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This is a great video. Is the footbridge just after the Alston garage on the way out of Alston ? Did you then head downstream ? How did you fish the other bank please ? Much appreciated and well done again keep the vids coming

Get a McLean salmon/sea trout net.

Rob how do I contact you without TH-cam removing my email or number ? The waters going up the now hard to tell how big it’s going to get but it’s wild here the now man

I do/did a lot of "tight line" (can't call it "Euro" when it's really an evolution of Joe Humphrey's nymphing style) nymphing. It kind of becomes addictive, for no other reason than you catch a lot of fish, lol. From what I gather, it looks like you got it because honestly, there's not much to it. The fish was beautiful. I fish NY/VT/MA (all, great places for this kind of fishing) and if I ever make it to your country, would like to try it for grayling.

Greetings from the U.S! I've subscribing to your channel for some time and really enjoy it. I particularly like seeing your dog and the time you take on the rivers you fish to stop and enjoy, and describe your fine lunch. The viewer gets the impression that you're enjoying yourself out there, making the most out of every day on the water.

Missing your vids Rob, hope all is well with you and Karla.

Remember to disconnect the battery or batteries before welding. ( your radio code will be lost but you can get a free Ford radio code on the web )

I got my Transit Mk7 T350 for free and I paid too much for it.

Great wee film as ever 👍🏻🐟

Suggestion: If you want or intend to net a Salmon, get a Salmon net rather than a Trout net. Bending fish in a net,,,, bad practice. Kudos like your videos

Sometimes on the Dee,especially with 3ft on,it pays to fish the inside 3rd,weve all lost our casting action,and going shorter can help this,cracking bit of water,like your outfit.

Grand to watch, I love buzzer fishing for rainbows. That last fish made me giggle ... you can tell that you're a salmon man when you tried to grip the fish at it's wrist 🤣 I've driven past the signs for Sweethope many many times on my way for stalking in the Borders... think I'll have to pack my gear and make a detour! I've also started my quest for my first salmon (must be on the fly)....🤞🤞🤞

Watched a few of your videos,, on the one you did on the upper Findhorn you said something along the lines your a bit of a green horn. Best advice,,, instead of running around from river to river get to know one, each river,,,beat and pool is different,, one's I like are the cheap as chips one's,,, river Lossiemouth,,,60 quid a season. And you never seen anyone on it, great little river. Nairn was 150, and both had miles to go at. Moved back down recently and back on the liddle water ,great little river too. One observation,, to long a line. Especially on the smaller rivers.. straight across ,,and down fast and into there faces,,,o and very light hold of the line for those tiny pluckes that develop, no resistance. And flys ,keep it simple my old pal on the nairn Gordon rennie only ever fished allys had a million fish to em. My favourite is silver stoats tubes mainly,, good for both sea trout and salmon.

If it had been me fishing, I’d have tied on a Stoat’s Tail….and still caught naff all! As the saying goes,”Each cast brings you one cast closer to your next fish.” Tight lines to you!

One word for early Findhorn,,darnaway. Like the bottom beats of the spey they run through and start to show in May. Used to fish nairn for years(excellent once you have the key) now back down south and fishin lune sea trout and occasionally liddle water(vastly underrated and under fished,,,,,,excellent.

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Dredging the bottom with.... a floating line and 5 ft polyleader.! Sinking line required. They go out better in a wind and actually slow the swing. Mastering the sunk line will be a revelation for you in big water early season. I use the michael evans integrated short headed lines for sinking line work. The running line floats so think of it as a 40 odd ft sink tip.! I use the meduum sink a lot and often a 10ft odd fast tip on that. Ideally put a big aerial mend in on cast in order to get it to sink then when you actually start to fish the swing its dug in and swings slower with more control. I use a really slow retrieve unless the current really pulls. Its really rewarding. I only really use floaters wi tips in shallow riffles after april /may or when wanting to whizz it broadside thru lies with a belly. Ill often cast a heavy tip square let it sink to the required depth then tighten up and fish it across fairly quick but like to feel the tip dig in. Back when there was plenty of fish to easily enable comparison of techniques most folk used a sinker when the water was big fast and cold. After chucking a full sinker like a wetcell 2 or3 theyd make the change to a floater when it was warm and fish were cavorting in the lies. Or get yer inty working. Try it with a tip. These modern rods could chuck a 4 oz lead ! Theres so much more to salmon fishing than chuckin downstream wi a flioater and lettin g the current dictate speed and depth. You can dictate it! Sorry to go on but i feel when watching most of these vids esp in spring that folk are only scratching the surface. It encourages thinking about covering potential lies not just the water too.

Come on you Rushdies! Salmon Rushdie.

Good plan to mainly concentrate locally. Building up a wealth of knowledge takes time. Its nice to have holiday fishing but if you actually want to catch fish like a local fish locally lol. I fish the Yorkshire Ouse/ Ure for em and know lies up and down the river now. Apart from kipper fishing the best of it is over by July as its what Hugh Falkus would have described as a "big spring run river". Ideally id move onto another river from June/july onwards that has runs of fish in summer and back end.

