8 November 2014

November Grayling

Out today for my first trip of the Grayling season,  with all the rain of late I knew I would have to travel to the upper reaches of the river to find some clear water.After an hour or so drive I parked up at my spot and got my first proper look at the river, aye it was carrying a bit of extra water right enough but running clear, I had packed the fly rod as well as my trotting gear but in truth i fancied a bit of relaxed trotting so decided to leave the fly rod in the car.
George from the http://traditionalfloats.blogspot.co.uk/ made me some lovely floats last winter with this river in mind,  I've been so looking forward to fishing with them and today I would finally get the chance to put them to good use, one of them anyway!



 I headed down to a pool that gave me a few nice grayling last year and after two or three trots down and I was into a fish, not what I was looking for though, a little trout which was followed by one or two more of his pals before I found myself connected to the first Grayling of the day.


only a little one but i was pleased to land my first of the winter

the next Grayling was a different creature all together, what i call a line whistler, nervous moments as i drew him ever closer to the net, he went 2lb 4oz in the mclean.




if that was to be my last grayling of the day i would have went home delighted, but i seemed to have found a shoal of good fish, to cut a long story short i ended up with eight Grayling for the day with five of them between 2lb 4oz and 2lb 8oz, happy days!

some pictures in no particular order, a memory card full of grayling pictures gets a bit confusing as they all look the same!  











in truth i probably could have stuck it out a little while longer but with some prolonged heavy showers late afternoon i decided to call it a day around four, a great day and a big thank you to George for making me those lovely floats.  



        
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11 comments:

  1. Stewart8 November 2014 at 23:27

    Another great post and excellent pics. That float is just lovely too, as photogenic as the Grayling!

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    1. brian9 November 2014 at 13:13

      Thanks Stewart, aye George's floats are very pleasing on the eyes.

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  2. Col9 November 2014 at 17:23

    Stoating grayling bri, well Done!

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    1. brian9 November 2014 at 19:17

      Thanks Col, we'll need to have a Grayling trip next time your off work.

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  3. Luremaniac!9 November 2014 at 19:15

    What a wonderful fish species! Any idea if I can find them somewhere on the west coast?

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  4. brian9 November 2014 at 19:30

    Aye they are a great wintertime fish Demitrios, west coast of the top of my head you have the Nith, Annan, think Col's had them in the Ayr, the ones above are from that famous river which runs through Glasgow!

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    1. Luremaniac!10 November 2014 at 11:35

      Thanks man! Think il have top give them a go soon..

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  5. George9 November 2014 at 20:09

    Lovely, lovely lovely, Very nice Grayling Brian well done and I'm so glad that the float done the job it was designed for, like I say I hope you get as much pleasure from fishing with it as I got from making it for you, thank you for the kind words & I hope it aids you to many more in the future.
    Cheers George

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  6. brian9 November 2014 at 21:51

    Thank you George, it was a real pleasure to watch your float make its way down stream and find its intended target, I cant wait to the next time!

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  7. Scott Hutchison9 November 2014 at 21:54

    Beautiful ladies of the stream Brian! Liking the handmade float too. Chris Yates springs to mind with all his antique tackle.

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  8. brian9 November 2014 at 22:17

    Cheers Scott, aye George's floats are a real treat, need to get myself a Kelly kettle for cups of tea by the river next!

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