River Annan - UAAA, Upper Beat - May 2023

I visit the River Annan in Dumfries and Galloway to have a go at the fantastic trout that this river is renowned for.
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0:00 - Intro
2:08 - Euro Nymph and Dry Dropper setups
7:34 - Fishing the Dry Dropper
10:15 - Observation break
11:50 - Rising fish
13:30 - Grannom hatch
14:25 - More risers and missed opportunities
18:40 - Dry fly setup
23:17 - Heartbreak
25:50 - At last... a fish
34:37 - Last casts
36:41 - Outro
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[@sueshearer692]

Oh robert , brings back wonderful memories. Emmigrated from Lockerbie Scotland back in 85, we had fishing rights through the comrades club in Lockerbie, had some great dry fly fishing up on that stretch especially between the railway bridge and the motorway, bit further south than where you were fishing. Great video, was fishing along with you, Im knackered!!

[@robertdoesfishing]

Fantastic stuff Sue, I’m glad it brought back some wonderful memories 😊 I’ll definitely be back for a visit next year it’s a fantastic stretch of water. Thanks very much for watching 😊🙏

[@al-ho1by]

good video pal 👍

[@robertdoesfishing]

Thanks very much for watching Al, glad you enjoyed the video 👍🎣

[@paulblackwildfishing8686]

Brilliant video sir. Really brilliant. Even though ye hade a stinker it was great watching. What a hatch of grannom that was. Awesome to watch. You have the same curse as myself at times. Excitement gets the better of us and we lift into the fish far too soon. Was great to see ye land that one though. Honestly, an excellent video👏👏

[@robertdoesfishing]

😂 thanks pal, aye it’s hard not to get too excited eh? That’s a great bit of water so it is, I’ll definitely be back at some point. Thanks again for watching, much appreciated 🙏🎣

[@dazk6592]

Cracking vlog Robert! Well played and thank you for sharing your day. 👍👍👍😊🎣

[@robertdoesfishing]

Thanks very much for watching Daz, much appreciated 😊🙏

[@roddymcniven8734]

Lovely fish Robert, I enjoy your videos, can’t get out myself these days due to a stroke but I feel every fish you catch 👌

[@robertdoesfishing]

Thanks very much for watching Roddy 😊

[@doonhamer252]

Fond memories, use to fish the Annan upper and 4 toons in the 70s, kinnel up at templand... had some good times.. many yrs ago now..

[@charlestownchief69]

Nice catch! What a beautiful bit of river too. Thanks for sharing again Robert

[@robertdoesfishing]

Nice one thanks very much for watching Murray 😊 Hope you are managing to get some action on the river 🎣

[@soultrader57fishingandmusi25]

great stuff, Robert! very difficult brownies here, not helped by bright sunshine behind you (guaranteed to fry a Scotsman!🤣) and a pacey, glassy glide! you managed to crack the code though! have you beaten the pb yet? 👍👍

[@robertdoesfishing]

Hey thanks so much for watching. I haven’t yet beat that PB yet. I hope to get back down to the Annan at some point and have another go. 😊🎣 You have a great channel too, I look forward to watching more of your content and have subscribed 😊

[@billybrown2294]

Great video mate well done

[@robertdoesfishing]

Thanks very much Billy 🙏

[@shuggyboyscotland9370]

Great video again robert cracker of a trout. The one you lost looked a belted too well done on a hard day 👍

[@robertdoesfishing]

Thanks mate, I know it certainly looked like a good one. I’ll get another one of these days 😊

[@neilsives533]

Well Done Robert. 👍

[@robertdoesfishing]

Thanks very much for watching Neil! 😊

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Nice fish

[@robertdoesfishing]

Thanks for watching bud :)

[@CornishChrisTheFish]

Great video 👍

[@robertdoesfishing]

Thank you very much for watching Chris 😊🙏 I’ve been following your channel for a while now and really enjoying it! I’ll be up on Deeside at Dinnet end of July. Hopefully manage to winkle out a summer salmon 🎣

[@garymills1520]

Nice video, well done Robert.

[@robertdoesfishing]

Thanks very much for watching Gary 🙏

[@anotherangleUK]

Thanks, have only fished the Annan a few times for Grayling, think I'll be returning for a try at some of the trout.

[@robertdoesfishing]

Thanks for watching! Absolutely would recommend it 🎣

[@craigleith100]

Another great video Robert pal 😉👍🏼 I’m sure i message you in one of your previous but I just got into fly fishing this season & I’ve only been out 6/7 times & yet to catch I’ve had a couple of takes but I panicked & lost them 🤷🏼‍♂️😂 anyways I’m hoping you can give me a wee bit advice I’m struggling to get a fly tied without getting kinks in the leader I’m not sure what’s happening I do the same knot I’ve used for tying hooks on for 40 year 🤷🏼‍♂️ over 5/6/7 times wet the line then pull through again I’ve tied it thousands of times but when I’m tying a fly on it’s a struggle & im no using cheap leader btw so I’m loosing too much for what I’m doing any advice would be more than welcome 🙏🏼 Take it easy n tight lines ✌🏼💙🎣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏼

[@robertdoesfishing]

Hi Craig, so sorry for the late repo as here this comment got buried under some others. What sort of knot are you using to tie your flies on? I just use a blood knot for my trout fishing and give it plenty of saliva before tightening up slowly.

[@waynemasey545]

Best dry fly bob Wyatts deer hair emerger or double decker good for grayling as well goid video will keep watching cheers wayne in ecclefecan

[@robertdoesfishing]

Nice one Wayne thanks very much for the recommendation and thanks very much for watching 🙏

[@thetattooedangler]

Ooft. That loss wiz a sair yin. I felt that. The one you got to the net was a brammer tho. Well done.

[@robertdoesfishing]

Ha tell me about it bud, was absolutely gutted 😭 Thanks very much for watching, I’ve fair been enjoying your content as well. Keep em coming 👍

[@meetthewalkers1383]

Just subscribed m8, great stretch of river i fish there ofter wait till ur not expecting it and u hook into one of the salmon then u will know all about it i love using a brown perdigon with red tinge at the bottom end there deadly on that river looking forward to following u on your fishing journey Tight lines

[@robertdoesfishing]

Thanks very much pal! Hopefully get another video up soon, life’s got in the way recently. I had a fantastic day down there, will definitely be back at some point!

[@nigelmartin3659]

Those Annan trout are b*stards to catch !

[@robertdoesfishing]

Ha they certainly were making a mockery of me 🥴