I lost 3 flies and 2 floats
Don't use flies for practice. When I started, the shop gave me a quick lesson in casting and tied a bit of cotton wool or something on the end of the line. Flies weigh nothing and the whatever it was on the line was there so I could see it.
Also, don't use floats, you need the fish not to be aware of you. Use floating line or gunk line float (£3 or so from fishing shops)
Don't use flies for practice. When I started, the shop gave me a quick lesson in casting and tied a bit of cotton wool or something on the end of the line. Flies weigh nothing and the whatever it was on the line was there so I could see it.
Also, don't use floats, you need the fish not to be aware of you. Use floating line or gunk line float (£3 or so from fishing shops)
He's not fly fishing, he's using a spinning rod, so needs a float.
Fly fishing is for people who like wearing rubber and tweed, eating quail and have a landrover despite living in a new estate in falkirk.
I fly fish and don't wear rubber, don't wear tweed, don't live on a new estate and where I live isn't in fakirk.
I assume that this is just as accutae
Know all about holding sharks..
He's not fly fishing, he's using a spinning rod,
Sorry missed that
Only downside is that it takes years to get competent!
I've been fly fishing for years and still not competent.
Still, might be in the Aberfeldy area in the next couple of weeks, so might check out these £5 day permits
I'm not sure that picture of a heavily bleeding upside down fish is a good advert for anything at all 😐
So, did we get any trout then Joe? 😀
Trout like quite fast moving water but you would normally find them before or after 'rapids' (where you see water /rocks etc all swirling and breaking the surface).
Might be where you are, all of the trout I was looking at this afternoon were in relatively still pools in a fairly shallow river, just below a slightly faster moving shallower section, sitting fairly still just waiting for tit-bits to come drifting past.
Must have been at least a dozen, maybe more at one spot.
And bugger using s****y kit like flies, etc., when my dad was younger he used to tickle for trout along the banks of the same river, a couple of miles downstream.
He tried to teach me, when I was eight or nine, but my fingers went numb and I couldn't feel a damned thing, let alone a trout!
he's using a spinning rod, so needs a float.
Not nessecelery, mainly needs a lure, like a Devon Minnow, Toby or a Mepp.
Plus others.
You've not read that properly Essel, the guy was assuming the op was fly fishing, which he isn't, so if he's going to use a fly, he'd need to use a float. Or a weight, but that'd be daft.
Might be where you are, all of the trout I was looking at this afternoon were in relatively still pools in a fairly shallow river, just below a slightly faster moving shallower section, sitting fairly still just waiting for tit-bits to come drifting past.
Which is what I was saying (although clearly not said very clearly).
You've not read that properly Essel, the guy was assuming the op was fly fishing, which he isn't, so if he's going to use a fly, he'd need to use a float. Or a weight, but that'd be daft.
Your'e right, I didn't read it properly. (I blame the McEwans Champion Ale) 😕
Nobeerinthefridge - Member
So, did we get any trout then Joe?
Complete and utter failure! 😆 But considering my base knowledge was zero, I wasn't really expecting to, would have been beginners luck if I did catch anything. Good fun trying though, and my rod handling skills are decent now and I can cast etc without tangling.. tbh i didn't know about hook setting or that you can tell a fish is biting from twitches on the line and stuff. So I think I may well have been getting some nibbles, but just didn't know what to do. There was fish there, I seem some jumping.
So going forward, I'm committed now, I'm not giving up till i catch something(which may or may not lead to this becoming a new hobby). So i've been arming myself with loads of useless info via youtube again this weekend. Don't ask me to repeat any of it mind you, more just getting a general gist a the moment, but I understand the difference of using lures, flies and bubbles now, a few decent knots and that essentially I probably need to have more of a hunter mentality rather than just standing at the side and casting roughly the same area all the time, and I've learned you need to change up the presentation etc, that wind in your face is a good thing, casting up stream as that's the way fish sit looking etc, about fish visibility in the water etc, It's all very involved I can see, interesting enough.. Loads of things to try out.
So my nearest river is the Clyde(though I've loads of options there reasonably local), I'll be heading up to one of the fishing stores in the east end to have a wee chat with someone that knows the local spots and what's what there, and stock up in new lures and flies etc(My next real goal is stop stop unnecessarily losing these bits!).
