Perhaps catching another species this year would give me some indication of how motivated I was to keep species hunting. Last Tuesday, I decided to head to Drumtassie Trout Fishery, with a couple of mates, Brian and Ryan, to hopefully catch my first rainbow trout of 2023. Maybe I should make a serious effort to keep trying to add more? Maybe I should think about taking a well-earned break? I have been fishing a lot this year and do feel ever so slightly "burnt out"! Maybe I should take my foot off the gas, just relax a bit and enjoy some fishing without focussing on adding further species to my tally. Having hit my 2023 species hunting target of two hundred species whilst on holiday on Crete, and by the end of the holiday having reached two hundred and twenty one species this year, I’ve been in two minds about what I should do between now and the end of the year. I guess I just can’t switch off species hunting mode, but as long as I'm able to get out over the coming winter months and catch a few fish that’s fine! It’s not my favourite method to fish or type of venue to visit, and if I’m honest the only reason I’d visited the fishery again so soon was in the hope that I’d get lucky and catch a brook trout, which I'd failed to do. Looks nicer than the blue variant in my opinion.Īll things considered, it was not a bad little session in less than ideal conditions. It looks more like a green trout in the photo above!Ī bog standard rainbow trout. This one looked a deeper shade of blue from above when it was upright in the water. As their name suggests they’re also a blue colour across their backs. Technically, a rainbow trout as well, just one with a genetic mutation that is responsible for the colouration difference.īlue trout usually have fewer spots than a standard rainbow. All bar one were rainbow trout, the odd one out being my first blue trout of the year. A few more were hooked and managed to successfully eject my not so natural offerings. On three different colour variations I had eight trout in six hours. The colour of the puddle bug cat didn’t seem to matter too much either. To my mind it’s more akin to float fishing, but it was certainly very effective. When I braved the cold easterly winds and accompanying showers on Tuesday, to visit Drumtassie Trout Fishery in the afternoon for a few hours, I fished on its fly fishing ponds and went with an approach that would probably boil the blood of your average traditional fly fisherman!Ī single puddle bug cat, fished under an Air-Lock sight indicator. I may enjoy some types of fishing more than others but as long as I'm catching fish, I’m usually happy. I don't care really! As a species hunting angler, I'll use whatever method I think will be most effective and is at my disposal in any given situation. Traditional or unorthodox. Bait, lure or fly. I've never been an angler who limits myself or gets snobby when it comes to different styles of fishing.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |