Spring fishing on the River Helmsdale day 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- The second day fishing the river Helmsdale . the weather was a balmy 4 degrees above freezing but the breeze made it feel quite chilly . there were some that didn't travel to far to fish and Dave one of the experts from the river Thurso was out having fun along with the novices . It was great to see so many enthusiastic anglers out .
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well done Iain I am just catching up with your 2024 youtube adventures. As usual a very enjoyable video of what looked cold and difficult conditions but in some beautiful locations. Thank you for sharing and tight lines for 2024
It was the first time fishing on the Helmsdale Stephen and I think that I was lucky with the weather. After we left to come home it started to snow and the main road south was blocked ....... what a great place to be stuck but I had to get home to feed the cat
Cheers Iain. 🥃
Well done Ian nice to hear that reel sound again. Tight lines for the season
Thanks Paddy I should have had the reels apart and giver them a clean but never got round to it . I may get them cleaned and awed tech of grease on the spindle within the next week or two. Keep your rod bent with lots of silver Cheers Iain 🥃
Beautiful scenery and what a river! Well presented as ever Ian and shows good team work gets the fish back into the water as fast as possible.!! Keep it up
Thanks again Christopher team work definitely helps especially as David is an expert
Well done again Iain,lovely fish , great fishing in difficult conditions,I’d have hooked myself . Cheers D 🥃
I have several holes in my Jacket and in the past had to get hooks removed from my person Daniel Its just part of the dangers of living .
My brother had to be air lifted of the mountain while skiing and now in hospital so I think a wee hook up or even getting bitten by a kelt is quite tame Keep at it you will find body piercing becomes less the more you practise Cheers Iain. 🥃
Hi Iain, Great video again and a change in conditions too but still the river produces yet again. Keep it going my friend. 🍷Steve.
Hi Steve I hope you had a relaxing time over the festive period and this year brings you all you deserve . we had a good couple of days fishing for January. the weather changed the day after we left and the main A9 was closed because of snow and at the moment the storm is now hitting Scotland . I think we timed it right ... Take care of each other . Cheers Iain 🥃
Thanks for sharing, stunning place to 🎣
There are so many beautiful places in Britain Tam we are spoiled
Cheers Iain. 🥃
Great to see you getting stuck into a few, Iain. Looks a beautiful place to fish.
it was the first time there Laurie and I hope it won't be the last
Cheers Iain. 🥃
Well done Iain 👏 That looks like a lovely river to fish. That really is a "Special" fly you have on! 😉 Cheers James 🥃
I think the the kelts were taking most of the flies they saw James . I wouldn't grumble if it was the only river that I could fish its perfect Cheers Iain 🥃
very nice language looks like very old and archaic . Could not get a point but sounded nice to my ears . Always nice to watch old folks fishing and enjoying time on beautiful river
Thanks for the comment Roolis. but don't understand the old men bit .......... There is no one over 75 Dave the ghillie has been 21 for the last 20 years. I like your toys
Cheers Iain. 🥃
@@IainSB Thanks , You made me laugh :) You are cool youngsters and You got beautiful river
Have a look at some other downloads you may find the conversations interesting once you pick up the dialect of the older Scottish generation 😉
Nice to see the big kelts in good shape…. Well done Iain 🎣
all the kelts that were getting caught were a decent size and must have been cracking fish last year . I think that most of them will head out to sea soon Cheers Iain 🥃
Spectacular!! Well Done!!!
It was an enjoyable three days Bob I will look forward to returning
Cheers Iain 🥃
Well done Iain, that looked very cold up there but a fish warms the body and a we dram at night 🐟🥃
It was a bit cold but when there is a bit of sport it takes the mind of the numb bits. The company from friends and locals made a big part of the trip . I'll catch up with you soon .
Cheers Iain. 🥃
Well done, keep the videos coming👍
Thank You Dominic. I do enjoy my fishing Cheers Iain. 🥃
All's well that ends well Iain!
Its good to watch an expert unhook a fish .. The Kelt on the first video bit me while trying to get the hook out and it has taken until now for my finger to heel. David that unhooked my second kelt told me that most anglers that get bitten by a kelt have problems with infections. I told my brother about my escapade with the fish and he suggested I make a video of the dangers of fishing ...
On the first day of our fishing trip he was over skiing in Italy and had to be air lifted of the mountain and then driven by ambulance for nineteen hours back to a hospital in the Uk
and may need surgery to repair the Brocken bits
It's all about having fun but it can be more painful skiing than fishing Take care Cheers Iain. 🥃
@@IainSB Good idea for a video Iain! I hope your brother mends well. Last year I stepped off a grass bank into water I assumed ankle deep only to go in head long! I learn to laugh at these mishaps, which later seem to add to the memory and color of a day's fishing (provided we live to tell our tales!)
I have just heard this evening that Roy will not have to have an operation but it will take about a year before he will be able to put full weight on his hip . we will have to take care in our endeavours to enjoy life 🥃🥃
@@IainSB That's rough all the same. With a profession that sees me sit at a desk for long spells, I've taken to going to the gym most days just to keep somewhat agile. If I don't I'll not be fit for the river, or the kayak fishing we enjoy here. Good health and mending to your brother!
Yeah spring is coming!
The day after we left the weather changed and the main A9 was closed due to snow . I think that we need a lot of snow in the mountains that way we have reserves of water for the summer months Cheers Ian. 🥃
Good to see you getting the rod bent again. Hopefully its a springer for you next time. Looks a lovely river to fish one ive never been to yet.
