My First Ever Sea Trout Fly Fishing
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- In this episode, I continue my fishing journey targeting sea trout in coastal waters. I enjoy using the bombarda catching sea trout with fly patterns so I thought I would take it to the next level. This is my first ever coastal fly fishing episode and hope to do much more in the near future.
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At least there are no trees behind you! 👍😊🎣
😂😂 yeah that always helps, tight lines🎣👍
Great vid, congrats on the catch. A few tips from a Dane, where we have been Coastal fly Fishing for seatrout since the 70’s . A linetray is an absolute must, and the ones designed here, are also the best, check out “baskette” or “Sondergaard Ecoastal”. If you Would go for gear for that kind Of Fishing, the average is a fast 6 weight, some use a 7. Recomended Lines are Scientific anglers Volantis, Rio outbound short (the one i use), Rio Coastal seatrout. The outbound short is by far, the easiest to cast. Leaders are standard 9’ flourocarbon 0.30 with a 0.25’ish tippet. Again, congrats, it is very addictive 😉
@Jensen Thanks for those tips and suggestions, Sea Trout of the fly is on my to do list. 👍👍
Many thanks Jensen, very much appreciated and some excellent tips and information, what length of rod would you recommend. I have already purchased a line tray and tried it out and I found casting/shooting line much easier. Thanks again Douglas👍
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing Oooh yes!, forgot that, a 9’
@flemming_j_ Do you use a floating, sinking or intermediate line? Do you have any good danish websites fo buying flies?
I use a floating line but I have been advised to use an intermediate. I have started to tie my own flies now.
Very pleased for you. You may not be the the best fly caster (same here), but you fished to your strengths. You knew the location and the fly. Well deserved.
Thanks Mark much appreciated mate.👍🎣
So pleased for you, beautiful bar of silver ! Thank you for sharing your amazing video 👍🎣😊
Cheers buddy much appreciated mate, tight lines👍
It will really help if you pull the line in every cast and not keep casting so much. Let the fly sink then retrieve 👍👌💚💛❤️
Cheers buddy, appreciate the comments.?tight lines
Absolute belter the fly rod is the only way i fish for both sea trout and brown.
Cheers Damien. Aye it was a great experience mate and hope to do much more👍
Probably the best way to nail them .loads now Doug
Cheers Nico, tight lines if your out Monday mate🎣💪🏻👍
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing cheers
What a lovely fish for your first on the fly…. Well done..
Many thanks, I was very happy to catch such a wonderful fish. Tight lines👍🎣
the smile said it all, well done
Thanks Sean, so happy, it was a personal goal and achievement and it was made even better to be able to share with you guys.
Brilliant Dougie, made up for you, tried the fly yesterday, not a sniff, but as Mike says in above comment, I'm defo investing in a tray.
Cheers Gordon, much appreciated buddy. It was a good feeling. Defo looking into a tray. Tight lines mate🎣👍
Cracking sea-trout. Well done, lovely video.
Thanks Buddy👍
Fly fishing tops👍The long rod is ultimate satisfaction in angling
Thank you John much appreciated mate👍🎣
Nice vid and great to put such a bend in your Grandfather's old rod! You have really inspired me to give it a go!
Thanks John, it was a fine day mate. Thanks for watching and tight lines👍
Nice one thats a beautiful fish! best advice I can give you is slow your back cast down a little give the line time to move behind you before casting forward and also get the fish on the reel as soon as you can and you can let the reel do the work its so much easier to play a fish on the reel rather than by hand lining! God I miss flyfishing I used to do it daily in Alness during the season but been down near newcastle last 25 years
Thanks for the advice buddy much appreciated mate. My grandfather always said the same about getting the fish onto the reel. It infuriated him seeing anglers hand lining fish in.
a wise man Im sure he would have been looking down smiling and loved that you got such a nice fish on the fly, thanks to your videos ive just sent away for some Bambarda floats and some of them flies you use lol @@PiscatorUK-Fishing
Excellent work, well done. Cracking looking Sea Trout. Keep the videos coming, really appreciate them.
