Ferox trout

[Vagabond]

Not quite sure where this topic should go - fly fishing it ain't. Do we need a "Pred thread" ?

 

Anyway, after catching some skate last month

we headed for the NW Highlands, and met up with PHT (new poster) and spent three days out in his boat.

 

Here are some piccys

 

1/ Our kind of country!

 

 

2/ First day. A plump and handsome six pounder from Loch Garry ( that's the FISH I'm talking about )

Lovely golden sheen and a relatively small head. Fought like the clappers, jumping clear of the water a few times.

 

 

3/ Second day. A lean and mean 5 lb beast from Loch Quoich that Norma caught. It was slightly longer than my Garry fish, but was a pound lighter. A relatively large head and mouth, and just look at the huge area of its rear engine!

 

 

4/ Third day. A little brighter after the hail and sleet we endured over the first two days. Note the snow still on the mountain. Appearances can be deceptive - this dark fish does not look much smaller than the previous two, but at two-and-a-half pounds was only half their weight.

 

 

Fantastic fishing for true wild trout in superlative wild surroundings.

 

The more I get into ferox the more interesting I find them. Because of a succession of interglacial invasions, the "family history" of highland salmonids is very complex - and by now y'all know I am a sucker for that sort of challenge

 

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[Paul_D]

Good on yer Vagabond, it all sounded idyllic.

[corydoras]

Vagabond:

Not quite sure where this topic should go - fly fishing it ain't. Do we need a "Pred thread" ?

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Well fly fishing it aint, and it aint coarse fishing either, but it is MY kinda fishing in MY kinda terrain (God's own true land).

 

Thanks for the post. Most interesting, and that Loch Quoich fish DOES have HUGE tail

[Newt]

Great fish. And beautiful country.

 

The sign is probably useless though. Any idiot who doesn't belong in that sort of country will usually be too stupid to pay attention to a warning.

 

OTOH, that sort of idiocy would be self-limiting as long as they were simply allowed to make it on their own or not make it at all.

[corydoras]

Newt:

 

The sign is probably useless though.  Any idiot who doesn't belong in that sort of country will usually be too stupid to pay attention to a warning.

True, but at least they can't say that 'nobody told them so'. The rescue teams still have to go and pull a dozen or so of them off the mountains every year.

[Ed Matysiak]

Thats what trout should be like. Not these quick growing rainbows! (sorry Newt )

Nice fish Vagabong!

[bobbyf]

The signs are put up for the benefit of you Sassenachs....

[Newt]

Koi - feel free to bash (with words only though) rainbow trout to your hearts content. I spent some time years ago fishing a river for wild brown trout but have never been hear the others.

 

And I have to say I get the same feeling when I see those UK carp with the huge bellies. I like mine sleeker.

 

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