I can recommend having a cast There is an association beat and it produces a lot of fish most seasons you should make the effort Cheers Iain 🥃
@IainSB it's not overly far away from me so might be an option this year. I've got the Beauly opening ceremony coming up along with several days on the Spey. Hope the spring campaign is successful this year.
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It's hard to keep up the enthusiasm, once the hands have gone purple.🥶🥶😂
Its my feet that get it first my hands are not usually a problem especially with my old faithful gloves
Good healthy river with that kelt in it ian
It is said by many that its one of the best rivers in Scotland John
Cheers Again. 🥃
Well done again Ian
Another great day at the river Steve who could ask for more
Cheers Iain. 🥃
Magnificent view at about 2:00 minutes in!
The scenery does distract from the fishing Marcel . I drove further up the Strath to where some guys pan for gold in one of the tributaries and the views were terrific . when I went to have a look later the sun was shining into the lens and the recording was binned . Cheers Iain. 🥃
Lovely film ian as always were there any springers landed on the river on the opening few days
There weren't any springers caught James there is a better chance on the Helmsdale of catching the first Springer of the year than most other river in Scotland. Cheers Iain 🥃
Nice video I do have a question to your tackle early season
What rod do you use
What line brand/type and sinkrate
What river level and temp!
Thanks in advance
the rods In have vary Lars . the rod I am using on that trip is a 12ft 7wt and I have a 9wt Rio Scandi Short Multitip using the floating section with a sinking 5ft polly tip on the end . The air temp was around 5 centigrade and I never took the water temp but know it was cold. the love of the river was 1ft 8inches above summer level the river is not deep and fish will come for the fly
when I am fishing bigger rivers at this time of year I will use a 13ft or 15ft rod with a skagit and various fast and intermediate tips . depending on river heights . I think that most running fish swim up the margins and its best to let the fly come right into the side and that is where its wise not to fish to deep
I hope this helps Cheers Iain. 🥃
Thank’s a lot I am into planning a trip next spring and try to be well prepared on the tackle site!
Iain no wading in this river ?
The ground was solid with the past weather Peter and my feet were cold without wading, I think that I was covering the water well enough without getting to wet 😜. Cheers Iain.
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I can't stop having fun 🥃🍷🍸🍺
Amount of kelts nice stuff
the corner was full of them and we decided to leave them in piece and try elsewhere for fresh fish. Thanks again John 🥃
Very well conditioned kelts. They must spawn early on the Helmsdale. We'll be catching brown kelts on Lough Currane for a another month at least. Great to be out!
everyone that caught kelts while we were there said that the kelts were well conditioned I have caught Kelts in August on the Thurso and I wondered if the take longer to recover in the Lochs .
Cheers Iain. 🥃
@@IainSB Much harder to hang around ina fast winter spate river getting strength back than a freshwater lough all right. I know of a few very small rivers where fish come in very late to spawn and are gone back out within a few weeks. Fish spawn in the Currane system from mid-December on and you'll get kelts in March if it's a dry winter. I'm hearing that lot of rivers in SW of Ireland had a very (big!) late run of salmon into December. Very unusual though not unheard of. Redds and spawning fish everywhere, big surprise because it was such a poor season everywhere in Ireland.
Have you heard of anythig similar in Scotland?
I was out the last day in November for a few cast but more for a sortie The reds that had been cut were so large it had to be monster fish a friend that had been fishing in the last week of the season a couple of miles below Cardrona had several fish over 20lb and one that was over 30lb he also saw other anglers that caught very large salmon 🥃🥃
Hey Iain! Wondering if I could pick your brain about what sort of lines you like to use early season! Cheers!
Andy the angler that usually gets the first fish of the river suggested that I fish a floating line with a sinking pollytip and a weighted fly . The flies I used all had a cone head just to give them a bit of weight . I always take the advice of experts
Cheers Iain. 🥃
@@IainSB very interesting! It's my first spring season and just had my first session on the Tay. Using sinking heads for the first time was a bit of a revelation. I imagine the helmsdale is perhaps not as fast flowing and deep as the Tay so using a sinking head is maybe overkill!
Thank you for responding and tight lines for 24! 🎣
Most of the fish I have caught even in the early spring are not not fast sinking lines and usually quite close to the bank . Always let your fly come right into the side 🥃🥃
@@IainSB Thank you for the advice! I will be sure to try that out! Tight lines!
Why make videos of catching and playing out kelts?? 100 + day tickets a day fishing for spent fish!! A lot of these fish won't make it now after being caught and played slowly on a fly rod.!! It's too early.Wise up !!!
everyone is entitled to their opinion . Based on facts not opinions WE were trying to catch spring fish . it is a fact that Kelts are as tuff as old boots and it is true that there skins were used for making shoes they were that resilient . Another fact is that colours fish and kelts do not shed their scales and if handled with care have no ill effects. It is the spring and fresh fish that some anglers have a problem with . If they are handled scales removed they will get infections that will kill them. I have seen so called experts after handling fish are covered in scales once they have held fish and taken photographs . I think that you are pointing the finger in the wrong direction if you are looking to conserve fish
It's was free to fish the first week up there. weather It's still the same not sure, tried it,did like it, best wait a few days and hit the dee. Always a fair chance ,£50 well spent.