Many thanks Ian for watching and commenting. Certainly more to come👍
Hi great as per...on the subject of finger guards etc I bought mountain bike gloves from lidl(4or5£)
work well, and the padding on the palm gives a great grip and warm.The left hand feels a bit warmer to.
Thanks Berti and for the information, much appreciated👍
Fantastic fish for first one on the fly! Well done! 👍👏👌🎣😊
Cheers buddy, tight lines👍
That was an absolute belter Doug, Well done, another fantastic watch!
Thanks buddy as always very much appreciated. Tight lines👍🎣
What a beauty!!! Brilliant video really enjoyed watching and well done !
Thanks Allan very much appreciate your comments buddy👍
Well done mate. I went 4 sessions with a blank in the forth estuary this season then one morning hit 6. One snapped me and 5 shook the hook 😢. Had a few mackerel on the fly this year which is fun also but sea trout is an addiction. Great video
Many thanks buddy it was awesome, I do hope to get a few more sessions on the fly rod before the season ends👍
Why?
Ide be out here catching orca on a hand line. ✋️ scouts honour I'll just throw food at it until it associates me with food. No the one with easy food. Easy food? Watever I want an orca mate the wolf of tbe sea I'll show it how to run jungles like those sperm whales whatever. They only crawl through jungle though and get stuck. F em. My orca will do rings. Smoke rings.
Cracking first fish on the fly what a scrap mate well done 🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣
Thanks Dale, it was brilliant mate, we’ll chuffed👍🎣
Absolutely brilliant, well done 👍
Cheers buddy much appreciated mate👍🎣
Excellent. Well done.
Thanks James👍
Bloody hell mate well done. I’ve been fly fishing for years and that’s far better than i’ve had!
Thanks GT, it was a good day, tight lines if your out and about🎣👍
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing Portnacraig River Tummel in two weeks i’ll need the luck I blanked a few weeks ago. Tight lines.
A good friend of mine once told me if you don’t blank your not fishing in the right place. You need to fail to improve. Tight lines on the Tummel, it’s a river I’ve never fished before.
Nice one we'll done 👍... That would make my fishing complete.... Never tried fly fishing in the sea .. I think this year I will try it for me it's the best form of fishing although I sea fish and coarse fish .... Thanks for sharing Tight Lines 🎣👀 looking forward to seeing your next conquest...
Thanks Pat, definitely recommend it. I kept putting it off for too long, it had to be done, fortunately I was rewarded with a lovely fish.👍
What a cracking Sea trout for your first on the fly rod, well done mate 👍🎣🎣
Cheers buddy much appreciated👍
Bravo I was there to witness it too 👏
Cheers Terrry, it was a pleasure talking to you and thanks for the casting tips. Fly casting lessons are now booked with John Milne👍🎣
Brilliant video. Not at all bad for a practice session. Well done playing the fish on the reel. Grandad would be proud 😀
Thanks Phil, really pleased how the session turned out👍🎣
Love your videos - can't wait to try that bombarda method - looks great really effective - never really fished down there - will need to try and find a few locations?!? usually on upper clyde - keep up the good work/videos and tight lines.👏🎣
Thanks Ray much appreciated mate. Tight lines👍
A beaut..id say you are hooked on it now
Thanks Fearghal, really enjoyed it👍
Well done cracking fish, I watch a boy (fly fishing with Robert) his main target fish are sea trout,well worth watching 👍
Cheers John, yeah I’ve been watching him, great young talent👍
Another great production and another magnificent beast there Doug, well done all round, you are killing it lately. I had a couple of years single mindedly devoted to fly fishing and when it all comes together it can be truly sublime and very effective, but when it’s bad, it’s the pits. I pretty much gave up on it, the odd foray, but yesterday we drove half the day and bought a secondhand fly tying kit so I can make some clousers and tube flies which are ridiculously expensive here in Oz. More time spent in the shed messing about with gear is never a bad thing anyways.
