Right, armed with the latest Grey's 9' 8/9wt fly rod and matching reels, plus licences and all the other paraphenalia (myself and LSD invested in a pair from John McLaughlin's Swilly Flies Angling Centre) the two of us decided to have a quick chuck this evening from Marble Hill beach. I doubt any sea trout in the vicinity felt threatened but it was good to get out and try a cast. Not as hard as I figured, but needs a lot of work on the technique. John gave us a pretty good grounding in casting when we bought the rods. Advantage of buying stuff from a good local tackle dealer, I suppose.
We'll have to get Tanglerat to give us a few pointers down Ards way one of these days. Might bag a sea trout yet, although I'd say even a mackerel would be a great scrap on those rods.
So, anybody recommend a few saltwater patterns for sea trout?
John's now off on holiday on the proceeds. (Gave us a really good deal on the kit in fairness.)