Dry Fly Fishing | Scotland | River Devon | Wild Brown Trout
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2020
- As Scotland entered COVID Phase 3, I took the opportunity to venture outside of my 5-mile radius and paid a visit the gorgeous River Devon in Clackmannanshire. I grew up on the banks of the river and spent my formative years chasing trout there with mixed results! Returning to the river as an adult is always an emotional experience. This particular evening, a caddis hatch brought dozens of picture-perfect brown trout to the surface, eager to take a dry fly. This video is a humble attempt to capture a little of what my perennial 'home water' has to offer the fly angler - dry fly fishing at its best.
Filmed on iPhone 11 pro (with Filmic Pro) and a GoPro Hero 6
Additional camera work (including the epic drone footage) by Andrew Herkes, Angling Scotland Media Lead.
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The clear and winding Devon as the bard said a while back ;) Awfy braw Sean..
Excellent - I got all misty-eyed watching that :-)
Very good to see another Scottish fly fishing video from yourself, and more than pleased when I realised it was filmed on my local river, the silvery Devon.
As you said its a fickle river, somedays bubblin, somedays youd swear there were no fish in the river at all.
Brilliant video👍
So so so wonderful. Really great to experience visually what you do when you go out fishing.
Great vid
Beautiful landscape indeed ! I could feel your love to this nature. I liked your music taste too btw,
My favourite wee river. I recognise the stretches at Fossoway down from the fish farm.
Excellent😬👍🏻
Nice work and lovely waters, your doing an excellent job, simple and effective !
Thank you, Sean... New to your videos and , as a long time fisher, I really appreciate your obvious respect and love for the surroundings - absolutely beautiful in your area of the world. Appreciate how your camera looks around and how you make this about the beauty and heritage and pride of these streams and these beautiful natives. So, so special...
Thanks so much Frank! I've always found fishing to be an amazing way to connect with nature, and I love that it comes across in the videos 🙏🏼🐟
Nothing like wild brown trout fishing on a wild river MAGICAL 👍
Thanks mate! I couldn’t agree with you more - there’s no better way to pass an afternoon (or several of them!)
@@SouthsideFlyFishing Great video mate my local river is six mile water here in N Ireland some great brown trout in it later in the season The dallagan come up the system there lough neagh trout grow to double figures Anglers fish for them at night similar to sea trout Thanks for posting I look forward to more 👍👍👍
Ah, I’ve read articles about the dollaghan runs in the neagh tributaries. They sound like the most incredible fish and how cool to have them in your local river! Do you maybe fish for them at night?
Awesome video Sean! Thank you for producing it. I have been tying manny flies last winter but I have been too busy so far to go fishing! Thank you for helping me in my wait! I am of Scottish origin of 300 years ago! Likely an old Viking that liked travelling to my part of the world! 😁
Absolutely fantastic I was brought up by the devon.will be fishing it soon.Great video
The Devon was my local river for over 20 years, but I didn't start fly fishing (joining the DAA of course, in case Graham's lurking... ;) ) until 2009. Had to leave the Wee County in 2014 alas. Very nice to see this video. Lots of memories of a river that was 15 minutes cycle from my flat and where I learned a few things about troot. The only thing I have to say about this vid is the music and music production is, I'm sorry to say (used to be semi-pro music-maker) quite cheesy, grating, ear-fatiguing 'trip-hop' that detracts from rather than adds to, the film. Sorry to be blunt. Otherwise, yep, thank's for the memories, gorgeous footage and nice commentary.
Lovely video, it has whetted my appetite for the fast approaching season. Tight lines 🏴.
Great video, we all wait for days like that, you were lucky to be there at the right moment, well done
Thanks Jeremiah! Fingers crossed we’ll all have a few days like that to look forward to this year 👍🏼🎣🏴
Enjoyed this Sean! great edit!
Great vid mate 👍
My favourite river and moved from Kinross 4 years ago , so I really miss it. Recognise all the pools you fished and I will be back next month to fish it myself.
