Trip up north

[rob84 112]

going on a fishing trip middle of june up to cougie, north of inverness to fish on the small lakes and rivers? i want to be fly fishing, but have fly fished since i was a kid! just after any tips on takle needed what size rods, lines and best flies.

any feedback would be appriciated!

 

Cheers Rob

[cubby 3]

hi there mate you are heading the for most beautiful part of britain the north of scotland so please enjoy.

ideally for the wild browns up there you would need a five weight rod and line to match. tippet strength of four pounds max. flies can vary but a couple of good patterns are kate mclaren, bibio and zulu. you can have success on small dries as well.

if you are fishing where there are salmon in the water then you might want to step up to a seven weight outfit instead and some stronger tippet. standard salmon flies will suffice.

 

good luck mate and enjoy your trip.

[mick20 23]

going on a fishing trip middle of june up to cougie, north of inverness to fish on the small lakes and rivers? i want to be fly fishing, but have fly fished since i was a kid! just after any tips on takle needed what size rods, lines and best flies.

any feedback would be appriciated!

 

Cheers Rob

Hi Rob,

Me and a mate fished up Sutherland 3-4 years ago and it was fantastic .

We stayed in a B&B the first night in Lochinver and got some local info before setting out(invaluable). Some lochs have a boat on and cheap to hire.

We fished a couple of lochs up in the mountains, staying overnight at both, as well as the local river, for wild brownies.

Tackle used was; Orvis 9'-0" 5 weight rod with matching reel and floating line. this was ideal for both river and loch. We took hundreds of flies of all different sorts; wet, dry, large small, ones specific to loch fishing and lures, you name it and we probably had one in our boxes.

Two of us fished all week catching many, many trout and used i think four flies. The most productive for me, on loch and river was a small goldhead Montana nymph(green/black) on the point with a Bibio on a dropper 3 feet above.(Caught in excess of 100 brownies, to about 10-12 0zs in a 2 day period at one loch using these. .

End of April was the time of year we went(missed the midge )

ATB Mick