish and became very bright which put the fish down, by this time Ronnie and myself had returned a good dozen.
I decided to fish lures with one dropper and I went for the trusty FU with a Holo ribbed Dwial Bach on the dropper, to say the trout were obliging would be an understatement, in a short period I had returned 5/6 fish mainly to the FU.
There was quite a bit of interest by other anglers as to my lure so needless to say, I parted with half a dozen so it will be back to the vice this afternoon.
I changed the FU for a lure named the Divine Dancer which can be credited to a fellow angler called Matty Devine who hails from my part of the country.
This lure it gradually gaining a reputation as a consistant fish catcher and it certainly accounted for a few more rainbows at Tweeddale.
To round thigs up fella's, the scores on the doors for our visit was
Myself 17 C/R 6 drop offs and three snapped takes
Ronnie 11 Loads of drop off using very small fly's
Darran 4 A few drop offs on the top lake
Micky 1 Just learning to fish but lost a couple by being too severe when playing his fish.
Overall guys, a great days fishing with 5/6 fish in the 7lb bracket safely returned and a couple of cracking Brownies returned,
seddo
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