New Haylie is a mixed-geology fishery in Ayrshire, stocked with rainbows and browns, and like a lot of west-coast stillwaters it lives at the mercy of an Atlantic sky that can't make its mind up. That's no bad thing for the fishing — a bit of cloud and a working breeze are exactly what these fish want. The rainbows cruise and chase, the browns hold tighter and want more finesse, and the day's work is mostly figuring out which depth the fish are sitting at and matching it. It's straightforward stillwater fishing done in honest surroundings, the kind of place you can fish badly and still come home content.
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- Mixed