It's not a sea trout but it's finally a fish on the fly in the sea!

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A short video of an evening trip I had down to the mouth and coastline near to my local river. I am very familiar with the river, but have never tried fly fishing in the sea here for sea trout. The first salt water fish I managed to catch may not have been a sea trout but it was a morale boost to finally get something and it would give me hope going into my next attempt where my luck finally changed.
I hope you enjoy the video, as I say I am just trying to document the process of my attempts in the sea to keep it authentic. Thanks as always to people that have subscribed to the channel, liked the videos and took the time to comment. It really is very much appreciated.

[@gmckayak]

Good stuff. Sea trout will come

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

Thank you George, I’ve been enjoying the challenge of having a go & thanks for the encouragement. All the best 👍

[@Hardlinesangling]

Nice one great to have a fish on the fly in the sea. The sea trout will come probably when you least expect it. Tight lines for the next trip.

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

Cheers Toby, yes I’m sure you are quite right. Like ghosts - nothing for ages and then suddenly you get a few signs. It’s sometimes similar in the rivers when you encounter a small pod of them moving about. I’m full of a bad cold but against my better judgement had a go monday night after work as I felt a bit better. I saw once sea trout jump very close to me at the edge of the wrack, heard another and lost a small sea trout. That all happened in like 10 mins! Rest of the time no sign. Three seals arrived at about 9:30pm working further out in the loch and as usual did their array of splashing at me etc 😆 all the best 👍

[@soultrader57fishingandmusi25]

Nice watch, Matt. Coalies were the 1st sea fish I caught on the fly,.A bit bigger, and they give a respectable fight, diving hard like pollock. I doubt it will be long before you connect! 😊😊

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

Cheers Dave, as you can see I was quite chuffed! Yes, a bit bigger, them or a pollock, would give you a good scrap. I’ve had pollock pushing double figures off my boat, even ones about 5lb would give you a tremendous fight on a fly rod. Just need to get over this cold now, it’s not a great one tbh! All the best as always mate 👍

[@robertgreen5217]

The sea trout will come 👍

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

Thanks Robert. They will, just need to find a bit more time, but aren’t we all 😆 all the best.

[@mikef6114]

Looking good Mat! A bit more tide would help. Coalies and pollack quite common up here on the fly. I caught one small sea bass on the eel pattern. Personally I use floating line only in the sea and I lift the top fly onto the wave and sea trout sometimes take it at the last minute. Nice video. As Robert says, the sea trout will come. 👍

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

Yeah, last two quick goes I’ve been on the floating line and will persevere with that for a bit. You quite often get those tiny pollock coming right into the bottom river pools at high tide, you get them there in ‘the black pool’ which is the sea pool of that wee river. Yes, I’ve been trying ti time it so I can fish a bit before low water and maybe after, but timing it has been tricky with work and stuff. Saturday looked great with low water about 8pm i think, I had hoped to go down for maybe 6pm and fish til dusk until the cold ruined that 😆 Thanks as always Mike.