Good evening Davie. Well if this doesn't wet All Fly Fishermen's hearts nothing will. So honest of you to show the " Bush Snag" Well done to you. Down here in S.Wales I've always at least a dozen of March Brown's in My box .I like to fish it both Wet & Dry. Sometimes as late as July. Especially on The River Usk. Well done to you. Many thanks and Kind regards Colyn.
I don’t know what to say after years of enjoying watching you tying flies! Now it’s so nice watching you enjoy yourself fishing mate! Just that short video has shown new to fly fishing how to enjoy yourself it’s not always catching fish the odd tree fence bush it’s all funn ! Love ya show mate happy fishing 👍🇦🇺👍
Yeah I agree l wouldn't mind seeing you fishing ...I've got a great one of me falling in the river....of course my friend put it to the Benny hill theme and made it slow mo... which makes it much better
Great video. I was born in the Doon Valley but I have lived in Toronto, Canada since 1967. I first started tying about 20 years ago and got away from it for awhile but your videos have helped renew my interest in tying flies again. Trout season opens here next Saturday so might even hit the river for some Steelhead.
Very cool to see you fishing the flies we watched you tie. The fly was visible enough to follow on most of your casts too. You always have to watch those trees. They sneak up behind & try to grab your flies. If they haven’t rusted out, the trees on my favorite river are well decorated for several miles.
the only difference between your fishing skill and myself, is that we both get tangles, both catch trees , but you also seem to target and catch fish in between!, fun to watch and listen thanks for the great videos!
Glad you made it out. Envious of ya. Beautifully colored Browns. Ol' Harry really seems to work! I've got one now that's been floating for 4 days in a glass of water. The hook may rust before she sinks.The past few videos have shown me a whole new side of Mr. McPhail. The new fly DH and fising the DH is a far more excitable guy. I like it.
Great to see you out on the river. Harry or a Grunter either one would do for me the river at this time of year. Beautiful healthy trout. That more silver beauty I think it was a sea trout part as well. Back in the nineties I used to regularly fish the Till at Wooler small butterscotch brownies sea trout and salmon part. Watching them swim away on release. Pure poetry.
A Great Video Davie! Our Season Opened last Saturday here in New Jersey. I had my Knee replaced 6 weeks ago. I can't fish yet. You made me feel like I was Fishing. Thank You!
Gotta say Davie, Tied the Olive Dynamite Harry after watching your video, went fishing yesterday and first Cast hooked a lovely Brown followed by two more over the next hour and pricked some little ones , great fly thanks and enjoy your time on the water to. PS. I also caught a couple of trees 😉
Hi, this is probably your first water film that I see because I have you in the library of your favorite molehills so that I would remember about such a film - so I watch and greet you from Poland. ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Great to see you on the water davie and a proper as it happens video which you don’t see very often on RUclips I’ll be on the ayr tomorrow you have given me some encouragement! Keep up the channel all the best.
Great to see you in a fishing video Davie can you do some salmon and seatrout videos mate that would be fantastic thanks Davie this was a real pleasure
Thanks for sharing this! Here in Finland lakes are still covered with solid ice, but there is a glimmer of hope. Summer will come soon. The rapids are open, and there would be opportunities for great fishing. I think chironomid buzzers might do the trick.
Brilliant to see you out on the water davie , do you prefer river or lochs ? Love my rivers but standing waste deep in a loch in the pitch dark waiting on the bump can't be beat
Hi Quincy M-e, It's always great to get out on the water and I'm hoping to get a lot more footage this year to go with the flies in the videos..I do love the river but I also like the lochs like yourself as there's nothing better than out in a boat or working along the bank especially for the wild brownies.. All the very best Davie
It is very nice to watch you play the fish. The video is excellent. I would like to see more of yourfishing videos interspersed between Flytying. BTW, what kind if reel are you using? I was sure we would see a Hardy.
Hi Frank, I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I was using an old Scierra reel which I must have bought around 2004 if I remember right.. All the very best Davie..
Is there another material that could be used for the body and post instead of the synthetic body although it does float really high in the water that pattern, great video again Dave,,
Hi Joseph, I have tyed some using CDC which sits really nice though it does need changing after a while, maybe I should look at doing a video on this as well some time.. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.. All the very best Davie..
Another great video!! Davie, I'm sure many of us who watch your tying videos noticed one of the materials that you use, sparton clear wrap. Here in the USA I am unable to find this product. Please advise me/us where we can obtain this item. Thank you.
