"Welcome back to Scotland" Guys

            All tackled up and ready to do battle, these lads have come over from
            Europe to pit their wits against our wily "broonies."
            Peter, Berd, Reiner, Jan from Holland and far right Ismo from Finland (via Wales)
            are all accomplished dry fly fishers. They are all looking forward to sampling one
            of Scotland's best wild brown trout river here on the Upper Clyde
      

            Arriving on the 7th of June to an unusually hot spell ( for Scotland anyway) clear
            blue skies, very little wind and with 3 full days fishing it was going to be tough,
            but these guys were up to it  and were soon into fish.

 

 

A wee dry fly - a long fine tippet - a delicate cast to the far bank - a drag free drift.

That was the method for their success.

 

 

Keeping down low and getting ready for the cast to a rising trout.

 

 

It was a long day but just as the light started to go-now was the time to tempt a shy fish or two.

 

 

 

 

That's why they came all this way.

  To catch  bonnie wild trout like these from

 Scotland's River Clyde.

 

 

Although the conditions and  fishing wasn't easy for them this year, I hope they had a great time here in Scotland and they will return again next year.

I bet they will. 

Summer is here at last

Well its now June and things are hotting up here on the Upper Clyde.
Plenty of specimen brown trout are being caught by those prepared to hunt their quarry, put the distance in and spend a bit of time on the river bank.
With hatches of flies sporadically throughout the day, you have to be there at the right times to succeed.
At the end of a nice summers evening its worth hanging on for the biggies to start feeding as the light fades.
The Lammington sections of the river are by far the best, but there is no fishing on a Sunday which means that you would need to go on UCAPA water if you want to wet a line.
The post office in Abington is one of many outlets that issues tickets (its open on a Sunday)

Ive been out a few times, searching the river up and down from Wolfclyde Bridge with not much success. My bugging methods,whether it be by french nymphing or czech nymphing ain't working, not for trout anyway but getting plenty of good size grayling.
You need to fish the "wee" dry fly--stalk your fish---that's how to succeed at the moment.
That's what I should be doing but I still don't feel confident with my fly work, casting and presentation is lacking I think--maybe I'm just getting too old for it all now.
Still I am enjoying my fishing up here in Scotland can,t think of a better place to be.

Sorry I ain't got any nice trout to show, but heres me again standing in the middle of the river looking up stream with my back nearly touching Wolfclyde Bridge.
Another nice grayling caught on a beaded nymph
( This is definitely the last post with a grayling picture on it.)

I,m off to Canada the end of the month to see my daughter and her family.
I will be taking my grandson to the mouth of the Belle River, Lake St Clare.
Just sit back on the wall of the marina, drop our lines and catch whatever comes along.--- Bliss.