Cracking film, lovely piece of water.
Thanks Neil! Tight lines for the new season 🙏🏼🐟
Great stuff man, loved watching that. Well done. Until the next trip ;)
@@SouthsideFlyFishing .....
Enjoying your videos Sean , some good editing mate ...cheers Stevie ..(subbed)
Learnt to fish on that river by Crook in the 80s. Nice to see the descendants of the fish then are just as beautiful. Must go back and fish there, it looks brilliant.
That's great to hear Pete! I grew up fishing the Devon by Tillicoultry/Dollar in the late 80s and 90s. Not sure if my angling has improved but the fish are definitely bigger and prettier than I remember! I've heard lots of mixed reviews since posting this video so I suspect it's a bit temperamental and probably water dependant. But I'd give it a go for sure. Really loved revisiting some of the old spots and the views of the Ochils really took me back 🙏🏼
Nice video Sean. Never fished the Devon although I've got a few relatives and friends in that area. Reminds me of a river that I fish in Southern Ontario called the Beaver - lots of trout in it also. I think you've spurred me to get out although its kind of hot here just now. Maybe next week.
Great video beautiful fish 🐟
Thanks Michael 👍🏼🐟
this the devon thats attached to glendevon ? if so i caught my first brown trout on a dry fly there yesterday :)
good vidéo Tank
I am a fan of the fly cast and I am watching all your fishing videos, they really seem formidable to me, it hurts that I do not understand you when you speak because I do not know the language I can only read it through google translate. I congratulate you for such good fishing days showing beautiful places that are seen in the filming. I cordially greet you from Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina ... a hug.
Thank you Armando! I would love to fish the Rio Grande some day :)
Great video pal definitely have to plan a trip up there soon 👌👌
@@SouthsideFlyFishing may have to show me sometime 👀👀
@@SouthsideFlyFishing yeah ill get in touch pal
Hi Sean, loving your videos. Real life fishing. I’ve been away from fly fishing for a number of years and a friend is going to take me fishing on the Devon. I’d love to fish dry fly, can you tell me the flies to use and also where I might buy them. Keep up the videos. Thanks. Graham
fished the devon around glendevon in around 1966-67 when my grandfather was the youth hostel warden. Was able to walk miles and miles down the riverbefore the reervoir was created, My favorite spot was by the bridge where the waterfall came through the rocks and there was a beautiful pool. Happy days as a 10-11 year old lad.
Hi David, great to hear your experiences of the river. I'm from Tillicoultry so also grew up fishing the river. It's a lot cleaner now than I remember! But still full of memories. All the best, Sean
Fished there as a boy with my Father in the early 1970's. His biggest fish was hooked at dusk on a summers evening on a black spider. It weighed around 2 1/2 Lbs!
That's great to hear. You and I got off to a similar start on the river! I fished there as a boy with my dad in the mid 80s and early 90s. Never bumped into any big fish (as far as I can remember) but I have no doubt there are still some cracking trout in the river 👍🏼🐟🎣
Also 2:39 what a bonus!
Great video. Planning on fishing the Devon soon. Looking over Google maps there seem to be a few good spots around Tillicoultry.
Loved the video! Nice to see a familiar river. I normally fish the area around the bridge outside Muckhart. I didn't recognise where the first clip was taken though, is this closer to the Crook?
Great to see this video. I live abroad now, I grew up 20 minutes from the Devon, I often fished the stretch between Dollar and Tillicoultry. Not been near the place for 15+ years now and I did not recognise the beats you were on, so great to see these stretches. I always enjoyed myself on that river, beautiful scenery and all that, but to be honest, the fishing was pretty dour. Tons of small fish with the occasional fish around the 1/4 lb > 1/2 lb mark, and very very seldom something bigger. It is not really a place I would recommend to someone who is looking for a new river to check out, but a cool place to pass a few hours fishing in the evening if you live not to far away. Just my opinion. Great video, keep up the good work. Subscribed!
