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I must admit to feeling right out of my comfort zone this past month trading my usual 9 foot 5 weight fly rod for the heavy 12ft spinning rod, my chest waders for jeans and a T –shirt and my wading boots for a pair of trainers. I'm not making a fashion statement, I've just been learning something new.
Why, oh why do I always feel the need to pack my bergan with so many ‘just in case’ items? This might (just) be fine now whilst I retain a vestige of fitness, but I can sense it’s going to take its toll in years to come!
Anglers dream of discovering a loch so beautiful that they will never want to leave. A loch full of wild brown trout that rise readily to the well presented fly almost regardless of weather conditions. A loch where boat and bank fishing bring equally excellent results. A loch that is for their exclusive use and where the only companions will be red deer, golden eagle and otter. A loch guarded by majestic mountains amidst moorlands scattered with an astonish array of wild flowers. A loch where they will find peace, solitude and splendid sport.
The last time that Col and I had fished together was at the start of July and it was a wee bit of a disaster. I thought that it would be good to find a pike loch closer to home as we usually fish the likes of Loch Achray or sometimes Venachar in the Trossachs, but after doing a bit of careful research on the internet I identified Loch Gelly in Fife as the perfect closer to home venue.
The River Liffey flows from the Wicklow Mountains at Liffey Head Bog for about 120 kms passing through Kildare and entering the Irish Sea in Dublin. The particular stretch that I fish is at Straffan, just by the road-bridge downstream from the K Club. The level throughout the summer is generally quite low, periods of rain raise it slightly, as does water control by the ESB, but occasionally there are floods. Last year I think it rained for about 3 weeks non-stop and the river was unfishable in many places.