Regarding the Clyde, I can find info about the mid clyde and the upper clyde, which is fine. but what about the lower clyde, seems mid clyde stops at Dalmarnock bridge, does that mean essentially from dalmarnock bridge to the weir in glasgow green is free freshwater fishing? (not that I'll be shy in buying a license for the mid/upper if I get more into it, just don't really want to spend the £75/25 this time of the year for a mid license, when it seems I have a free spot to practice from a mile or so from my house.) I'm also guessing after the weir into the estuary is free fishing too, but that's tidal so getting into sal****er fish, which is possibly a different game?
And btw, would you eat anything you caught in the clyde? I'd imagine, when i do eventually catch something(It will happen!), I'll be very more a catch and release type! But just curious about that.
I did a bit of rowing last year, one night a week on the Glasgow green section, you wouldn't believe the wildlife there, must be a good sign, I would defo eat fish from the river.
Glasgow angling centre will tell you and sell you whichever permits you need.
Worth you spending a day at a fishery too, you'll catch there, and helps with striking, bringing in and handling fish.
Cool, aye I pass by there on the bike regularly, see people out all the time and it's a lot better looking that it used to be.
Is that the best store then? I see there are 4 basically, 2 in tollcross, one over govanhill way and the angling centre up in possil.
Noted on the fisheries I'll have a look into that.
You were saying supremebean........
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All those shops will be decent, I used to use GAC when it was at the top of the gallowgate, as it had huge stock and all the guys in there fished, lots of shops don't have that experience.
If you have spinning gear, you can also have a go at pike or perch fishing too, lots of wee ponds about the city that will have those.
You were saying supremebean........
Yes, i was saying that's the wrong way to hold a fish like that.
What's your point?
Did you not notice all the other photos carrying the fish correctly?
ETA: Ok you found 1 photo on google images of a guy holding a spurdog incorrectly, well done.
perch fishing
😯 You monster!
You won't feel a thing PP!
haha 😆
If you fancy a session on the canal after roach, perch, tench sometime give me a buzz. There are some nice fish in there.
Just noticed this cheers for the offer, may well take ye up on that sometime. Think i'm gonny stick with the trout initially though, find out what i can about that. The fishery idea sounds like my best initial start tbh. Dunno, probably change my mind on that in a week or too mind! 😆 My investigation continues!glasgowdan - Member
If you fancy a session on the canal after roach, perch, tench sometime give me a buzz. There are some nice fish in there.
Regarding the Clyde, I can find info about the mid clyde and the upper clyde, which is fine. but what about the lower clyde, seems mid clyde stops at Dalmarnock bridge, does that mean essentially from dalmarnock bridge to the weir in glasgow green is free freshwater fishing?
Regarding this point, no it's not free, found the info, from dalmarnock bridge on is basically the kelvin that control that, so you need the license from them to fish from down there. mind you the sewage works is just after the bridge as well, so stuff hanging about there, it can be right stinking!
perchypanther - Member
perch fishing
You monster!
It's ok, you can relax, he's after a Norwegian Blue, all you have to do is wait for it to fall off its perch and catch it!
Keep us posted Seosamh, love a fishing chat!.
will do. 🙂
Went a burl with the wife on the bikes today, parked at kilsyth marina, pedalled to the kelpies and back.
I've never seen so many fish as I did today, particularly the section around banknock. They were probably roach or perch, I reckon a wee 3 weight fly rod, gloating line and a short leader with maggots or whatever Dan reckons they eat, you'd have awesome sport!.
Should give me a shout next time you're up my way.
Lots of small roach on the surface. Ledger or deep float near evening gets the bigger fash. Need to get back oot ?
I'd be up for an evening fishing Dan, say the word...
Joe, you up for it?
Could be aye, never done anything this weekend, went a walk up the pentlands today, was going to turn my attention to next for getting out, but if youse are firing up, may well take advantage of your knowledge!
When you thinking?
I'd be up for an evening Joe, if that suits you n Dan? This or next Wednesday?.
Wednesday could work for me, either/or, up the canal? Dan what you thinking?
Weather looking changeable this week mind, not that that would put me off, bit of rain just adds atmosphere! 😆
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Greg have u got Joe on your Facebook messenger? Don't want all the creeps on here knowing where we might be. I've had trouble with stalkers you understand.
No, I don't use faceboak, aye I recall your stalker! 
If you both drop me a pm with yer mobile numbers, we'll get a wee whatsapp chat going.
whatsapp works for me! Hate facebook messenger. I'll send ye a pm gregg.
Guid stuff.
Ps I'm keen to catch some Ayrshire troot as well!