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No great lunkers.

22 July, 201922 July, 2019 by Alistair

I managed a few hours on my highland river this evening. There was a lot of water coming down it and I actually had a thought I might spot a Salmon. Consequently I strung up my 7 weight with an Allys Shrimp and went for a yomp down some likely pools – needless to say I did not have a scooby what I was doing and soon became bored at the lack of action and then agitated by the number of slurps from trout I was walking past.

Slurps.
Slurping..

I yomped it back up to my car and got out my 4 weight, after a few casts I kinda wished I had my 5 weight SLT however soon my klink was being pounced upon by several trout in the faster water.

Not a lunker..

After a few trout I decided to head home as I currently have some house visitors that I abandoned.

Glad I went though.

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3 thoughts on “No great lunkers.”

  1. Chuck Graves says:
    22 July, 2019 at 11:39 pm

    Were these diseased as well?

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  2. Emily Blankenship says:
    23 July, 2019 at 3:05 am

    Good job. That trout was waiting for you to bring out the smaller stick to catch him with. =)

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  3. Alistair says:
    25 July, 2019 at 6:31 pm

    Nah – this was on my highland river. The trout all over the Clyde system appear to be affected by the parasites.

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