Brownies, rainbows & blues | Fly fishing Loch Fada | Isle of Skye

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So I'm starting to work through the other bits of footage I still have from the 2023 season. The videos will now be looking back through the trout fishing I did from May through to late July, when I then started using my time to fish the rivers more for sea trout and salmon.
This is from a usual Friday evening hour in early May 2023. It is somewhere I often fish if I only have limited time and is the same location as an earlier video where I was using my first ever fly rod again. It turned out to be a nice wee session with a mixed bag of strong fighting fish and I hope you enjoy the video. Please feel free to leave a comment if you want.
Here's wishing everyone a merry Christmas and all the best for 2024.
Cheers, Mat.
Info on fishing Loch Leathen, Loch Fada and our other waters:
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Tackle
- 6/7 weight rod, full floating line
- Tapered Profil leader with 6lb tapered end, riverge ring and then two flies on 5lb of mono approx 6/7ft
- Flies - started with a Red Arsed Green Peter on the point and a Loch Ordie on the dropper, then replaced the lost Loch Ordie with a Red Arsed Green Peter Muddler.

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Another fine vid thank you

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

Thank you Terry, appreciate the nice comment. Hope you have a good Christmas and all the best for 2024.

[@PapaTube-ep1nk]

Blues fight like demons they are unbelievable, I wonder what is in their Genetic make up, pound for pound they are better fighters than Seatrout and Salmon in my opinion, they never give up. Great Vids keep them coming.

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

Cheers for watching and really appreciate the kind comment, thank you. Yes, you are totally right about the blues, I caught a smaller one in the bigger loch a couple of yrs back when boat fishing and as I say in the video, they’re like a bloody tuna (not that I’ve caught a tuna 😆). But yes, incredible fight, I need a better net really but even so, they just keep going til the end. Different fight to salmon and sea trout, I’ve caught one or two nice sea trout in lochs and you are probably about right I think,but both incredibly strong fish. Not sure why they fight different but there must be some difference in their biology/genetics as you say, something like that. Apparently a mutation with browns and rainbows reading online, pretty rare thing, maybe the brown trout influence. I caught a 3lb brown on the big loch and that fight was insane, albeit on a 5 wt! All the best hope you have a good Christmas and all the best for 2024 👍