Thanks mate and so happy the video reconnected you with the the river after all those years. I grew up in Tillicoultry and had a similar perspective on it but upstream from Dollar it takes on a totally different character and is great fun to fish. My best in previous years was around 1.5lb with a good few around the pound. You’ll have to come back and try it for yourself 👍🏼🎣🏴
@@SouthsideFlyFishing ok mate, noted, i wish someone had given me that advice 20 years ago..... I enjoyed your video's on the Clyde, i've always wanted to fish that river but never did get around to it. Another one for the bucket list. I did get back up to Assynt 5 years ago, Inverkirkaig area - if you ever get the chance try fishing the many small hill lochs behind Suilven, amazing fishing under the backdrop of the most scenic and beautiful mountain in Scotland, you wont be dissapointed. Tight lines mate.
@@braveheart101 I'm lucky to live quite close to the Clyde. It can be amazing when the conditions are good and the fish switch on. It can also be one of the most demoralising places to wet a line - it's just one of those places! I've been up to Assynt the last 3 summers and I know exactly the spot you mean. Hoping to get back up north at least once or twice next year, if the pandemic allows :)
Realy enjoy watching your videos Sean, can i ask what weight rod and line you use for your river fishing, it's been a while and i really fancy getting back into it...
Hi Sean how about sharing with us your tackle set up and flys for small Scottish Rivers. It's time you tryed the River Carron from Carron Dam to Fankerton/Denny. Great videos tho bud.
What kind of fly are you using?
Love the vids I fish there at lot just not on fly and have never caught a fish
You make a gid video mate..keep them coming man
Thanks mate! Your profile pic is a thing of beauty :)
@@SouthsideFlyFishing thanks buddy. That old yins from Glasgow. Got him off one of the banners around the river leven and photoshopped him onto the flag. Think was just explaining the history of fly fishin on the leven. Love them old vintage pictures from the 1800s . Those wooden rods mustve been some effort swingin one of them around eh lol mustve had arms like cannons 😂😂
@@ChillinLikeAVillain1210 totally bud! I picked up a 7ft 6 fibreglass rod last year and that feels a bit heavy. Imagine fighting a salmon with a 15ft telegraph pole 😂😂. Folk must’ve been tough as anything back then
Lived next to the river Devon for 2 years now and anytime I've seen someone around with a rod and asked the famous any joy mate all but two have said nothing bud.
The two who always said got a few at that bit there and a few more further along and on and on where fly fishing the rest where spinners.
Brilliant mate, I learned to swim at Gartmorn Dam when it was open but unbelievably have never fished the Devon 😂 I’ll maybe need to rethink that one.
Stuart, you must have grown up not too far from me. I'm a Tillicoultry boy and had some cracking evenings fishing Gartmorn with my dad in the 90s. The Devon is definitely worth a cast. I hear wildly mixed reports about it from people, but I've always found it to be a productive little river. Tight lines bud 🙏🏼🐟
@@SouthsideFlyFishing I stayed near the old Alloa academy used to cycle up every day after school and at weekends, I fish up at a small place near Callander now, I’ll need to invest in a smaller size rod and get a ticket for the Devon next year though, keep up the good work ✊
I’ve also just realised my top comment says swim 😂 I meant *fish
Muy lindo video. Desde chile
Thank you Ricardo!! Saludos desde Escocia 🙏🏼🏴
@@SouthsideFlyFishing soy adicto a sus video.
Son muy claros y técnicos.
Saludos.
Great video, regards from Macedonia
Thank you very much! I love Macedonia - my wife and I visited friends in Skopje before we got married. It has to be one of the most beautiful countries in the world. How is the fishing there?
@@SouthsideFlyFishing Great to hear that. We have a lot of rivers and lakes. But fly fishing is not to much popular, but is going in good direction 😉😃 I love to fly fishing, it my favorite way. Regards
Superb videos man! Loving my own journey into fly fishing and was wondering what weight of rod you use for the small rivers? I have my own wee local river where I am enjoying lot's of lovely encounters with wee brown trout. Cheers for these videos! Great stuff!
