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Title: River Don Beastie
Post by: Billy on May 19, 2016, 10:15:26 AM
The fish have been scarce but good to know some of the insect life survived the floods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ra5r-wa-io (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ra5r-wa-io)

Billy
Title: Re: River Don Beastie
Post by: Wildfisher on May 19, 2016, 10:18:35 AM
Where is that Billy? Up from Parkhill?
Title: Re: River Don Beastie
Post by: Billy on May 19, 2016, 11:48:54 AM
Fred,

It was just at the Streams below the cemetry at Dyce.

Billy
Title: Re: River Don Beastie
Post by: Bobfly on May 19, 2016, 05:50:39 PM
A few of them every day would pack on the flesh.  :D :D   
Rather to my surprise one day I found a boulder in the Braan which had a great collection of recently vacated massive empty nymph cases from caddis probably of a similar type to those ones. It looked like they must have crawled up the stone and hatched out then once above the water level as I doubt it had dropped down in the previous days. The empty body cases were over and inch long and thick with it.
Title: Re: River Don Beastie
Post by: Fishtales on May 19, 2016, 06:17:21 PM
Stonefly

This is a nymph case of one.

(http://www.ftscotland.co.uk/gallery/catching-not-fishing-2012/stonefly-nymph-case-001.jpg)
Title: Re: River Don Beastie
Post by: Wildfisher on May 19, 2016, 07:03:32 PM
Quote from: Billy on May 19, 2016, 11:48:54 AM
It was just at the Streams below the cemetry at Dyce.

Right, just down from The Manse Pool. Thought I recognised it.