9 May 2014

time out on the forgotten burn

The last couple of Friday evenings i've been exploring a little burn near by what with only having a couple of hours to spare before picking up my daughter from youth club, despite its locality its a stream i had never fished before so was keen to find out what it contained if anything! anticipation grew as i could hear it gushing in the valley below before i set my eyes on it, a clamber down a heavily wooded banking soon revealed a fast flowing little burn which was running with a little bit of colour from recent rain. 


It runs through an attractive country estate but there were still some signs that this little burn once had a more industrial past, with stone walls and man made waterfalls, i'm sure there was a mill on this stream at one time. Those days are now long gone and nature has once again taken over with moss, overhanging trees and woodland foliage.


  inbetween  fast broken water i found the odd pool 


the glister bug was the fly of choice in the murky water,  after a few missed takes on the way upstream one of the resident trout stuck


this evening was a similar story to last friday, with the burn running slightly higher with the downpour last night.


a catapult cast is all that was needed  most of the time,  i get a lot of  pleasure each time i use my Burns built rod


a bridge going back to nature


another wee fella


 a really enjoyable couple of evenings on a forgotten burn, i'm looking forward to fishing it again, could be a regular friday thing.

8 comments:

  1. Nice work finding some small water close to home. Love the reel, mine is perfect for fishing small steams, simple and elegant

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    1. I agree Mark, it's a nicely machined little reel, tough as well, should last for years.

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  2. It's always nice to find some new water to fish especially where the trout aren't getting a regular pounding, small waters and fish on light gear, what could be a better way to spend a couple of hours ?.

    Nice post Brian!l

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    1. Cheers Douglas, aye an ideal way to pass a couple of hours, it would be a good place for your tenkara set up.

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  3. Great photos.
    Love the fiddleheads.

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    1. Thanks Alan, fiddleheads right enough, that's a good description.

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  4. well done Brian another good read and good few hours by the looks of things. Photos are spot on too.

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    1. thanks George, its great being able to sneak in an hour or two of fishing in the evenings now.

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