Great video as always, what fly/flies were you using?
Sean Afnan Thats great, thanks a lot. Keep up the good work
Always great videos Sean. Only downside which made me mute this was the repeated soundtrack. Mind numbing.
Hi Sean, great videos. I will be in this area shortly. Can you confirm what rod you are using? In the first clip, it looks like Epic Fast Glass 4wt. Is that correct? What is the other set up? I am interested as I am completely new to fresh water fly fishing. Thanks in advance. Keep the awesome videos coming !
What size and weight of rod do you typically fish with? looking to transition from Stillwater and reservoir to rivers. Got given an 11ft 5 w but find it a little to flexible and soft at the tip, cheers in advance loving your videos 🙌
Martin Stewart was thinking the same. My guess it’s a 10ft 4wt...
@@SouthsideFlyFishing cheers for the advice mate, Glasgow based myself so might see you down the river sometime tight lines!
Hello, Great watch that mate. Can you or anyone give me specific coordinates for good spots to fish the Devon please?
@@SouthsideFlyFishing Thanks for that. I can start planning my next trip. Cheers.
My second comment on any of your videos and it's the same video of my previous comment but for good reason.
Now I hope your sitting down. It's hilarious.
So after my question about what was the best put of 2 starter sets someone my better half knows gave me fishing stuff. ( A fly rod and a spinning reel).
I've took the advice of some people and decided to get the Shakespeare combo but the rod I was gave was a leeda 2xl 7# without a reel to use and thought well this helps with getting my son used to going with me he can play with that. So I attached about 3 metres of paracord and took him down the river Devon and let him swing away to his hearts content telling him that was his to use when we went fishing. ( Wow so much fun he loved it and so did I).
But eventually someone walked the other side of the river with there dog shouting hope you have a permit and eventually walked around (he must have sprinted) and got to us and again said hope you have a permit.
I said no no and he said he was going to call the police and I was like but we're not fishing haha.
30 minutes it took to show no reel and no fishing line only paracord that my son loved the whoopa sound absolutely hilarious.
Just got my season permit for the river Devon
Good choice! Just in time for the trout season. Tight lines 💪🏼🎣🏴🐟
HI mate!
Next season is coming!!! I hope everythig are good. Is the fisrt pool on the video the river Devon?
see you soon on the rivers!
Hi bud! Can’t wait 🤞🏼🤞🏼. This latest lockdown has locked me out of the grayling fishing 😂. I’ll be so relieved when the local river opens and I can walk down for a wee cast. Aye mate that’s the Devon all video. The first pool is a wee ways upstream from Dollar. The rest is up closer to the top end of the association’s water. Tight lines 👍🏼🎣🏴
Good video, what’s that bag your wearing ? Is it vision
Thanks mate! It’s a fishpond waterdance. Great wee bag but if I was to get another one, I’d probably go for something from their fully submersible range
great videos mate originally from the southside mysely you ever fish the river leven ?
Thanks mate! Never fished the Leven myself. I’m ashamed to admit there’s loads of water around here I’ve yet to explore 🎣🏴
@@SouthsideFlyFishing if you fancy a day next season i would be up for that buddy
What setup were u using for the Devon? After my first river set up and my local is the Devon , cheers
I’d go for something like a 9ft 5 weight setup mate. It’ll do almost everything you need it to on the Devon - nymph, dry, spiders etc. If you can find a rod with a medium fast rather than a very fast action, you’ll also get slightly better presentations and enjoy playing the smaller fish 👍🏼. If you’re fishing the dry up there, I’d also get a couple of 12ft tapered leaders too. Although trout are generally daft as anything, they can be a bit spooky especially when the water is low and a longer leader should help. All the usual flies should work too and in my experience the angling association guys are all really happy to share tips and advice. Tight lines Ross 🤙🏼🎣🏴
@@SouthsideFlyFishing ok thanks for the advice mate really appreciate it, love the videos keep them up 👍🏼
Hi buddy just subscribed and look forward to more of your videos. Could you tell me what rod size,reel and line a river set up would be. 👏👏👏👏
Hi James, great to have you on board! At the start of this video, I'm using a 7'6ft 5wt vision glass trout rod. Later on, I'm using a 9ft 5wt rod. Generally I like 4 or 5 wt rods. Smaller rods on smaller rivers, longer rods on bigger rivers where you're managing the line a bit more. I use floating lines (Rio Gold is my favourite), usually with a 12/15ft tapered leader down to 5x. I don't worry about reels too much - just a nice clean reel that will balance well on the rod. I also have a euronymphing setup, but that's another topic for discussion 😂. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟🎣
Hi Sean, where about on the Devon were you? A group of friends and I have season permits but we've only fished from dollar to mentsrie. Looks like a great bit of water.
