My friend and I are going to the Assynt region at the end of May. We'll probably be fishing the banks of the smaller lochs, Any ideas what are good flies for this time of year?

Thanks

kate mclaren,claret hopper,blue/black zulu,clan chief
silver/pearly invicta,peter ross,dunkeld,greenwell
partride and orange,greenwell spider,black spider

Is what i would take,i am up twice a year in May and again in Sept...... enjoy it is nirvana. The further you walk to the lochs the better they get!!

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Hi,

Having fished that area a few times I would suggest traditional wets, bibio, kate mclaren, black pennel, snatchers and such like but also dont be scared to use a reasonably large bushy muddler type pattern stripped across the top of the water or we even had success using an orange coloured deer hair sedge.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for that. Much appreciated.

Hi,
Having spent many years fishing highland lochs I would suggest taking a few baby dolls.polystickles and Jersey herds ..Any fry patterns are always worth a try when things are quiet...it has worked for me on numerous ocassions...other to that Peter Ross and Cal have given an excellent choice of flies..to your success.

Kindest regards
JOHN

OF HILL AND LOCH

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Agree with all above- and recommend a Sweeny Todd on a l/s 10 too- can throw up big fish, especially in a good blow.

Orange Sedgehog on top dropper, Viva snatcher on mid-dropper and sz 10 jc Ace of Spades on point. Good luck.

soldier palmer muddler always a good catcher on most lochs

Fish the lochs when i can too, youv got all the best patterns but i would add one more, i know there are many variants around and folk have their prefs but i find a pearly bodied kate mclaren does a bit better than standard, in my experience anyway, hope you enjoy your sport and tightlines
Scotty

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Good advice re. the poly's, Jh's and dolls John.

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Tight Lines. :)