Many thanks Ross, much appreciated buddy, I’ve just recently spent a small fortune on fly tying kit and materials. I’m sure it will pay off someday😂 you sound like me, if I’m not fishing, I’m watching fishing, or I’m doing something to do with fishing, what a life we lead👍
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing a couple of piscatorial tragics! Cheers mate💪😊
Nice fish well done , get yourself a line tray it's so beneficial and so much easier to control the fly line at your feet 👍
Thanks Billy, line tray purchased and tried out, massive difference in helping to shoot line👍
Top man sir
Many thanks Stephen👍🎣
Stunning fish there sir, well done indeed as the 1st on the fly. Sub and liked keep up the good work and clean videos!
Thank you Nic for watching, commenting, subscribing and your 👍. Very much appreciated Sir.
cardross or ardmore ? really nice fish
Very nice fish for your 1st on fly mate 👌 hiw lucky are we to have the Clyde estuary on our doorstep,what a brilliant fishery,I had 2 bass across the water from where you are fishing last year
Many thanks Colin, we are lucky mate. Bass will be one of my target species this year,hopefully on a verity of methods but be happy to get one in home waters, that’s not a schooly. Tight lines mate🎣👍
What a great fish…. Congratulations!
@@d803albion thanks for watching Phil, tight lines👍🎣
Cheers Phil much appreciated
Another great presentation. Thanks for putting this up. You don't look like you need too many tips there. Beauty of a ST and fantastic fight. Lovely to do on your Grandfather's rod. The only comment I would add is, if you are keeping on with the fly rod, consider dropping down to a 7# outfit. It will be much more comfortable to use for extended periods and more than capable of casting the sandeel pattern flies. Best of luck for the future.
Thanks K M, appreciate your comments buddy which are very much appreciated. You must be right in what your saying about dropping down rod weight, as over the past few days many angler’s have said the same thing, either on Facebook or on the shore. For me It’s certainly worth considering as it is something I want to do more often. Fly casting lessons are now booked to put me on the right track. I honestly don’t know how my grandad did it, I seen him use this #9 on a tiny burn.
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing A lot more choice for the modern angler these days. My great uncle who taught me to fish when I was a young child used his split cane fly rod for everything on the river. Small fixed spool reel on it and a small wine cork for a float. Wore a suit, shirt and tie every day even when he was fishing and kept all his terminal tackle in his pockets. Caught stacks of trout in the local river. Very happy and vivid memories for me 50 odd years ago. I use a 7# outfit for sea trout which works well for me. Only step up to 8# for pollack off the rocks. An ordinary reservoir rod and cheapish reel does the best...rinse off after use as I would normally after sea water exposure....it has lasted well. Using a ordinary floating line with sink tip which gets rinsed off too without problems. I never bother with tapered leaders for the salt...just fluorocarbon straight through...generally about a foot or so longer than rod to try to minimise tangles when it's windy. Loving the channel....keep up the good work.
@@kevm7751 thanks K M, appreciate your feedback my friend. I will definitely be looking into getting another outfit for the salt wate, we’ll rod at the very least. Thanks for watching and your support, it means a great deal to me. Tight lines👍🎣
I use a 6 wt 9ft Sage rod which has a very stiff action loaded with a floating 7 wt Loop shooting taper line for bass and it works really well in moderate wind conditions. For heavier weather, or with a sinking line I use a balanced 8wt setup with a 10ft rod and Wt Forward line. I’ve caught bass off the Uk shoreline from Chichester to Melvich!! Have a nice day everyone.
@@Ukmongoose3 many thanks for your feedback. I certainly appreciate it as it’s good to hear what is working for other angles.
Well done for your sea trout on the fly. Cracking fish! A couple of things to consider, if my river fishing is anything to go by! To get better turnover over line your rod by one weight. Also use poly-leaders to give you a variety of float or sink tips. They come in all sorts of patterns. Plenty of help on RUclips for casting in windy conditions as well. Good luck and Tight Lines!
Thanks Mr B and for commenting with your advice, which I very much appreciate👍 I’ll certainly be looking into other leaders and lines, especially since I want to put more time into fly fishing. Tight lines if your on the water.
So if your fishing a #7 rod fish with a #8 line is that what your advising
@@damiendonaghy1638 yes, that is correct. It helps to load the rod better especially when using a large fly.
@MrBrysie thanks for the tip and came in the nick of time as just about2 buy a new fly line.
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing if you are thinking of a new fly line the Airflo Bomber line is very good for over-lining!