@@SouthsideFlyFishing its been OK. You seemed to be getting the bigger fish where you were. Around taits tomb and working your way to the DAA car park has some real nice pools and some nice fast flowing water aswell .
fossoway just below the fish farm you can park there.
@@SouthsideFlyFishing whare about did you leave you car? Am having a look at maps a struggling to find somewhere to park, any help would be much appreciated thanks
@@SouthsideFlyFishing thanks very much for your help
Great videos... Just kinda wish you showed a bit more of the set-up and flies etc... Great work though... 👍
Thank you mate! Appreciate that feedback too 👍🏼. I’ve tried to talk a bit more about flies, setups etc in my more recent videos. Part of me feels there’s loads of other channels that cover the technical/educational but far better than I ever could. So I’ve made a conscious decision to try and showcase the rivers, the fish and the feels a bit more. But there’s definitely a happy medium in there somewhere and it’s great to know what people who take the time to watch and leave a comment are interested in so I can try to incorporate that a bit more. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟🎣
@@SouthsideFlyFishing Totally understand, you definitely showcase the stunning locations..! Like you said there maybe a happy medium...? But who am I to comment 🤦♂️.. you certainly catch fish, so it looks like your technical ability is better than you think...! Look forward to the next video pal... 👌
Hey mate cracking video could you please tell me where about this is ?
Hey mate where is the pipe about ? What part of the Devon?
Can I ask which section of river your fishing at the start of this video? Thx
Of course, Stephen. Its about halfway between dollar and rumbling bridge, Theres a wee car park by a bridge and you can fish upstream through the gorge or downstream towards dollar. There’s miles of cracking fly water from Dollar right the way up towards the top of the DAA water
@@SouthsideFlyFishing Thanks I've fished the top end of the river and down around Dollar guessing this must be in between, looks a nice spot, need to try access it this year.
Your watch looks as old as my Sony Walkman phone 😂😎
What can I say, I'm a child of the 80s 😂😂
What drys should i tye fpr here?
It’s always a good idea to see what flies are on the water and have a go at matching them. But generally speaking I find simple flies work well on the rivers. Flies like Elk hair emergers, Quigley’s cripples, F flies, adams and comparaduns in olives, browns and greys will usually do the job in size 14-18. Sometimes a tiny wee black midge will fool the picky trout. But especially in rough water, you can usually get away with general imitations. And if the fish are coming short or you get lots of missed takes, tying on a small weighted nymph a foot or so below the dry usually does the trick 👍🏼. Tight lines 🤙🏼🎣
Great bit of film , just note the water clarity everyone, and as said the fish are tremendous . I am mystified by the desire to catch stockies in the U.K., and more mystified that anyone would ever eat them, when we have this. Have a good season. Remember as well that the fish farms are wrecking the environment. Especially in Scotland. Keep them out where possible. They offer very few jobs and do terrible damage.
Cheers David! I'm the same. I'd take a 4 mile walk and a 10 inch trout over a bag limit on a put and take fishery any day of the week. Also agree with you about the fish farms. There has to be a long-term solution and better protection of our wild fish.
