Just got back from a week brown trout fishing in south uist off the coast of Scotland. Some things have changed. This isn't your grandfather's oatmeal.
But the fishing is still the same. The ghillies still wear deerstalkers. Here's Alastair O'Henley managing the drift.
You fish a team of three wet flies - green peters and dabblers are popular...
...as are the traditional scottish wets like the Peter Ross, Butcher, Dark Mackerel and Alexandra.
The brownies look up. You fish a floating line and most takes include a boil at the surface. The brownies from tannin lochs are dark. Here's a snail feeding fish we rolled in oatmeal and grilled for breakfast.
The brownies from clear water lochs have white or buttery yellow stomachs. Took this one on a size 14 Black Zulu.
Our best fish of the week (not mine) came to a size 12 Butcher.
A parting picture taken out the bedroom window in our B&B. I'll be back!
But the fishing is still the same. The ghillies still wear deerstalkers. Here's Alastair O'Henley managing the drift.
You fish a team of three wet flies - green peters and dabblers are popular...
...as are the traditional scottish wets like the Peter Ross, Butcher, Dark Mackerel and Alexandra.
The brownies look up. You fish a floating line and most takes include a boil at the surface. The brownies from tannin lochs are dark. Here's a snail feeding fish we rolled in oatmeal and grilled for breakfast.
The brownies from clear water lochs have white or buttery yellow stomachs. Took this one on a size 14 Black Zulu.
Our best fish of the week (not mine) came to a size 12 Butcher.
A parting picture taken out the bedroom window in our B&B. I'll be back!
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