Fly-fishing for Trout and Grayling | Autumn Nymphing Techniques | River Clyde | Fly Fishing Scotland 

Thanks so much Douglas, you're too kind. Great to see your channel's going from strength to strength too! I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone and expand my horizons a bit. The variety of fishing you showcase inspires me too 👍🏼. Hope to cross paths with you sometime in the future 🙏🏼🐟

@@SouthsideFlyFishing your welcome mate. Hopefully one day our paths will cross in the near future buddy. Stay safe👍

It was so nice to have a relatively settled few weeks to enjoy the colours changing. Even I defiled the sanctity of it all with a squirmy 😂. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟

Thanks Robert 🙏🏼

Thanks so much, Jim! Hope the trip works out next year and you manage to get a bit of fishing in up here too. Tight lines 🐟🎣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thanks Alexander, delighted you enjoyed it!

Cheers David! I couldn't agree with you more 😂. PTN on the point and Hares Ear on the dropper. In this video I actually switched flies and fished through that same run with a perdigon on the point and was able to pick up fish I'd covered with the pheasant tail. But I'm sure the smaller size is what fooled them, rather than the pattern. That Duracell can be so effective for grayling in the winter but seldom works for me the rest of the year. And the squirmy is only for when things get all dark and weird on the river 😂

You're too kind! Glad you enjoyed the vid and the techy bits 🙏🏼🐟

Cheers Martin 🙏🏼

Cheers Tom! If there's one thing I've learned it's that with fishing there's no right or wrong ways of doing things. Just hope the tips help people get up and running with the sport. Good luck with your quest for a grayling this winter! They have a reputation for being easy to catch - not my experience at all! But finding them and fishing at the right depth is usually 90% of the battle, on rivers like the Clyde at least. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟

You might want to have cut to b-roll for the blurry face bit, but not to worry. The fly info was well worth it.

Cheers Andrew! The drone is a relatively new acquisition so probably not the best idea to fly it by those power lines 🙈. Glad you enjoyed the technical stuff too. I've faffed around with indicators for years but wish someone had told me about that New Zealand indicator kit. It's honestly been a game changer. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟

Thank you! I had a lot of fun putting this one together 🙏🏼

Thanks Simon! I had a lot of fun putting this one together. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟

Thanks John! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏼🐟

Thanks Aldo! Delighted you enjoyed the video

Thanks mate! I'm definitely going to get over to the Kelvin next season. I've heard too many good things about it! And definitely get yourself some of that scruffy dubbing. The camera doesn't do it justice at all. Wind it on relatively loose and pick it out with a brush. The claret and olive colours make amazing bodies for loch flies too!

Cheers Danny! I'm really excited to get after some new species this winter 🐟🎣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

You’re too kind! Thanks bud. Look forward to wetting a line with you soon🙏🏼🐟

¡Gracias! Me alegra que hayas disfrutado del video

Thank you Neil! I like the lower stretches of the UCAPA water too. I've had many a blank upstream so was very lucky to have the camera with me on a good day! And as you say, it's £12 for a day ticket, £60 for a season and miles and miles of water to explore 👍🏼

@@SouthsideFlyFishing ye great value for money stopped fishing it about 13 years ago because cormerants devistated it there was 10..15 birds in a pool and just worked there way up hole stretches I fished it was disgraceful nothing could be done went from catching between 10 to 40.50 grayling in a day to nothing thats not including the brownies used to catch they disappeared aswell but it was coming back slowly few seasons ago

It’s such a shame more isn’t done to protect our wild fish in Scotland. Hopefully things continue to improve. There’s certainly no shortage of anglers on the river 😉

Thank you, mate. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟

Cheers Alan! Beautiful part of the world that, especially in the autumn. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟

Cheers Chris! I There's something magical about the chalk streams but I have to say I always gravitated towards the wilder sections of rivers like the Avon. And yes, simple setup for a simple angler 😂. I'd love to find out more about bass fishing. Do you have any resources you'd recommend? Cheers 🙏🏼

@@SouthsideFlyFishingHi Sean I would agree, I prefer fishing on the Avon, I like more naturel places to fish. Regarding Bass fishing, I fish with a chap called Paul Haldenwang who has a company called Saltydog game fishing, he has a boat and fishes in and around Chicester harbour, it's a massive conservation area and bird sanctuary, a stunning place to fish, You also fish around the cost, Paul is a really nice bloke. You can shore fish there too, Orvis do a Saltwater flyfishing festival there each year in September, about £100 to join and you get to know the area and places to fish, last two days. Tight lines Sean. Look forward to your pike video,

Thanks buddy! Delighted you enjoyed the vid 👍🏼

Thanks Martin 🙏🏼🐟

Thanks mate! They're instantly recognisable aren't they. Some of the prettiest brownies you'll find anywhere 🙏🏼🐟

