Scotty Mitchell
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Mountain Goat condition has been and gone!
The area around West Shinness Lodge where a peninsula juts out is reasonable wading although again, smallish fish from the bank, IIRC.Aye, a lot of the bank is massive stones and not the easiest to work your way along if you are no longer in 'mountain goat' condition. There are other bits that are peat hags, some of which are soft and you risk losing a wader or getting stuck. Add to that, the fish are not so much the shoreline hugging type. So, zig-zagging a shore from a boat is really the easier and more productive option.
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I swear the wild goats at Loch Skeen were laughing at me the last time I scrambled my way up the hill.Mountain Goat condition has been and gone!
That’s one that is on the list for this season.I swear the wild goats at Loch Skeen were laughing at me the last time I scrambled my way up the hill.![]()
The area around West Shinness Lodge where a peninsula juts out is reasonable wading although again, smallish fish from the bank, IIRC.
Better start your training now, the climb is a lung buster !That’s one that is on the list for this season.
Grew up fishing all around there as my uncle lives at the first house in Corriekinloch.
Merkland looks interesting but have only fished from the shore once and did not catch much, there was a huge hatch of Mayfly but no fish rising!
That will be Allan the retired stalker. A really nice guy, spoke to him a few times. A couple of times he has given me the key to drive through the gate.
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It is my intention to fish Loch Skene next year. I say 'intention' because my left knee is still pretty much fecked!Better start your training now, the climb is a lung buster !![]()
Merkland looks interesting but have only fished from the shore once and did not catch much , there was a huge hatch of Mayfly but no fish rising!
It would be particularly good to catch another vendace - not convinced though that there is many, if any left.
Do they not go deep once they've been in a while ?
My dad and his mate caught a few (by accident, it's not legal to target them) when they were first put in but didn't see them again after a couple of seasons.
Has anyone fished Loch Shin. It was on my list to do last year, so now it is this year hopefully. I've come across the same statement 3 times in recent weeks (although one was on an estate agents site) that the brown trout record could be broken on Shin? Not sure were the statement comes from.