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MIK

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  1. A few sea troot from this season
  2. We’ve had a lot of rain the past few days and the river has been big and coloured ...my guest left early on Saturday as the river was unfishable....it started to clear enough for the fly lay on Saturday so managed the last hour ...first cast with a Wilkinson tube and what a scrap of this very well made deep fish ..
  3. No johnstones have been finished since the early nineties ...there would of been a lot of fish around on Morphie in those days it was one of the best spring beats in Scotland back then before the dyke was breached Zelda
  4. Yes have you fished it ? had a cracking fish tonight ....nailed a Zelda in the lower gauge above the dyke and landed in the breach pool
  5. Pup coming up for a year old now going to have some fun with this lad
  6. MIK

    Honkers

    some Canada s landing at the back of my house this evening....roll on Monday
  7. Give Tomo on here a shout I’m sure I got a jeep of dvds years ago from him and that was one of them
  8. I went to keepers college with young Charlie and knew Charlie well as I was on Fealar Estate which marched with GLen Tilt but will keep my thoughts to myself on my thoughts on him ...
  9. Had a good day yesterday 4 Morphie silver bullets
  10. been watching this bitch otter most of the summer with 3 cubs and hadn’t saw them for a few weeks then had this encounter it’s magical moments like this than can make this the best job in the world
  11. Had another decent week with over 22 salmon grilse and sea trout and putting the seasons tally so far to over the 100 mark
  12. They are probably the best salmon reels in the world lots of lads using them on the Alta so that speaks for itself I’ve got him on my beat today we have had a decent week 21 fish landed biggest 16 lb but water came up over 7 ft yesterday so it’s unfishable today I e got Rio Scandinavia on my 13ft loop going by whet I’m seeing other rods using it will be the most popular Scandinavia line at the moment yes hitching is done on the wee rod with full floater very exciting way of salmon fishing here’s a vid from last year with me and A mgall form Ireland
  13. My guests left late afternoon so went for a cast great evenings sport landed 3and lost one great craic on the wee rod and they made the Murray Stewart reel sing river came up a bit this morning but still gin clear and plenty fish coming off the tides ...I’ve got a party of very good rods from Northern Ireland I’m sure they will hit a good few fish in these conditions
  14. Small flies fished deep cascades ,willie guns etc the ban special is a favourite of mine a guest had a fish on one today it’s Morphie on the North Esk Scotland
  15. Decent few days on low water conditions 8 grilse and 4 salmon up to 20 lb all on the fly with a few on the hitch
  16. Out yesterday morning with a guest and plenty of salmon and grilse running ...amazing sight and right place at right time beter wathced in HD
  17. 16lb bar of silver north Esk perfection one of an 8lb and 20 lb landed yesterday for the same rod
  18. my young lad with a crakin 3 lb sea troot that hit a dry on a 7’ 3weight
  19. Slow start to 2019 with high water most spring which saw fish run right through my beat ...decent sea trout about plenty fish the 2-4lb mark and a few near double figures some really well made salmon about at 10-20lb and we ha e one or two well over 20 in some pools ...I’ve lost 3 fish this past week around 20 ...grilse starting to show but still not in big numbers let’s hope they make an appearance this year water temp above the 55 f and had 2 come up to the hitch on Saturday got some guests out tonight and hopefully there’s some action with the surface flies it has to be the most
  20. New scope fitted on this set up as I wasn’t too impressed with the nightforce in low light and it didn’t work well with the Pard 007 titanium delta 2.5 -15x56 HD illuminated which is more suited for the add on NV with the lower mag and side parallax decent scope for the money
  21. Just noticed this is in the wrong section can the mods put this thread in lurchers section
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