My favourite spot on the Clyde

 

 

 

Wolfclyde Bridge on the A72 Nr. Biggar South Lanarkshire

Water controlled by  http://www.lamingtonfishing.co.uk/

Miles and miles of  river through lovely countryside.

 

 

 

 

Looking downstream towards the bridge

A great place to have a go with the dry fly.

A long cast towards the far bank is needed to have a chance of hooking a spooky trout.

 

 

Looking down through the arch towards the pillars of the old railway bridge.

A good place to shelter from the rain and have a chat with fellow anglers.

 

 

 

That's me--Having a cast by the bridge.

 

 

 

A visitor from Holland into a nice fish just down from the bridge.

 

 

There he is--a quick picture and safely returned.

 

 

Some visitors from Holland.

They all had a great time and vowed to be back in 2013

 

 

The river Clyde is a fine trout and grayling river.

What better a place in Scotland is there to start your fishing holiday.

From Wolfclyde you can explore the river, going up or down stream for miles.

Or should you just want to relax-take it easy-have a chat.

Just cast your fly within sight of the Bridge.

There's some nice fish lurking there.

 

Looking foreward to 2013 trout season

Ive been back from Canada for over 2 weeks now and haven't been able to wet a line.
The first few days back saw me trying to recover from jet lag, so I never attempted to go out on the river.
 (it takes me ages to adjust back from the time difference)
After that it was snow and freezing conditions that kept me away.
With only 2 days left now to have a go at the grayling, the snow has gone but the river is high,

Update-- Lamington water is now closed and it will not open again until the trout season starts on the 15th of March.
I can carry on fishing for grayling further upstream on UCAPA waters, which no doubt I will do, but the fishing isn't as good as my favourite stretch of the Clyde at Wolfclyde Bridge.
So I have a month and a bit to set my plans and look foreword to this coming trout season,
So what were my successes of last year?
 Most of my time was spent czech and french nymphing and both methods caught me a lot of fish.
I didn't manage any big brownies, my biggest being just over the pound, with my largest grayling topping the scales at just short of 2lb.
I didn't, as I had originally planned, spend more time fishing the dry fly.
That's the method that produces the big trout:
From early season the tactics are to wonder up and down the river bank looking for the rising trout.
Cast my wee fly upstream of  him - in expectation of hooking one of the Clyde's big broonies -- 2-3 or maybe 4lb of pure muscle--- I,m getting excited thinking about it.
Yes! that's what I am going to do.
From the start of this coming season I will leave most my nymphs behind and just concentrate on the dry fly and some spider patterns for sub-surface fishing.
I will rig up my 10ft #3 Marryat ( a great rod- I used it most of last year) it will cope with both methods.
So for now I am going to be doing a lot of fiddling around with my fishing gear, tie a few flies and maybe buy some not needed bits and bobs -just bide my time until the start of the new season.