Another cracking video, well done.
Are you using a floating line?
Hi David, thanks mate, yes I was using a floating line.
Another informative video thank you. Have you thought of a line tray for all that fly line
Hello mate, after that session and some great advice from many viewers I went out and got myself that line tray. I’ve had one practice with it and it made such a difference in managing that loose line and helped to shoot the line a bit better too. No fish unfortunately but that’s just fishing. Thanks for commenting buddy👍
Excellent catch, prefer your bombarda method personally, had a fly rod for 30 years used it twice, not for me, just too much hassle and difficult to use around trees and in a head wind, why over complicate matters when simplicity does the trick.
Doug do you have a link to a website for permits for the Clyde and tributaries which gives you details of cost and what areas are covered? Cheers
Hi Brian, please see link below, I believe this is the only information available, tight lines
www.lochlomondangling.com/
Well done, nice fish. I see someone commenting on line trays. Often thought about that myself but you are right you don't see them used on rivers. On another note, where do you het permits for fishing the coast. Thanks
Thanks Stephen, I did end up getting a line tray and tried it out yesterday, it does make a huge difference for shooting line. I don’t know if I would use it on a river though. Permits for fishing the coast for game fish can be a mine field as certain areas have different bylaws, it all depends on your area? I would enquire first at your local tackle shop and or Google it to see if there is any information on it.
Belter 👏🏻
Cheers mate👍
Hi, great fish. I love to fly fish for sea trout from the shore. Is the season very short?
Cheers mate, the season March to end of October
As always a great wee video. Watching your technique, I would say you are recasting too often. Retrieve all the way in before recasting. Well done though 👏👏👏
Cheers Jimmy, your comments and advice is greatly appreciated mate. Thanks for watching👍🎣
Magic, and your grandfather's tackle, even more special.
I had one about 2lb self release this morning, which I didn't mind because I saw it close and to me the success is in finding and getting one to take in the first place.
Can I ask what you do when you see a follow?
I had a big fish follow right to my feet a couple of days ago, nipped at the lure and away. Would you do a stop, speed up or just pretend you haven't seen it and carry on as normal like I do haha.
Thanks Daz, it was a happy day all round. Well I’ve not had the experience of many follows with the fly rod but certainly with the bombarda if in close I speed up a bit. The last video, you can’t really see it on small screen, even though I tried to zoom in on the take. The fish was following and did a u turn to get the fly and you could just make out the slight bow wave/bulge on the surface i reeled in with a bit of pace until it smashed it. I’ve had a few like that, approaching shallow water, it’s like the point of no return the fish either has a go or looses it’s pray to the cover of rocks and weed. That’s my theory anyway.
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing thanks very much, I suppose a bait fish would definitely speed up so makes sense 🐠🐟👍
beautiful Douglas
good to see that you catch them that way too I've done it once but I'm not a star at it I find fishing with the bombarda just a bit easier and you have a longer range than with the fly I think although I you can see the streamer moving quite a distance away from you but as a question I can see that you strip the line fairly quickly or does it just seem that way. I think the bombarda is slowing down or is that a hoax?
but all in all beautiful to look at and a nice result tight lines for next time
p.s . last week i caught my first seabass with the bombarda i was just as happy as you with your trout on the flyrod 😃
Hello my friend, great you got your first bass with the bombarda👌 I suppose it looked like quite a fast strip but they were mostly just short pulls rather than long fast pulls so the fly wasn’t really travelling a long way at speed. As always thank you for commenting👍
Another great watch! I agree with you that catching one with traditional fly gear is the ultimate and although I catch loads of mullet on Mepps spinners tipped with ragworm nothing beats the thrill of taking them on traditional fly gear. On another, but related subject I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on the benefits or otherwise of using the Bombarda method with the Bombarda being fixed and not able to slide freely. The rational given is that with a sliding Bombarda a lot of slack line is created which can seriously impact bite detection. Any thoughts?
