Fly Fishing Loch Doon 17th July 2023 with Davie McPhail 

Thank you for taking me along nicely done Davie

Hi davie, a great way to spend time watching you obviously enjoying your time on the water. You're videos are excellent and entertaining. Describing your set up and flies gives us a lot of info. Thanks. colin 🎣

Very nice. Glad I stayed long enough for the weather to change, and the fish to start biting. Beautiful countryside.

You're right about the walk round the others side, nightmare.. only one thing worse, the walk back. Lol great vid, Davie...

Davie, you certainly aren't like the other tubers that showcase catch after catch and that's the point of their channel. You take us with you on your outings and there is a certain serenity to time spent with you. I saw your video pop up and audibly said "AAhh YES!!!" and realized I had to comment to let you know that. Time to zone out with you for an hour 👍

The best part of working from home is being able to watch stuff like this while I do. Cheers, Davie 🍺🍻

Very enjoyable video. I look forward to seeing you tying the successful fly. Cheers.

I need to get out and fish . Haven’t done any for 6yrs . Shoulder is bad . I miss the hell out of it . I love my 10ft 5wt . Not tried that line . I think I’ll have to buys new fly lines as they must be at least 10 years old . I prefer a snow bee. Excellent video just what I needed to inspire myself to start fishing again . Your right a lot of fish hold close in . So I should be ok on short casts .

Great stuff as always Davie! Tight lines 🎣

Another excellent video davie cheers for sharing 👌

Good to see you out on the loch again Davie what a fantastic setting . Wild and rugged but beautiful. Great to see you enjoying yourself as usual. Looking forward to you fishing the Smithston beat. Tight lines 👍

Thanks Davie. Another excellent video. We really appreciate these outings.

Davie it’s great watching you in action with your rod not just tying flies , I’ve been watching you and tying your flies for a few years now and some I’ve had success and some not so much , here in Tasmania our trout season is closed at the moment , central highlands of Tasmania 20 July wind is blowing 30 knots with gusts out to 40 + knots we had a top temperature of 0 degree C at Liawenee today, hope you aren’t getting the temps like most of Europe & North America, keep up the great work Davie all the best from Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺 ps hope your not a big cricket fan hate to disappoint you keeping the ashes again

A new 10 foot 5 weight? Interesting! Good luck, & thanks for taking me along. 😄

What a choice of fisheries you have absolutely stunning. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures.

Superb conditions 😂 , the whisky muddler would work a treat in that wave Davie 👌👍

Thanks, Davie for the bring along ...

Another excellent video thank you so much. Just watching you and you explaining your set up is invaluable. Brilliant 👍🏻

Another great video Davie, lovely to see top of the water working even if only small fish are taking. Off to tie up some long-hackled dries.🤞

Nice day fishing. Pleasure to watch .

Was up there today doing some sampling for the power company and it was tough going. Never even saw a trout rise through the rain but eventually a perch and a wee trout saved my day. We had 2 out in a boat taking water samples while I was the safety man waiting ashore so I had to have a cast. Good to see your videos each week Davie.

13c wow...On this day in Utah we're sitting at 40.5c

Brilliant davie ,enjoyed that. Aye its been a dodgy July with rain and wind in the area ,don't think I can remember a wetter July lol ,great video and always great to watch you

Love your videos mate 👍

That 10’ Cadence rod does turn the line over very well. Lovely conditions too. I would have tried my ‘go to’ Iron Blue Dun there on those conditions also. Wouldn’t swap my 10’ 4-piece, 5wt Hardy for those conditions though. Well done Davie👍

Another brilliant video! Thank you for sharing!

Superb again davie love that style of fishing hopefully the local wildlife took home all their rubbish

Nice one Davie how ever hard it is fly fishing is the best another good video thanks mate.

Really enjoy the videos,thank you.

Hey Davie, really look forward to these videos. Inspired me to go catch a few Rainbows here in Australia a few weeks ago.

Keep em coming. Very nice.

Great days fishing. It has always amazed me how quickly trout react, especially on lakes. They must just sit a foot or so below the surface, probably why osprey catch them.

🙂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

nice fish Davie

Nice way to chrisen a new fod

Looks amazing there Davie, is there good road access?, I'll be heading down to Ayrshire for a bit of fishing when we move back home in September. Thoroughly enjoyed the dry fly takes!!

Cheers from Maine USA. Would a intermediate line with a sink tip or a sinking line with a heavier sink tip help?I love your tying and fishing videos.

Thanks Davie for the video. What length is your mono cast...

Another nice day fishing with you, Davie. I've meant to ask before... what is the release tool you use for deeply hooked fish. It looks like it works better than my method of using forceps. Mike

Is Loch Doon a natural lake? You mentioned the Hydroelectric. After you talking about Brig O Doon I thought the loch had always been there. Thanks.

Enjoy Summer (13,5 C 😬 almost my usual weather here north Canada, now it is around 31C😊). What about this fly line you have on the reel?

I certainly know you were targeting more surface fish; I was thinking as you started out the video but you would have to have two rods.

I've noticed that while quite a piece of water, the fish taken are smaller then one might expect. Also, as you say, the lack of insects on the water. I'm wondering, has there been an overall decline in insects and hatches over the past several years?

What’s the memory like in the Cadence fly line please?

My husband enjoys your videos. How do you make a donation for July/Aug free flies.

is it free to fish loch doon ?