Hi Keith, Uni-products do a version of the Spartan clear wrap so I have attached a link to it for you to see..I'm glad you enjoyed the video.. All the very best Davie.. www.anglingactive.co.uk/uni-clear-mylar.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0umSBhDrARIsAH7FCof0XnwWRD-8I0Ok2-3xEQkHBppNIEk-8Kf6gspp1kb1uVb4FYQt-ZcaAtRhEALw_wcB
Lovely stretch of water Davie, a local of mine! Can you get an annual ticket? I'm not into the salmon tbh, just the Brownies. Great vid, look forward to more this season. 👏🏻
Hi Greg, You can't get a day ticket for this beat as you have to put you name down for a season ticket which allows you to fish on a certain day a week..This is only my second year on it and I had to wait a few years to get the chance to a day..There's club waters further up though, there's Dalrymple Angling Club, Patna and there's a small stretch at Polnessan which are good waters as well..I'm glad you enjoyed the video.. All the very best Davie
@@DavieMcPhail Thanks Davie. I'm hoping to get on a beat on the ayr this year, just out of town, fingers crossed. I'd love to fish the annbank stretch, but their joining fee is a bit much as it stands. Tight lines, and keep up the good work.
Bravo Davie, wonderful. Curious about access to the River Doon. Do you have to pay to fish a run like this? Here in British Columbia, all anglers have open and free access to any water they desire as all rivers are bordered by crown land. Just curious as I am interested in a trip to Scotland. All the very best to you.
Hi Jesse, Yes you do have to pay to fish most of the waters in Scotland either by joining a club which may own or rent a stretch of the water or join a syndicate like I did to fish this part of the River Doon in the video, it allows me to fish on a Friday so I have to cross my fingers that the water and weather is good on that day..I do have season tickets on other club waters which allows me to fish 7 days a week..It is a lot different from fishing in Canada but if you do come to Scotland and you are close to where I live I would be very happy to take you for a days fishing.I'm glad you enjoyed the video.. All the very best Davie..
Don’t think I’ve used mucilin as a fly dressing, but a lot of old guys used to swear by it. Now I’m an old guy, time to give it a try. I have the red version of mucilin, will that do?
Hi Callum, I originally used the red tin when I first started but either will float your flies but just make sure you use it lightly as it's very easy to over do it..I've been an old guy for many years... All the very best Davie..
Hi bluejacket64, Yes I use the mucilin on CDC as long as you apply it lightly as I did in the video as less is best..When I have dyed CDC though I have used Nikwax TX,Direct spray on the CDC feathers after dyeing, I do have a video on RUclips which I have attached for you to see..I'm glad you enjoyed the video.. All the very best Davie. ruclips.net/video/uINSzYcw7NE/видео.html
Hi Mike, I used a Pieroway 8ft 10inch 5 weight rod, Line was a Lee Wulff, tapered 9ft leader down to 4lb and a tippet of 3 lb fluorocarbon and the reel was an old 4/5 Scierra which I bought many years ago.. All the very best Davie..
Hi Michael, I have attached a couple of links which may help you, there are some clubs that will sell you day tickets though you would have to search the internet to find them..I did a search and found a couple of websites that will get you started.. All the very best Davie www.doonfishing.co.uk www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/doonfoot
@@DavieMcPhail cheers mate, was looking at fishing loch doon before the first lockdown lol but didn't get back to it until i saw ur video. Also ive only just recently started dry fly fishing what do u prefer a long tapered leader or a furled leader ?
Hi Mike, I used a 8ft 10inch 5 weight rod, Line was a Lee Wulff and the reel was an old 4/5 Scierra which I bought many years ago.. All the very best Davie
Hi bjørn Edvardsen, It's an old reel that I have had for a few years from Scierra, I had to have a look at it as I forgot what it was.. All the very best Davie
Hi Greg, It's not though I should get a hold of one of the Barrio lines as I have heard they are really good..I use a Lee Wulff fly 5 weight line.. All the very best Davie..
Good evening Davie. Well if this doesn't wet All Fly Fishermen's hearts nothing will. So honest of you to show the " Bush Snag" Well done to you. Down here in S.Wales I've always at least a dozen of March Brown's in My box .I like to fish it both Wet & Dry. Sometimes as late as July. Especially on The River Usk. Well done to you. Many thanks and Kind regards Colyn.