Thanks for your comments and feedback David, much appreciated mate👍 with the bombarda being free running, it’s the only way I’ve used it. If someone says to me something could be better I’ll give it a go. I do understand your thought process with staying in contact with the business end, although I’ve not experienced otherwise. I will try locking the bombarda in place on my next session, a tight fitting line stop should do the trick. Stay tuned I’ll use it in my next video, if I catch a fish😂 Thanks again Douglas
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing It’s just a suggestion that I picked up from another RUclips video on the subject rather than something I’ve tried myself. It will be very interesting to see if it makes any difference to you catch rate.
Your casting looks pretty good, but I’d invest in a line tray. You won’t need so many false casts trying to get line off water.
Thanks Mike, I’ve been looking into the line tray’s. I did notice a lot of drag from the water, made worse if the tide is running. You don’t see many fly fishermen using line trays on a river, surely they experience similar drag?
What is your most successful flies you use for coastal sea trout would be great help to me thank you and keep up fantastic work mate 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Sand eel pattern for me but anything that looks like small bait fish. I must admit, most of the sea trout that I caught using a fly has been with the bombarda.
Thank you for replying what color is your favourite sandeel and what style of flie is it meaning is it tube flie or wooly bugger style am only asking as not wanting to buy wrong ones thank you 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
What's the full name of blue and white sandeels so I can order some mate cheers
@@user-gp4zt5un1x no worries mate, Ez sand eel, see link below
www.farlows.co.uk/saltwater-bass-sand-eel-eezee-blue-size-6.html
We were up on Fri 19th there at rhu from 6 am to 9.30 am. Low tidevthis time. Tried bombarda and sand eel fly and a couple of different spinners. Both of us not a touch yet again. Can't see what were doing wrong but it's getting disheartening. We are both skilled and experienced river fishermen trout wise. I've caught and was in the paper for it, sea trout in other rivers but I seem to have lost the touch or whatever is needed
Hi Fraser, thanks for the update, it’s always appreciated mate. Blanking is not uncommon, you can throw everything at them and it can be frustrating especially if they have shown themselves. If I know they are there I usually give the area a bit of a rest and try different lures or flies, which I’m sure you do with your experience but as you know you can’t make them feed, it happens to the best of us. Tight lines gents, I’ve got my fingers crossed for you.
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing we will still try, it's a lovely place and just a morning there works wonders for the mind and soul. We work together as chefs so we need to get back to kilmarnock for 11 to start so that's why it's always early morning just now but high summer it'll be nights after 9.30pm which is the deadliest we can get there after work. I'll keep you posted as to our success or failures lol tight lines, I look forward to more of your vids. Ps - I wrote that while disheartened but I'm ready and full of confidence that it will work one day. I'm going to purchase a couple of Tobies and use the Scandinavian style of having a fly one the line a foot and a half from the spinner so it looks like the spinner is chasing the fly- this can induce a take as the sea trout or bass sees it as competition for food AND prey/food and is more likely to engage attack mode. That's the theory anyway. I'll do this not with a dropper but with the fly "inline" with the line tied to the bend of the fly hook then directly to the spinner no droppers- no tangles. Still using a swivel in the set up though
@@fraser5754 thanks again for the feedback, totally agree with the theory of fish feeding encourages other fish to feed and using a teaser can often make a huge difference. Tight lines to you both👍🎣
Hi there! Where is that please? Just interested.
It’s the Clyde estuary buddy
Treat yourself to a line tray, makes much easier work of the hanging line in the water. Have a look at the channel "Flyfishingbyrobert".
Well done! Were you fishing at Red Castle in one of your previous videos?
Thanks G, I do love the bombarda but I do like new challenges too. It’s probably the reason I like so many methods. For me it’s not always about catching, although that is the best outcome in any fishing, I just like verity. Appreciate your comments as always buddy, tight lines.
Cheers mate, I think tha mark is further up the coast.
Me and my brother were watching one of your sea trout videos last week and my brother thought the surroundings looked like Red Castle near North Keswick, Inverness.
I only started fishing for sea trout from the bank last year at Alturlie, Culloden. I blanked every time. The sea trout there used to be plentiful 20 years ago with fish jumping all the time, but there doesn't seem to be much there now😪
@@allanscobbie4101 thanks for supporting the channel with watching the videos. Sadly many fisheries have experienced declining numbers of game fish around our coast due to a multitude of factors.