hi guy's thought i'd show you a fish that not many folk in britain have seen or will ever see .i caught it today on carron reservoir it was about 2lb.
it is probably bigger than the current british record but it is protected and it went back.
it was a beautifull fish,and contrary to others opinion it fought reasonably well ,even jumping


jim

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Nice one mate! No chance of one of those down here! It's a fish I'd love to have a go for next time I'm over the border.

Jim you lucky, lucky b@#$£*d.
I'm so jealous, that is one of the species I need to catch, one day somehow and somewhere!
I'm green.
Dee

Sorry dave, iv'e wanted to catch one since seeing shoals of them smutting in Loch Lomond in the 60's when i was out seatrout fishing.they seem to be doing better in Carron than they did in Lomond.and are turning up in catches reasonably regularly.
see here also Carron Valley

jim

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Hi Jim
I was also on carron on saturday and a friend of mine actually had 2 powan.
Both fish took a small dial bach nymph.

i think i may have talked to you in the car park.

jim

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Mr O...tut..tut DIAWL Bach

Jim Lad! what a cracker, I believe that they are in Bala Lake a few miles away from me and are called 'Gwyniad' in Welsh....now how was this caught then?

hi Gwilym,it was with a floating line and sz 12 cruncher,you can see it sticking out of its mouth

jim

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Mmmm! me thinks that I will have to hire a boat on the largest natural lake in Wales then

Well done jim,I know quite a few guys in my circle who have caught powan from Carron (strange they all seem to be around the 2lb mark..?) but Ive never managed it yet.
However I did get one on a size 10 silver invicta on Loch Lomond years ago whilst chasing sea-troot.
I remember seeing a huge shoal of them swimming very close to the surface and we were wondering what they were.So I cast into the middle of them and hooked one in the jaiket.....by accident like....!