Monday 26 August 2013

On the hunt:

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In search of refuge from biting winds, we headed into a mountain range (right). This might have sounded odd, but towering hills acted as giant wind breakers. In their lee, swarming midges encouraged large trout to rise, which caused surface water to heave in their wake…nerve wracking!

 

Best of all, piles of dung left by Icelandic fell ponies attracted hordes of bibio (black gnats) that every so often got wafted onto the water

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4lb odd of Viking trout that came after a long day of waiting and searching in God awful weather…well worth it

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