The Greatest Scottish Fishing Inventions

[Wildfisher]

Was thinking about this. We once lead the world in freshwater game fishing. What is the greatest Scottish fishing invention - tackle or technique?

It can't be Loch Style fly fishing, that was also Irish. For me it has to be the Spey Cast - the name says it all.  It took over the fly fishing world.

What do you think?

[burnie]

Is poaching a Scottish invention Fred?, or guddling troots? seen lots of old paintings of kilt wearing lads with spears and a burning torch after Salmon. I think whumper catching and Wupert baiting are also Scots inventions too.........................................

[Harpo]

The Peter Ross :worried

[loch coulter]

half descent fishing forums :roll:

[fergie]

Buckfast bottles for floats.

[Its Me]

Does a Dod permit count.

[SoldierPmr]

Lemon Jiff as a bubble float?

[Wildfisher]

The Borthwick scale of weights and measures.

That's up there with the achievements of Sir Isaac Newton 

[dapper]

Peter Ross - now that's interesting - there are many similar, not least the Ronald, and of course must mention the Mairi, 2 of Niall Campbells' inventions, while he was working at Faskally examining the stomach contents of trout from Loch Moraig, above Blair Atholl..
Stewart's Black Spider and other hackled trout flies.