River of Dreams- the BEST River in the Uk to catch big Grayling 

Cheers James, in my opinion it’s one of the best for good average size of 2lb+ with some tanks at 3lb+

Thanks Ian, your getting through the videos mate, thanks for watching👍

Cheers Hutch. It felt like the year had finally started, thoroughly enjoyed it mate

Cheers Alan, appreciate the comment mate.

Thanks Richard, yes the perseverance did certainly pay off this time and good to finally get a fantastic start to 2023. Many thanks for watching and your comments.

Thanks Liam for watching and commenting as always much appreciated.

Many thanks for the feedback, it’s always much appreciated. Yeah I appreciated the help from angling 360 and it was very good to get some different angles. You should check their channel out, they do an awesome job👍

Cheers Steven, it certainly was a day to remember mate. Thanks for watching and commenting much appreciated, tight lines👍

Thanks Phil, despite the freezing cold conditions, I had an absolute blast today. when the adrenaline is going you kind of forget how cold it is times. Thanks for watching👍

Cheers to you both for helping in capturing some awesome footage. Good day had by all and loads of fish fish.

Cheers Sean, your a very lucky man having that venue on your doorstep mate

Cheers mate, it is a wonderful location with stunning fish

@@PiscatorUK-Fishing really liked that 1 mate, cheers for bringing us all along for the adventure 👍👍

Thanks Alex, that’s a shame, I enjoyed myself so much. On the plus side look at the extra footage you got😂😂

Cheers for commenting mate, it’s fast becoming my favourite winter venue and species just wonderful sport.

I’ve only tried the upper Annan late last year but it was poor. Where were you fishing? I’ve heard Hoddom can be productive

@@PiscatorUK-Fishing I've caught Grayling at Hoddom and further upstream, downstream of the bridge at Millhousebridge.

@@TroodosPoolGuy cheers mate, I’m always on the lookout for new places to try, much appreciated👍tight lines

Thanks mate, it is the NGT, I’m very impressed with its performance for such a low cost reel. To be honest I’ve never had anything to compare it to but it does the job.

@Piscator UK Fishing thanks ..yeah I was just looking at it ..thinking it looks the job. Good price as well. Might have to try the centre pin out again..last time I had one I didn't gel with it and sold it. But ready to try again I think.

@@sioll5637 I’ve only just recently started using the centre pin and just love it for the trotting. The fixed spool certainly has its place in certain conditions and I wouldn’t travel without it when I’m trotting the float, just in case. Tight lines buddy👍

Hi Darren the rod is specifically used for float fishing in the Uk and the reel is called a centre pin reel and I would say is predominantly usued in the Uk also. The reel is designed for this type of river fishing which is called trotting. The flow of the river carries the float downstream, at the same time the line comes of the reel at the same speed as the flow of the river. All centre pin reels have very smooth bearing systems. you can also put your hand on the spool to slow the rate of downstream drift holding your bait in the kill zone longer while your bait still looks natural to the fish. In my opinion the control of the float is superior to a fixed spool reel as the line comes off a fixed spool much quicker and tends to sag onto the water which can also affect the drift. Please see some links below. Of the rod and reel I use. I’m not sponsored or have affiliates with these brands. www.anglingdirect.co.uk/drennan-red-range-13ft-float-fishing-rod www.anglingdirect.co.uk/ngt-dynamic-centrepin-reel

Many thanks James, a few anglers have told me about catching grayling when salmon fishing, which really intrigued me as salmon flies are quite bit larger than say nymphs that normally catch grayling. The next time I’m nymphing I might try streamers.

I was fishing surface lures, riffle hitching, in the faster currents because of the hot low water conditions this year. Only a minority of salmon anglers try riffle hitching for salmon in the UK. I can tell you hand on heart Douglas that it is a killer tactic for big predatory grayling! Obviously you wouldn't need salmon gear to try it for grayling. They jump on the lure like a pike. Very aggressive!

Thanks for the info James, definitely some I will try in the future

@@PiscatorUK-Fishing Riffle hitching is worth a look as even many fly fisherman don't know how it works.. It's a bit left of field, like the bombarda.

Hi James, I’ve been looking into the hitch, does the hitch stay on the fly/lure when the fish takes or does it slip off. I’ll probably up my tippet as I normally nymph with 6X

At certain spots you can fish from the bank but you can cover more fish by wading. It is cold mate but worth it. Thanks for watching mate👍

Thanks for commenting much appreciated. To be honest each run and at certain times of day the bites came at all different lengths during the trot. One fish would be at the end of the run 50yards and the next 2 fish would be 2-3 rod lengths.

There are many rivers in Scotland with grayling but probably not as widespread as Englandshire. Nith, Annan, Clyde, Tieth and Tweed to name a few are probably the most abundant with good catches of larger grayling @2lb +, thanks for commenting mate👍

very widespread

@@234cheech I’m fairly new to grayling fishing and slowly finding my feet and where to catch them

Superb footage and a great advert for Scotland. Are day tickets available for the stretch you were on or is it a club water?

@archivefootage7898 cheers buddy, that particular stretch is now syndicate only but there are many others available for day tickets, find them on FishPal or Drumlanrig mate.

£20 on FishPal James