Comments on: Deary Deary Me! http://urbanflyfisher.com/deary-deary-me/ Brownlining adventures...mostly! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alternative Views… | The Urban Fly Fisher http://urbanflyfisher.com/deary-deary-me/comment-page-1/#comment-4982 Alternative Views… | The Urban Fly Fisher Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:44:46 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/?p=935#comment-4982 [...] writes a lovely post about our recent trip up [...] [...] writes a lovely post about our recent trip up [...]

]]> By: Alistair http://urbanflyfisher.com/deary-deary-me/comment-page-1/#comment-4835 Alistair Sat, 24 May 2008 06:17:41 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/?p=935#comment-4835 The problem I find with the Tummel is that it does not have a lot of features – if there is no fly life then the trout fishing can be slow and pretty monotonous. Hen they are on they are on though :-) I know the bit you are talking about - yikes ! The problem I find with the Tummel is that it does not have a lot of features – if there is no fly life then the trout fishing can be slow and pretty monotonous. Hen they are on they are on though :-)

I know the bit you are talking about – yikes !

]]> By: James http://urbanflyfisher.com/deary-deary-me/comment-page-1/#comment-4826 James Fri, 23 May 2008 20:10:08 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/?p=935#comment-4826 All parts of the Tummel look nice from a distance. Then you fish it and life gets more complicated. It's my favourite river outside Glasgow, but I have had a fair few blank days. It's a hard one to fish when it's high. And it can get ridiculously high. First time I was there for salmon this year, it was 6 feet about the summer low and the previous week it had been 11 feet up. Not far from where Alister was fishing there are complex flows that verge on the insane. You can watch your fly line literally being tied in knots in some places. Hint: once the fishing is done for the day, if you're driving back to Glasgow, it's worth taking the scenic route home. I like to leave the A9 at Ballinluig and drive beside the Tay to Kenmore, then to Killin and down through Callander. Makes a cracking finish to a day out, if you're not too tired :) All parts of the Tummel look nice from a distance. Then you fish it and life gets more complicated. It’s my favourite river outside Glasgow, but I have had a fair few blank days. It’s a hard one to fish when it’s high. And it can get ridiculously high. First time I was there for salmon this year, it was 6 feet about the summer low and the previous week it had been 11 feet up.

Not far from where Alister was fishing there are complex flows that verge on the insane. You can watch your fly line literally being tied in knots in some places.

Hint: once the fishing is done for the day, if you’re driving back to Glasgow, it’s worth taking the scenic route home. I like to leave the A9 at Ballinluig and drive beside the Tay to Kenmore, then to Killin and down through Callander. Makes a cracking finish to a day out, if you’re not too tired :)

]]> By: Alistair http://urbanflyfisher.com/deary-deary-me/comment-page-1/#comment-4823 Alistair Fri, 23 May 2008 16:55:15 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/?p=935#comment-4823 Yegads - no directions will be given on the blog - mail me if you like though ! Yegads – no directions will be given on the blog – mail me if you like though !

]]> By: Stuart B http://urbanflyfisher.com/deary-deary-me/comment-page-1/#comment-4820 Stuart B Fri, 23 May 2008 16:14:42 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/?p=935#comment-4820 Aaaah!!! "James - there is the possibility of a train line not too far away " That's far too subtle ..LOL What part of the Tummel was that ?...looks quite nice Aaaah!!!

“James – there is the possibility of a train line not too far away
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That’s far too subtle ..LOL

What part of the Tummel was that ?…looks quite nice

]]> By: Alistair http://urbanflyfisher.com/deary-deary-me/comment-page-1/#comment-4819 Alistair Fri, 23 May 2008 16:06:48 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/?p=935#comment-4819 Its the Tummel ! Its the Tummel !

]]> By: Stuart B http://urbanflyfisher.com/deary-deary-me/comment-page-1/#comment-4817 Stuart B Fri, 23 May 2008 13:31:47 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/?p=935#comment-4817 Clyde with the West Coast line nearby or is that too broad for the Clyde .? Clyde with the West Coast line nearby or is that too broad for the Clyde .?

]]> By: Alistair http://urbanflyfisher.com/deary-deary-me/comment-page-1/#comment-4815 Alistair Fri, 23 May 2008 05:24:59 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/?p=935#comment-4815 James - there is the possibility of a train line not too far away :-) James – there is the possibility of a train line not too far away :-)

]]> By: James http://urbanflyfisher.com/deary-deary-me/comment-page-1/#comment-4809 James Thu, 22 May 2008 20:43:48 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/?p=935#comment-4809 Nice grayling. Looks like a favourite stretch of mine in darkest Perthshire, where flies don't drift downstream so much as tear your arm from its socket. A place where the current makes a 4 ounce trout feel like a salmon and occasionally it is a salmon. Might there be a railway line not too far away? Nice grayling. Looks like a favourite stretch of mine in darkest Perthshire, where flies don’t drift downstream so much as tear your arm from its socket. A place where the current makes a 4 ounce trout feel like a salmon and occasionally it is a salmon. Might there be a railway line not too far away?

]]> By: alan atkins http://urbanflyfisher.com/deary-deary-me/comment-page-1/#comment-4797 alan atkins Thu, 22 May 2008 08:56:40 +0000 http://urbanflyfisher.com/?p=935#comment-4797 Alistair, the conditions have been too low for the salomon and the sea trout have yet to appear in numbers in the river i fish. So, i have been re-aquainting myself with the brownies and have had a couple of good sessions on the Kelvin and Avon. I have been finding sport in shady runs and pools and along the foam lines. The other river just did not fish the other day, too bright, too open , too low ? Alistair, the conditions have been too low for the salomon and the sea trout have yet to appear in numbers in the river i fish. So, i have been re-aquainting myself with the brownies and have had a couple of good sessions on the Kelvin and Avon. I have been finding sport in shady runs and pools and along the foam lines. The other river just did not fish the other day, too bright, too open , too low ?

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