@@SouthsideFlyFishing Hi, you are lucky to have all that good fishing, some of the southern English streams have been dredged, or have run off from intensive farms which mean the are not of the same water quality you have in Scotland , I think the best English streams are in Derbyshire, where the Wye and other streams are not stocked , they are fabulously clear due to the limestone. But in England there is less to go round. It makes me regret all the time I spent chasing salmon I should have stayed with trout fishing which I think is far more interesting , and really what fl6 fishing is all about.
How much is this river to fish on a day permit or week permit ?
It's one of the best kept secrets in Scotland, buddy. £20 for the season 🤟🏼
@@SouthsideFlyFishing Jesus that’s unreal man. I’ll have to get over from Ireland someday. Looks absolutely beautiful. Fair play man, tight lines 🎣
Is this far from Alloa
Not too far. It’s up muckhart/crook of Devon way mate 👍🏼
How do you keep your flies floating ?
Good question, mate 👍🏼. It’s a few things - I tie my wings with materials like deer/elk hair and CDC feathers, which naturally float quite well. CDC in particular is amazing. You also tend to use lighter hooks for dry flies. With the hair wings, I’ll also use a bit of floatant before fishing them. Gink is a popular one but they all work, except on CDC where you’d use a special oil rather than a silicone based floatant. Then if your flies do get wet, you need to try and get rid of the water. You can just squeeze the fly out or use a special tool to dry it. False casting a bit more aggressively also helps you dry the fly. Then, lastly, the fly will float better if you try to keep it drifting along at the speed of the current. If you let the fly drag at the end of the drift, it’ll get wet sooner. Hope that helps. Are you just getting into fly fishing?
@@SouthsideFlyFishing we’ll have fly fished twice got a decent rod aswell just had difficulty keeping dries afloat. Had a lesson in august can’t remember what the instructor used it made the fly really boyant as he could pull it right under and it would still come back up floating great.
@@anthonyigoe8573 If you're looking for a specific product, you might want to take a look at a company called Loon. They do a powder in a bottle that you pop your fly into and give a shake. That totally removes the moisture from the fly and adds a bit of floatation. Then there's a silicon gel floatant called Lochsa that you rub in your fingers and apply to the wing/body of the fly. Unless you're using CDC, and the fly is well-tied with buoyant materials, those two products together will keep it floating like a cork. The fly I'm using in the video from the Devon is an elk-hair emerger that my mate Andrew tied (ajhfishing on instagram) and apart from drying it off occasionally and reapplying floatant, I don't think I changed it the whole evening
@@SouthsideFlyFishing cheers love the vids. Fish the cart aswell hoping to try linn park with the fly rod next season have you had much luck there?
@@anthonyigoe8573 thanks mate. Aye there’s some good pools in Linn Park. The obvious ones by the white bridge and at the snuff mill end of the park get fished a fair bit. You’ll still catch fish in those spots. But if you search some of the less accessible bits, and especially if you’ve waders, you’ll find some really nice fly water. I’ve fished the busby/Clarkston stretch a few times and also caught plenty of trout
Tried this river many times , never good unfortunately
Sorry to hear that dude. I think like most rivers it can be hit and miss and to be successful you need the stars to align. I remember catching a dozen or so trout one evening and going back the very next day in seemingly the same conditions and having just the worst blank!
@@SouthsideFlyFishing nice to see someone fishing close to home !! Will there be more local. Ponds or rivers ??? Do you do pike?
@@abandonedscotland6558 Thanks mate! Trying my best to stay a stone's throw from home at least until the travel restrictions lift. I've only caught pike by accident but I'm sure the big ones are great fun on a fly rod!
Great vido though the music choice spoils it a bit. Lift music.
New to these videos. Not bad. Thoughts: Lose the musical accompaniment, it is not necessary. More commentary while you are fishing, about the target, the fly, the whys and wherefores. Avoid talking around background traffic.
Just a shame about the horrendous music
I coudn't watch all the video the music was so annoying .