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Seatrout

Postby eoghanb » Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:37 am

Nice surprise this morning,north Dublin estuary,on sandeel imitation fly.fish returned


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Re: Seatrout

Postby eoghanb » Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:45 am

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Re: Seatrout

Postby gearoid mc s. » Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:17 pm

Beauty, well done. Was that the target or a bass?
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Re: Seatrout

Postby Kgarr » Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:46 pm

Class Eoghan. Beautiful fish, has been quite productive there recently.
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Re: Seatrout

Postby eoghanb » Fri Mar 27, 2020 1:20 pm

I use a largish fly ,that will take both species ,id have liked a bass but I’m not fussy ,doesn’t matter they always go back
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Re: Seatrout

Postby Go Big or Go Home » Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:10 pm

Cracking sea trout, I dont many like that anymore.
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Re: Seatrout

Postby eoghanb » Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:24 pm

It’s over 10 yrs since I got one that size ,definitely a nice surprise,I had a small one nipping at the fly ,this one must have got jealous and hit it hard
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Re: Seatrout

Postby corbyeire » Sun Mar 29, 2020 11:34 am

cracking fish well done
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Re: Seatrout

Postby keem » Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:02 pm

beauty well done. I picked up some seatrout flies from a lad in Cork who ties them. Im going to try them with Bombarda float on spinning rod as I dont want to damage my flyrod n reel in salt water. Also i wont win prizes for distance casting lol.
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Re: Seatrout

Postby eoghanb » Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:22 pm

Don’t need to hit the horizon when seatrout fishing,I was working the fly behind a patch of weedy rocks about 20ft out
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