Addict behaviour! Love it pal. Like most pleasurable activities salmon fishing can lead to potentially addictive levels of dopamine in the brain! I guess its better than smoking crxck tho!

I made my stick from a bit of wood, hazel. Wrapped lead round bottom, covered lead in tape, added a rubber cap off a walkin stick. I used quite a stiff thick rope for the carryin strap. The lower knott attachent to the stick could move up and down the stick if needed which made the stick very user friendly whilst wading. Its hard to explain but it worked very well. I dont like the banging of metal on the river bed. The best nets are those maclean salmon nets i think. Sadly im too skint to buy one lol. Most nets are too small if you are hoping to catch big salmon. Trying to get a twenty pounder in a standard salmon guy net whilst usin a big rod is stressful in my exerience. Tight lines matey.

Epic bro. And good that you are bringing up the decline in salmon. Salmon farming really needs to be made an issue. Many folk think farmed salmon is a healthy green alternative to meat rather than an industry thats caused a decline in hundreds of rivers that were once teeming in salmon before cages appeared. Respect from York.

Hi Rob… which beat is this?

Why when you retrieve the line with your left hand do you have the reel set up with the handle on the right? I’m right handed and find it so much easier to have the reel handle on the left.

Do you still have the navy jacket? Where’s it from?

Hi Rob, absultely brilliant videos! Looking to do some salmon fishing maybe late August, Sept or Oct on on of the Tynes? Would love your advice for a once a year Salmon fisherman..

Great video and again full marks for persistence, just one of those days of fish showing but not in a taking mood!! thanks for sharing!

Fantastic..... lovely, congratulations...hooked right in at your bank!! Well done. Love your persistence! Thanks

Excellent, really enjoyed this and what a belter of a Sea Trout, congratulations and thanks for producing & sharing

New to the channel but it’s made in heaven for me - fishing and cooking are my favourite things, in that order! Need to find your food. Thanks for a great video Jill R, NE fly fisher.

10/10 for perseverance!! Boleside is a lovely beat as you say. Yes we definitely are a perverse lot - sickness, travelling miles, downstream winds lol. Well done on that first fish - a wee Grilse not ST. Whilst it makes no sense to say but you 'deserved' a second fish. Great video! Thanks for producing and sharing! See you on the water.

Nice video. Call at Hallington some time for a change. Excellent bank fishing. Some very energetic fish, taking hawthorns at the moment. Jill R

Sorry mate can you explain why you don't cast at around 10.00 to 11.00 (clock face) as if facing at 12 to the opposite bank, your water coverage is massively reduced fishing at around 2.00 (clock face) as you are doing it no?

Hi, a friend of mines watches a guy called, Old dominion trout bum. He said his tutorials on you tube are fantastic and worth watching if you are just starting out.

ever thought of going barbless?

Boiling water on the tatties according to Delia!

Fishes a lot better with a bit more water..

Bellingham. I used to live there as a kid when my dad worked on killder dam. Can still remember it up there great place. I remember going with my dad when he fished the Tyne and the river Lidl i think it was called

Well done Rob on your first attempt at euro nymphing, that brownie was a great result in poor wind conditions. Even Karla looked impressed. Cheers 👍

Coloured up seatrout. What a fish mate

I was panicking when I found a rust hole on my camper van, then I saw this :0.. A tip for scratched eyeball .. manuka honey,, dog scratched my eye.

I fish for grilse/salmon later in the season on small spate rivers, that is my comfort zone & what I have access to through the club. Fair play to you, I could totally get the notion of stage fright and suddenly feeling like you’ve forgotten all the things that normally just happen naturally. I’d have no idea what I was doing on a river like that but it’s great watching people like yourself on these waters trying for what is a special and elusive quarry. You’ve done it now, hopefully next time you’ll feel more at ease, to me you looked to be fishing it well maybe it was just one of those days. We’ve all been there when others are catching and there are already other things that put seeds of doubt in your mind, let alone that. Great video, nice shout out to James ‘Boo’ Galbraith and tight lines 👍

I lived in Caputh for many years and know that beat very well..... fished it hundreds of times and it's no where near as productive nowadays even for the Brownies that I would catch almost every evening I wandered down there.

Nice fish, how much is it to fish there ? Their web site doesn't give prices for some reason !

Love the little loch on sweethope and up the left bank on the big loch, Hawethorne flies on the dropper are usually a winner too!

ive just started fly fishing my self, caught two trout so far, amazing. So relaxing and a day spent on the water is brill. Crazy how fast the time flies when your out there

That was a great vid. Congratulations! I live in North Yorkshire and my local river has a good early run. Sadly the Yorkshire season doesnt start till April 6th. Catching early springers on the fly iis as good as it gets.

That was a great vid. Congratulations! I live in North Yorkshire and my local river has a good early run. Sadly the Yorkshire season doesnt start till April 6th. Catching early springers on the fly iis as good as it gets.

That was a great vid. Congratulations! I live in North Yorkshire and my local river has a good early run. Sadly the Yorkshire season doesnt start till April 6th. Catching early springers on the fly iis as good as it gets.

Not having the camera on is a habit that comes form to much salon fishing pal 😂😂