Experience and pure dumb luck Scottish Small Stream Fly Fishing 

Delighted you caught and what a beautiful fish! Well done 👍 gives the rest of us blankers some hope 😎

What a lovely 'not so wee' Brownie Fred! ....well done you!

What a beautiful spot! Gin clear water and the occasional sea-trout to boot. You are a very lucky man to have that on your doorstep. Lovely video as well, thank you for taking the time to make and share it. You now have another subscriber.

what a first fish, and deserved! Those bits of good fortune are usually balanced by the ones that get off!

Loving the drone footage Fred , another relaxing 20 mins ,

Hi Fred Glad your fighting fit ready for the new season. What a great fish.Loved the opening drone footage. Is it a club water Fred your very lucky to fish such a beautiful river. Tight lines Rob H

Very enjoyable

Cracking fish Fred, nice way to start the season, I doubt there's anything that size in the little streams I fish but I'll keep looking😀

Great video Fred - really enjoyed it

Hi Fred went out again on Monday and finally started my season with pound and half brownie on dry fly , like you I had no net handy as I had just gone with saw to trim some branches and took rod at last moment so you never know when lol, cheers Mike

I’m thrilled for you, a cracking day for fishing topped off with that lovely trout. Brilliant, well done! Keep the videos coming, I really enjoy them.

Cracking brownie that 1 it pays to be lucky lol

Just came across your channel and have been watching through your videos the last couple of evenings , much better than the majority out there , please keep them coming , I’ve been out after work 3 evenings this week here in north wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 … I tell my mrs it’s your fault “watching” gives me the bug 🤣

Well that's inspired me! Off to the river tomorrow: who knows what my luck might be!

Haha loved the text pinging as you were playing that beauty , well done fred 👍

Lmao! Nice Brown. What fun.

hi Fred , very well done thats a cracking good trout , you must have been very happy to get one like that.

Great fish Fred so the wee river has a run of Seatrout and Salmon. Do you fish for them later in the year (autumn). How many Sea trout and Salmon run the river. Tight lines for the rest of the season. I remember fishing the Spring with Dark Olives very enjoyable. AUS subscriber.

I need a drone pilot with your skills Fred!...are you available for weddings etc :)

Fred! Just stumbled across your channel. Fair enjoying it while I recover from the dreaded covid. Hope all is well with you. Paul Rowan (PaulR)

Enjoyed your video, I live in arbroath and would like to try my hand at small stream fishing. What outfit are you using, also do have to wade to fish this river.

hi Fred, as I am rubbish at nymping I intend to practice more so can you tell me what size nymph you use on your local river assuming it's tungsten bead would it be 2 3 or 4mm, thanks Mike. Awaiting next video.

I would need a coupla drams after that Fred. May have been a pantomime but it was gid angling lol.

Good video again Fred hope all goes well tomorrow at ari

Cracking trout!

Remember how I was saying that I was gutted that I didn't get out fishing the other day? Well, I went out today and got more than halfway there before realising that I had picked up the wrong rod. After an infuriating return journey I made it to the water, but it was a bit too low and gin clear, so no luck at the first few marks, although I did manage to lose a couple of flies. Went upriver a bit and met a guy who was having a great day. In the secret pool I showed him last year, using the method I had taught him. Would he move over and let me fish it? Would he buggery. Moved a bit further and saw a few fish rising, so I changed over from wets to dries and immediately got snagged in a tree, pulled too hard and snapped my mainline just above the loop. Went to the bank to fix it, almost fell in, dropped my camera and cracked my knee against a rock, tearing a hole right down to the bone. Can't wait to go out tomorrow in my newly repaired waders to test my new line. Fishing? Pah!

Caught 4 today on my first outing on my wee local … I will admit it’s spinning 😅… can’t fly fish on the loch unless the wind in favour as it’s deep one end and shallow as in 6-7 inches the other but thoroughly enjoyed it I’m lucky my local has 2 massive lochs and ( my secret 🤫 one ) if you know you know local kids have destroyed 2 dams with car tires beer bottles it’s sad to see walking past them today decent midge hatch no rises in dams when I was 16-17 used to thrive 😔

Or have the BBC / David Attenborough signed you up ? :)

Think you might be casting too far and putting too much line on the water