Thanks mate 🙏🏼🐟🎣

Cheers Robin! Fingers crossed you manage to get back to Scotland soon 🙏🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hi Iain. I usually use a tapered leader and then add tippet and dropper tags for the flies. You can of course tie your own, but I prefer the main length of the leader to be knotless. Cheers 🙏🏼🐟

Thanks Ian, delighted you're enjoying the vids 🙏🏼🐟

Thanks mate, it's the upper UCAPA section 👍🏼

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Thanks Greg, delighted to hear you're enjoying the vids. I do get a bit carried away with the nature, and I'm sure I'd catch more fish if I put the camera down and spent more time fishing 😂. Hope you get your box filled and the leaks fixed for the new season. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟

@@SouthsideFlyFishing Onya Bro! Dont you dar give up filming all your observations of scotlands wild and not so wild places! Ilove your appreciative eye for the rythms of nature. You have some beautifully marked trout there and your appreciation for every fish you catch is akin to why I fly fish.

Thanks Steve! I'm nervous about pike fishing to be honest. Not the fishing so much as what I'll do if I land one 😂. Tight lines bud

@@SouthsideFlyFishing . Yes I’m new to fishing for pike on the fly myself but its something to be done in the off season. I’m nervous also🤮

Thanks Sean. If you're local there's no excuse for not getting out on that stretch of water! Mint conditions right now 👍🏼

Hi Neil. It’s rare to find a hatch in December in my neck of the woods. You get the odd BWO or midge coming off but the fish tend to be tight to the bottom. Small perdigons tend to work well if there are smaller flies about. A teeny drab FFly would do the business for anything on the surface at this time of year I’d say 🤙🏼

Thanks mate! I use a Fuji Xt4. The video quality on any of the newer mirrorless cameras is phenomenal but I absolutely love the Xt4 (when it stays in focus 😂). Tight lines

Thanks mate! I'm definitely going to get after the pike this winter but I'm a total noob when it comes to predator fishing. Those boots are the Vision Musta boots with the Michelin soles and a set of metal studs. I'd buy them again although for the price I'd be tempted to go for Korkers next time 👍🏼

@@SouthsideFlyFishing thanks mate....👍

Hi Louis, great to have you aboard, and delighted to hear you're enjoying the videos. I use barbless hooks all the time these days because I believe they promote fish welfare. Barbed hooks can do quite a lot of damage even to a smaller fish, and I even prefer to cut my line rather than perform surgery on a deeply hooked fish. I do lose a good few fish and there's even an argument that if you're so concerned for their wellbeing, why put a hook in them at all 😂. But that's my thinking re barbs. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟

Thanks Robin! I've had actual abuse for the music in some of the earlier videos so your comment is much appreciated 😂😂.. I get the music from Epidemic Sounds these days. Sourcing royalty-free music can be a bit of a pain so I've reluctantly ended up paying a monthly subscription. If you make your own videos (or are considering it) you can get some decent music for free through RU-vid's audio library

Cheers David! There are at least 4 angling clubs that manage fishing on the Clyde. This stretch is controlled by UCAPA and you can find out more about permits on their website: www.ucapaltd.com/freshwater.html. The other clubs are Mid-Clyde, Lamington and Hozier. A good rod/reel combo for the rivers would be something like a 9ft 5wt rod and a floating fly line. That would cover most types of fishing on the rivers. If you're on a budget, the new Shakespeare rods are good value for money. I also like the Redington Classic Trout rods. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟🎣

And if you buy a freshwater permit (ie, no salmon or sea trout) from UCAPA now, it will last until March 31st 2023!

Alistair, you're a gent! Andy and Ieva are proper RU-vidrs, so it's flattering to be mentioned in the same breath. Believe it or not, I've never fished the Tweed! But the rivers are so similar in profile, I'm confident that all the flies that work on the Clyde will do the business on the Tweed too. Some will disagree but with grayling I honesty believe locating the fish and presenting the fly to them at the right depth is 90% of the battle. The usual nymph patterns all seem to work fine for me 👍🏼. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@@SouthsideFlyFishing Thanks for the prompt response. I'm looking forward to the trip...circumstances permitting! T L and a Merry Christmas (December now so it's allowed!)

Thank you mate! It's £12 for the day and £60 for the season on the stretch I was fishing: www.ucapaltd.com/freshwater.html. I don't sell flies at the moment, although it's something I think about from time to time! 🙏🏼🐟

@@SouthsideFlyFishing thx

Thank you! Fingers crossed you'll catch a few grayling next time you're out fishing. The material is New Zealand wool. There's a link in the description to the brand I use. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟

Thanks Gary, appreciate the feedback. Tight lines 🙏🏼🐟