Air Temp: 14’C -21’C
Water Temp: 15C-19C
Water Height: -26cm to +37cm
Number of Rods: 2Number of fish Caught: 12
Biggest fish: 18lbs Geoff Barber
No 30+: 0
No 20-29lbs: 0
No 8-19lbs: 5
Grilse: 6
Sea Trout: 1
Weather: A mixture of sunshine and
rain, generally it has been a warm week with the odd spell of cooler weather tending
to bring rain.
Incoming heli
Managers Comments: Certainly not the
easiest of weeks fishing for our two guests on the river this week. But as
always they have worked hard and ticked away. We have really struggled to move
any of the bigger fish this week, they are obviously hunkered down and not
budging at the moment. In my experience of salmon fishing, the fish are never
so keen when the water level is yo-yoing up and down like it has this week.
Very unsettling for them indeed, however it may work wonders for the week to
come as it will have woken up a few of the older big fish.
View of Pump Pool towards Home Pool
The
water level has gone from -26cm this week to +37cm and back down to 0 all in a
five day period. This is a huge move in water in a very small period of time.
It certainly has dropped the water temperature by a few degrees leaving us at
15C now which is much more like it.
Well
done to Geoff who had a fantastic day on Wednesday landing four fish
collectively weighing 43lbs biggest 18lbs. A truly epic afternoon of fishing by
any standards and especially satisfying in these harsh conditions, so a big
well done to you Geoff!
Geoff's sea trout
Simon
has fished very well indeed and has been in contact with fish all week, and has
never lacked in action but struggling to find any of the bigger fish. His time
will come.
European elk (alces alces)
Promising
conditions for the coming week, cooler water and a dropping river, cloud cover
is forecast for most of the week with the odd spells of rain. Let’s hope it is
correct and the fish come on!
Toby Burrell
