Southwest Scotland walkabout

[huntersforge]

I set out this morning to check some new areas for a future few days off the grid. As I knew one of the areas was next to a small hill loch I packed my lightweight fishing kit .
All in all it was a nice day to be out and will soon be returning to this remote and unspoilt spot. The brown trout I caught was returned safe and sound.

 

[redandshane]

Nice pics
a taster for me I am returning to my home county of Galloway at the start of August for a fortnight and one of the things I am doing is walking the southern upland way from Newton Stewart to Dalry taking in Merrick on the way.
What are the midges like at the moment?

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

What rod is that?

 

[JAG009]

What are the midges like at the moment?

Same as always, they dont go away until winter

 

[JAG009]

Looks like a nice wee stroll you had, and a good bit of fishing ,but do tell what kind of rod is that your using, and does it come in that rod tube or is that just a standard rod tube cut to size



Cheers



Jason

 

[Shewie]

What are the midges like at the moment?

Horrendous mate, well they were a couple of weeks ago. Bad enough to make us move camp at 9pm and search for a windy exposed beach.

A Beatons midge jacket and plenty of Wilmas Nordic Summer did help though.

 

[huntersforge]

The rod is a Mitchell graphite 5 piece travel rod which is about 5 1/2ft long. The reel is a Mitchell 308X. Both were imported from the states years ago. The rod tube is a piece of brown downpipe with an aerosol cap on the end,simple but effective.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Midges, a few biting today on the Island at Loch Ard but wore shorts and no protection so they seemed to have faded there.

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

The rod is a Mitchell graphite 5 piece travel rod which is about 5 1/2ft long. The reel is a Mitchell 308X. Both were imported from the states years ago. The rod tube is a piece of brown downpipe with an aerosol cap on the end,simple but effective.

Thank you very much, the Ebay hunt is now on.

 

[huntersforge]

Thank you very much, the Ebay hunt is now on.

This is what it looked like when I got it in its original guise . Maybe give you a better idea what to look out for .

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

ooooo, Thank you that is indeed helpful.

Where did you find yours? And how dose it handle?

 

[huntersforge]

ooooo, Thank you that is indeed helpful.

Where did you find yours? And how dose it handle?

A friend of mine brought it back from america for me, I saw the shimano exage set up on the woodlore website years ago and really fancied one but it was way too expensive . It handles great, the largest fish I have had with it was a pike about 3lb,which was a bit of a shock as I was after trout.

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

A friend of mine brought it back from america for me, I saw the shimano exage set up on the woodlore website years ago and really fancied one but it was way too expensive . It handles great, the largest fish I have had with it was a pike about 3lb,which was a bit of a shock as I was after trout.

I am searching like mad for one right now, I am not a fan of Telescopic rod's they are cheep and nasty and I need a nice 5/6ft travel rod for my bag.

 

[Dannytsg]

Looks like a nice trip there. Thanks for sharing