Goldenloch
Sept-Week-37-2017
It certainly has been a weird year and its not over yet, not by a long way, fishing generally is and should be a natural thing, I have been running a fishery for 21 years, but been involved for 30+ years, so there is not much I haven’t seen or had to deal with, it’s a fun business and it can be very rewarding, if you go down the route of mass numbers it can be financially rewarding, but trust me when I say it is very stressful, most fishery operators all want the same thing, that is that the client visits, pays there money and fishes, hopefully enjoying his or her experience, simples, at this moment in time we have all got some pretty good suppliers of fresh new fish, that can be delivered more or less within a few days of being ordered, the suppliers all do an excellent job and are a huge, nae, they are a massive improvement on what used to happen, long gone are the days of buying a half ton of fish, with half of them fit for the bin, and that was before you put them in the water, no things are much better now, what has changed is that fisheries are overstocking, that is a sin that I am guilty of as well, anglers are catching massive catches, its now relatively easy, what with the technology in the design of flies, and the standards of fly tying being so good, no its not just good it is amazing, I am not mentioning any names but some of the new generation flies are outstanding, long gone are the days of Mr and Mrs Herd selling flies out of the back of the car, when the OK Dokey was first developed it was a sleek neat yellow buzzer with a white body tied tight, then it became a wee fat imitation maggot, I have guys that think this is a recognised Fishing Fly, I am fed up arguing with some guys about FABS and Blobs, they are indicators and shouldn’t have hooks, and they shouldn’t resemble feeding protein pellets, snakes, bunnies, poppers, is it that fishing has got to be so easy, that its normal to say I caught 25 fish, and ripped their face off stripping so called flies across the water, that is not sport, most of these guys would be absolutely useless without the arsenal of aids at their disposal, classic example is after we banned snakes here at the Goldenloch, a few guys stopped coming, one in particular, and he could catch any fish without the use of snakes, others used to use OK Donkeys’ but lets be honest it’s a day out, its fishing, its fun, please, for next year its 100% debarbed hooks, or fish somewhere else, only come here for pleasure and enjoyment it’s a Sport Fly Fishery, I can already see some that wont be back, but for the rest, it is for fun and you help me and we will help you. If you disagree please comment or if you agree please like, we as operatories need to know.
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