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Hello,

I have has always been interested in fishing but growing up never had any friends or family who fished so I never had a chance to try it. I am a grouse keep now and have just moved up to a highland estate which is mostly grouse but it has a bit of red deer too. There is no least fishing but there are a few smallish rocky stream what have trout in them. I was thinking about having a go fishing the trout, but don't really know what I need. A check list of the bare minimum i would need, would be useful and a good book to read up how to go about it.

Thanks alot, Tom

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I have never fished small streams but i would be thinking about a small fly rod, maybe about a 5 weight, small fly reel and as for fly's i would think really small spider patterns, wickhams fancy and i always have to have a couple of pheasant tail nymphs, as for a leader, i would think 2lb-3lb, but that depends on the size of fish, like i said i have never fished this type of water, more river and lake fishing so maybe this set up can be tweaked a bit, good luck. :thumbs:

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I fish a few smallish rivers/streams for chub and roach and catch a few trout in the process, for that I use a stick float and run it through the deeper runs as Billy said holding the float back ( put your finger on the spool to stop the line peeling off) and then letting it run on produces a lot of bites maggots would be my favourite bait for this.... You could try free lining a worm or live minnow maybe through the run you can't get any more natural and could well work for you, a split shot or 2 on the line will give you a bit more control...it will be a bit if trial and error but good luck with it..

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I fish a couple of small rivers for wild brown trout and although my preferred method is the fly a worm or fresh minnow suspended under a bubble float and just trotted along in the current is hard to beat for putting trout on the bank.

Minimal tackle and skill needed.

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anything would do mate honestly...as long as you have a rod, reel and line and then float hook & maggots you will probably catch them and you'll have a whale of a time.

 

Best of luck and looking forward to some photos :D

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