hi there guys i am heading up to sutherland for some wild brownie fishing. i have never fished these lochs before and i am looking for some advice on what flies are successful in that area. i am fishing the lochs above inchnadamph. my usual flies for brownies would be kate mcclaren, zulus and soldier palmers. any suggestions would be much appreciated.
TIGHTLINES!!!!!!!

hi cubby,me & my mates go to the isle of lewis & harris every year for the wild brownies,have also been to sutherland,the general flies are the ones you mentioned,although we tend to fish clan chiefs,claret bumble muddlers & various coloured dabblers we have also had great success with deer hair emerger patterns in a slight ripple,but when the wind blows & the waves get up you cant beat stripping a muddler through the waves on the top dropper of a 3 fly cast,take a float tube with you if you have one they let you get fishing in behind islands & other places you can't reach from the bank,they are also great for when the midges come out,tight lines.craigie

The far North of Scotland has seen poor fishing conditions with bright sun and easterly winds. Up here in Orkney our lochs have been in top form but on occasions we have had to fish deep Have a look at our website all the fly patterns and methods should apply. Enjoy your trip
Regards
Jim Adams
http://www.orkneytroutfishing.co.uk

Hi Cubby,

As well as what you and others have suggested, there are a few lochs in that part of the world which have a mayfly hatch if you can time it right (and you might given the time of year). If you're on when they're on, make sure you have a few big (size 8) golden olive dabblers, bumbles and some mayfly dries. It can really bring the fish on, especially the bigger ones.

Hope you have a good trip!

Dighty

hi cubby,

was up in sutherland last week little bit higher than you. Flies on form were black pennell and in particular invicter size 12. Do try dry fly ( biggest fish are caught on dry fly) - daddies, humpy anything you fancy. if you dont want tangles use two flies or even single fly. I use no more than 12foot leader.
Have couple of casts and move couple of steps along bank and cast again. Keep on moving you have to find these beauties.
wish i was there with you instead imust wait until september for next trip.
enjoy the fishing but most of all the highland welcome and the scenery

Ditto to that

Was there two years ago. Very cold and windy (a bit like just now). The big lochs were dour and maybe should have used an intermediate instead of plugging away

Found some smaller lochans that were out of the wind and had great sport on dry...also used a float-tube for the first time

I was using the likes of amber and ginger hoppers and CDCs. Almost anthing seemed to work if you were accurate at covering the fish.

For highland wets I rarely have a black pennel (point) and a nice scraggy orange dabbler (bob) off the cast. You get some really vicious takes on the dabbler so be warned