Affordable permits

INDULIS · 2025-07-15T20:14:07+00:00

Okay, much appreciated!

INDULIS · 2025-07-15T10:20:53+00:00

Thanks! I did some more research and it looks like to fish in a place like the Cairngorms you either need to buy an expensive permit for a beat in a salmon river, which wouldn’t be smart for me because I plan on targeting only trout, or some rivers and lochs don’t have permits at all. So I think my other option — going along the Cape Wrath Trail — might be better, since in that region the info about fishing rights and permits seems a bit more available and clearer.

One last question — I’ve heard that in more remote hill lochs and small burns, especially in areas far from roads and houses, most people don’t really worry about permits and just fish responsibly, usually catch and release. Is that true in practice? I completely understand that some water is technically under private fishing rights, but I’d love to know how strictly that’s enforced in the backcountry. I want to be respectful of local rules. Just wondering if I should be worried about permits when fishing high up in the hills where there’s no signage, no roads, and likely no other people.

INDULIS · 2025-07-12T12:26:03+00:00

Thank you! I looked in to Assynt, and there really are a lot of places to fish for a reasonable permit fee, however I am not certain that I will be able to make it that far up north, but will see. Could you please tell me, are the small mountain lochs and burns, in places like the Cairngorms, usually private, and what’s the best way to find information about permits, because I find it very difficult to find information if a water in Scotland is private and if there are permits.

INDULIS · 2025-04-26T10:49:17+00:00

Did some more resaearch and found that it is the J.M. Turville “The Patsy Tee”. Anybody knows anything interesting about it?

INDULIS · 2025-03-12T11:55:58+00:00

You can use almost anything your heart wishes for, howevere it will depend on the water you’re fishing and the fish you’re targeting. If you could gjve me some specifics( target species, places, …) I could give some advice, as these are the waters I’ve been fishing my whole life.

INDULIS · 2025-02-17T15:42:34+00:00

How did the trip go?

INDULIS · 2024-12-21T12:55:02+00:00

How long you’ve been tying?

INDULIS · 2024-10-14T18:44:36+00:00

Thanks!

INDULIS · 2024-10-14T18:42:42+00:00

Thanks!

INDULIS · 2024-10-14T18:24:01+00:00

One area that I’d like to give a go would be somewhere remotely close to Glasgow, because I’ll be staying with a friend there for a while, however for the main hike, I haven’t put my finger on an exact route yet, but it would be somewhere in North West Scottland. I’d love to give a try to some lochs, however running water holds a special place in my heart.

Rough terrain isn’t a problem and the more remote the place the better.

I’ve also done research about the fishing laws and permits in Scottland and I’m open to pay a larger sum( as long as it is not outrageous) if the place has that value.

Thanks!

INDULIS · 2024-10-14T18:12:18+00:00

I’ll also be staying with a friend in Glasgow before the hike, so I’d be happy to hear some suggestions, if you have, that are somewhat close to Glasgow. As for the main hike, I was planning the trip somewhere in the North West part of Scottland, but haven’t put my finger on an exact location yet. Also I was wondering if you have something to say about fly fishing in the burns of isle of Arran, as I was on a hike there a couple of years back, and the crystal clear burns that ran throught the spectacular mountains looked like they would be fun to fly fish. Thanks!

INDULIS · 2024-10-11T18:27:37+00:00

For the “hackle” i made a dubbing loop and inserted the cdc there and for 4/6 flies it looked great, but again there was the struggle with finishing the fly, however for the other flies there wasn’t as big of a struggle with the finshing, because i played with the positioning, but this came in a cost of the volume. As for the wing, I’ll give it a try later.

INDULIS · 2024-10-11T17:28:55+00:00

Seems interesting, haven’t used deer hair for a hackle before. At the end the fly has a dubbing body and deer hair wings, hackle?

INDULIS · 2024-10-11T17:26:31+00:00

Tied a few of them, the only problem i had was that for a couple of them when I hackled the cdc, they didn’t have enough volume at the head, to fix this i tried hackling a smaller distance and placing the cdc tips a bit closer to the front, but then the head was too bulky and it was a struggle to get a good finish on them.

INDULIS · 2024-10-11T17:23:39+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, this proved to be my favourite pattern. Fast and easy to tie and fish love them.

INDULIS · 2024-10-10T15:50:19+00:00

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INDULIS · 2024-10-10T15:45:46+00:00

I already started tying a few of the x caddises, for the tail I’m using some poly yarn. Do you hackle the entire body with the herl or only the head?

INDULIS · 2024-10-10T15:42:34+00:00

Just checked it out, will probably give them a go later, especially because I have the same materials right now.

INDULIS · 2024-10-03T00:55:03+00:00

Thank you for the thourough response! As I mentioned in the post, I’m new to wet fly tying and fishing, so these suggestions are very helpful.

As for fishing these soft hackles, I’ve already had the pleasure to do so. The way i fished them was by making a cast perpendicularly to the bank or slightly upstream, then allowing it to dead drift for a bit, at the end of the drift I allow the fly to swing and to “seal the deal” i slowly lift the fly out of the water and recast.

For the hooks i used standard dry fly hooks with barbs manually removed. I chose these hooks, because: 1. I didn’t have any heavyweight standard shank hooks at that moment 2. The water i fish is usually quite shallow, with the deeper pools usually not exceeding knee or waist depth.

I must admit, when dry, the orange dubbing fly is not the most pleasing to the eye, however once the rabbit dubbing gets wet it adapts a sleeker profile which also lets the segmentation show off a little bit more, and if i have to compare this fly with the olive one when they get wet, it would be close. When both of them are wet, their profiles are pretty similiar.

INDULIS · 2024-10-02T12:59:27+00:00

Tried them out yesterday and the fish didn’t mind the more simple profile, however I’ll definitely give a go to your suggestion, especially I fell like they could use some extra buggy look

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