I don’t know what to say after years of enjoying watching you tying flies! Now it’s so nice watching you enjoy yourself fishing mate! Just that short video has shown new to fly fishing how to enjoy yourself it’s not always catching fish the odd tree fence bush it’s all funn ! Love ya show mate happy fishing 👍🇦🇺👍
Yeah I agree l wouldn't mind seeing you fishing ...I've got a great one of me falling in the river....of course my friend put it to the Benny hill theme and made it slow mo... which makes it much better
Nice fishing Davie. Haven’t been down the Doon in decades. Might take my daughter there when I’m back in the summer show her how beautiful Ayrshire is
thanks for showing the tree shot.. it gave me hope and a smile.. best to you and yours, k
Great to see, think that's first time seen a flytyer fishing a fly they have tied, would be great to see more videos like this
I’m glad that tree fishing happens to other people to, good fun though,I enjoy the fly tying to,thank Davie
Perfect day for dry fly fishing. So glad I'm not the only one retrieving flies from trees. I wish you many days like this Davie. Take care.
Thank you for illustrating how you fish a dry. Lovely video.
Nice to hear a Nuthatch calling in the background Davie, great stuff.
Great to see you out on the water, fishing a pattern. Really nice search pattern for riffle water.
Nice looking bit of river Davy🙂
Lovely water and good fishing Davie👍
A wee sea trout smolt Davie. A good sign indeed. Plenty of nice brownies there.
I thought it was Stuart and I knew you would know, a great sign as you said...All the very best Davie..
Lovely relaxing half hour! Sea Trout smolt I think Davie. The Salmon smolts have a more obvious V’ shaped tail.
Great video. I was born in the Doon Valley but I have lived in Toronto, Canada since 1967. I first started tying about 20 years ago and got away from it for awhile but your videos have helped renew my interest in tying flies again. Trout season opens here next Saturday so might even hit the river for some Steelhead.
Braw video Davie, I miss fishing the rivers with the dry fly. 👏🎣🏴
Very good! Nice to get out and about.
Thanks for letting us tag along!
Great to see you on the water Davie! Nice catch, nice fly, perfect day.
Very cool to see you fishing the flies we watched you tie. The fly was visible enough to follow on most of your casts too. You always have to watch those trees.
They sneak up behind & try to grab your flies. If they haven’t rusted out, the trees on my favorite river are well decorated for several miles.
Some stunning looking we fish and a couple of lovely runs Davie
Thanks for taking me fishing, Davie... I enjoyed that =]
Mike
Glad you enjoyed it Mike...ATB Davie..
good to see you using musclin..been using it for 60 years..cheers from NZ
Enjoyed every minute of the video Davie beautiful fish indeed 🇨🇦👍
Was great to see ya on the water catching some beautiful fish again Davie.well done sir.thanks for sharing
the only difference between your fishing skill and myself, is that we both get tangles, both catch trees , but you also seem to target and catch fish in between!, fun to watch and listen thanks for the great videos!
Davie
,thanks for posting a fishing video.
This Dynamite Harry series of flies will be a real winner. Thanks for the instruction.
Been waiting for another fishing video from you Davie… love to see you out there.
Great to see you on the river Davie , like to see more fishing adventures
Always enjoy your fishing exploits Davie! You are a genius
Terrific fun Davie! Thank you for all you do.
I like very much this kind of videos, fishing with the best flies, more like this please!!!!! You are the best. Greatings from Patagonia Davie
At last finally the master is on the water great fishing there Davie.All the very best 👍🏻🏴👍🏻🏴👍🏻🏴
Brilliant !! Thanks Davie really enjoyed the video........more please ???
Smashin water the Doon! Many happy days/nights for seatrout & returning quality browns. Great to see a video on it, Davie.
I love you fly tying it’s amazing,but to actually add more fishing videos would be tremendous I love your actual fishing videos please please do more
Glad you made it out. Envious of ya. Beautifully colored Browns. Ol' Harry really seems to work! I've got one now that's been floating for 4 days in a glass of water. The hook may rust before she sinks.The past few videos have shown me a whole new side of Mr. McPhail. The new fly DH and fising the DH is a far more excitable guy. I like it.
Great session✌. Looking forward to more
Nice to see that I'm not the only 1 that gets my flies stuck in the trees Davie. Lovely to see you out on the river.
Great video Davie. Your Dynamite Harry worked really well on the Doon.
Great to see you out on the
river. Harry or a Grunter either one would do for me the river at this time of year. Beautiful healthy trout. That more silver beauty I think it was a sea trout part as well. Back in the nineties I used to regularly fish the Till at Wooler small butterscotch brownies sea trout and salmon part. Watching them swim away on release. Pure poetry.
A Great Video Davie! Our Season Opened last Saturday here in New Jersey. I had my Knee replaced 6 weeks ago. I can't fish yet. You made me feel like I was Fishing. Thank You!
