Wednesday 12 February 2014

Tongue to Stack Video and more photos on Flickr

Spending a week at my brother Peter's house looking after dog Jenny and some decorating but most evenings spent in the Nerve Centre. This is his No 2 office & fly tying room but more importantly has maps all over the main wall, covering the Coigach to the Dionard valley and the last loch North i have fished is Bad na h-Achiase in the Eriboll valley. A few nice fish here but the walk up to Loch Stay on side was awesome and I had a  pleasant night spent at loch-side with the company of a swarm of midgies.

The reason for the post is to let any followers know that I have updated my flickr photos with more Scourie years and the annual camping trips the few days allowed before hand. Scourie photos are not exclusively Scourie but are all over West Sutherland and is just the Holiday title. eg "Darling Wife I am off to Scourie" meaning I am off fishing in Scotland for some time and may be home in 10 to 14 days. see http://www.flickr.com/photos/97460423@N08/

There is also a video of my 4 days walking & fishing from Tongue to Stack via Ben Hope, Gobernuisgach lodge and the ridge waterfall between Arkle and Foinaven on You Tube as Flickr only takes 3 minutes video at a time. Apologies for the lack of fishing but my head cam is broken and to be fair did not do too much over the four days.
You Tube link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uchrIqsTiPs&feature=youtu.be

 Pete's big fish on the first morning of my walk is on my Facebook page and I will try and find a better place to publish it  maybe here >

Have been really impressed with Social Media activity on the Assynt area from four Facebook sites including Stewart on Assynt Fly Fishing, West Sutherland Fisheries Trust & Sutherland. I know some worry about our paradise being over-run with fisherman but I still think there is room for more as I still seem to spend most of my holiday in solitude when I am not fishing Scourie waters.

I will type up a few more articles over the next few weeks and hope you will find them interesting on these cold, wet & windy nights. cheers G