Lovely video Davy...really enjoyed it 👍
I already missed seeing a video of you fishing greetings from Portugal :)
Great video and great to see you on the water providing us with your knowledge and seeing your flys catching fish
Nice day…to see you play Fishing. 👏👏👏👍
Good on you Davie. On the river where we all wish to be...🎣👍
Beautiful waters
Gotta say Davie, Tied the Olive Dynamite Harry after watching your video, went fishing yesterday and first Cast hooked a lovely Brown followed by two more over the next hour and pricked some little ones , great fly thanks and enjoy your time on the water to. PS. I also caught a couple of trees 😉
Nice to see you fishing, Davie. Perfect weather
Awesome video Davie! I see the dynamite Harry works well!
Devie Привет! Продал всё своё нахлыстовое и ушол в мормышинг. Но смотреть видео и вспоминать ОГОНЬ!!! Так и охота вернуться обратно
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Nice to see fishing content.
A lovely change from the vice great video.👍
Great to see you on the water Dave,fair play to ya.
Well done Davie!!! Great video! I liked that pattern when you tied it, may give it a go.
Great to see yourself on the water and fishing well. Great day for it. Great video.
And I thought you only tie artwork. Great video. Such a peaceful piece of water you are on. #Zen
Hi, this is probably your first water film that I see because I have you in the library of your favorite molehills so that I would remember about such a film - so I watch and greet you from Poland. ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Good to see you fishing, and fishing much the same here in Northumberland, still cold and not much hatching to speak of.
It's always good to know that even when the fishing is slow, there's a good chance of catching something - like a tree or a bush. ;-)
Beautiful looking spot davie
1st time seen you fishing - from Vice to water- name for your book :)
Thanks Davie! 👍!
Narobiłeś ochoty do wyjścia nad wodę. ;)
Lovely video, river fishing particularly catching on a dry fly for wild trout can't be beat.
nice davie ,good to see, looks a nice wee stretch
Great to see you on the water davie and a proper as it happens video which you don’t see very often on RUclips I’ll be on the ayr tomorrow you have given me some encouragement! Keep up the channel all the best.
You just made my day. Thank you! I hope you make more.
Great video davie👍 you should definitely do more fishing videos. Keep it up 👍
Good to see a fishing video 🙂 and even pros can catch a tree, I feel like a bad beginner everytime I catch a tree 😄
Great to see you in a fishing video Davie can you do some salmon and seatrout videos mate that would be fantastic thanks Davie this was a real pleasure
Nothing quite like catching trout in the river on your own flies.
I love this.
Great stuff Davie
Thanks for sharing this! Here in Finland lakes are still covered with solid ice, but there is a glimmer of hope. Summer will come soon. The rapids are open, and there would be opportunities for great fishing. I think chironomid buzzers might do the trick.
I'm looking forward to this✌
Great video davie
Brilliant to see you out on the water davie , do you prefer river or lochs ? Love my rivers but standing waste deep in a loch in the pitch dark waiting on the bump can't be beat
Hi Quincy M-e,
It's always great to get out on the water and I'm hoping to get a lot more footage this year to go with the flies in the videos..I do love the river but I also like the lochs like yourself as there's nothing better than out in a boat or working along the bank especially for the wild brownies..
All the very best Davie
Nice.
It is very nice to watch you play the fish. The video is excellent. I would like to see more of yourfishing videos interspersed between Flytying. BTW, what kind if reel are you using? I was sure we would see a Hardy.
Hi Frank,
I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I was using an old Scierra reel which I must have bought around 2004 if I remember right..
All the very best Davie..
Is there another material that could be used for the body and post instead of the synthetic body although it does float really high in the water that pattern, great video again Dave,,
Hi Joseph,
I have tyed some using CDC which sits really nice though it does need changing after a while, maybe I should look at doing a video on this as well some time.. I'm glad you enjoyed the video..
All the very best Davie..
I've never had a salmon on a dry , I might try this year as I just got into a bit of dry fly tying .Video was great fun to watch.
Another great video!! Davie, I'm sure many of us who watch your tying videos noticed one of the materials that you use, sparton clear wrap. Here in the USA I am unable to find this product. Please advise me/us where we can obtain this item. Thank you.
Hi Keith,
Uni-products do a version of the Spartan clear wrap so I have attached a link to it for you to see..I'm glad you enjoyed the video..
All the very best Davie..
www.anglingactive.co.uk/uni-clear-mylar.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0umSBhDrARIsAH7FCof0XnwWRD-8I0Ok2-3xEQkHBppNIEk-8Kf6gspp1kb1uVb4FYQt-ZcaAtRhEALw_wcB
Thank you, I really appreciate you taking the time to get back to me!! God Bless and Happy Easter!!
Now I know I like ya. 🤣✨️
Lovely stretch of water Davie, a local of mine! Can you get an annual ticket? I'm not into the salmon tbh, just the Brownies.
Great vid, look forward to more this season. 👏🏻
Hi Greg,
You can't get a day ticket for this beat as you have to put you name down for a season ticket which allows you to fish on a certain day a week..This is only my second year on it and I had to wait a few years to get the chance to a day..There's club waters further up though, there's Dalrymple Angling Club, Patna and there's a small stretch at Polnessan which are good waters as well..I'm glad you enjoyed the video..
All the very best Davie
@@DavieMcPhail Thanks Davie. I'm hoping to get on a beat on the ayr this year, just out of town, fingers crossed. I'd love to fish the annbank stretch, but their joining fee is a bit much as it stands.
Tight lines, and keep up the good work.
Gid fishin davie
Bravo Davie, wonderful. Curious about access to the River Doon. Do you have to pay to fish a run like this? Here in British Columbia, all anglers have open and free access to any water they desire as all rivers are bordered by crown land. Just curious as I am interested in a trip to Scotland. All the very best to you.
Hi Jesse,
Yes you do have to pay to fish most of the waters in Scotland either by joining a club which may own or rent a stretch of the water or join a syndicate like I did to fish this part of the River Doon in the video, it allows me to fish on a Friday so I have to cross my fingers that the water and weather is good on that day..I do have season tickets on other club waters which allows me to fish 7 days a week..It is a lot different from fishing in Canada but if you do come to Scotland and you are close to where I live I would be very happy to take you for a days fishing.I'm glad you enjoyed the video..
All the very best Davie..
Will do, thank you so much!
Hi Davie, Great video again as always! What club water was this that you were fishing? Always fancied a cast on the Doon :)
Don’t think I’ve used mucilin as a fly dressing, but a lot of old guys used to swear by it. Now I’m an old guy, time to give it a try. I have the red version of mucilin, will that do?
Same thought Callum. I use the red mucilin on my furled leader only and frog's fanny or gink on my dries
Hi Callum,
I originally used the red tin when I first started but either will float your flies but just make sure you use it lightly as it's very easy to over do it..I've been an old guy for many years...
All the very best Davie..
@@DavieMcPhail Thanks. Hmm … think I remember your first articles in T&S. I wasn’t that young then.
Davie, nice to see you fishing those beautiful flies you tie. Does the mucilin work on CDC?
Hi bluejacket64,
Yes I use the mucilin on CDC as long as you apply it lightly as I did in the video as less is best..When I have dyed CDC though I have used Nikwax TX,Direct spray on the CDC feathers after dyeing, I do have a video on RUclips which I have attached for you to see..I'm glad you enjoyed the video..
All the very best Davie.
ruclips.net/video/uINSzYcw7NE/видео.html
People glad to see Davie on the water seems to be a common sentiment in the comments today.
Tell us about your rod, line and leader, please!
Hi Mike,
I used a Pieroway 8ft 10inch 5 weight rod, Line was a Lee Wulff, tapered 9ft leader down to 4lb and a tippet of 3 lb fluorocarbon and the reel was an old 4/5 Scierra which I bought many years ago..
All the very best Davie..
🔥🎣
Where can u buy a permit for the river doon ? Cant find information on it, cheers.
Hi Michael,
I have attached a couple of links which may help you, there are some clubs that will sell you day tickets though you would have to search the internet to find them..I did a search and found a couple of websites that will get you started..
All the very best Davie
www.doonfishing.co.uk
www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/doonfoot
@@DavieMcPhail cheers mate, was looking at fishing loch doon before the first lockdown lol but didn't get back to it until i saw ur video. Also ive only just recently started dry fly fishing what do u prefer a long tapered leader or a furled leader ?
I was expecting your description of rod etc. near the start of your video! Oops!
Hi Mike,
I used a 8ft 10inch 5 weight rod, Line was a Lee Wulff and the reel was an old 4/5 Scierra which I bought many years ago..
All the very best Davie
What kind of reel are you using ?
Hi bjørn Edvardsen,
It's an old reel that I have had for a few years from Scierra, I had to have a look at it as I forgot what it was..
All the very best Davie
Is that barrio line you are using?
Hi Greg,
It's not though I should get a hold of one of the Barrio lines as I have heard they are really good..I use a Lee Wulff fly 5 weight line..
All the very best Davie..
👍👍