DATE: 13th July 2017
Air Temp: 28’C
Water Temp: 16’C
Water Height: +.20m
Number of Rods: 13
Number of fish Caught: 22
Biggest fish: 21lbs Alan Marshall
No 30+: 0
No 20-29lbs: 1
No 8-19lbs: 18
Grilse: 3
Weather:
Bright sunshine all day, cloudless skis and very strong downstream wind.
Managers Comments:
Another very hot day on the river, however we did have a very strong downstream wind. The wind was certainly welcomed, the increase in wind meant a lack of mosquitoes, certainly a bonus.
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| Guide Vova, with Alan's fish |
Water temperature is rapidly increasing at the moment, it seems to have made the fish very aggressive fighters, certainly the ones I have seen being hooked this week have been serious torpedoes charging around the pool. I walked up to see Clive and Phil this morning, as if on cue, Phil hooked into a lovely 17lb fish that cartwheeled all over the pool. Phil then proceeded to hook a couple more in the pool… He conveniently, managed to provide all this action in the 20 minutes I was there with a the camera. Good timing!
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| Alan with yet another fine specimen |
Leo had another successful day on the river on the fishing front, however in all the wind we had today, his cap blew off downstream. A quick manoeuvre meant putting his rod down and running after the cap… He dived into the river and with great pride he told me, he got it first time. However he hadn't quite thought out his plan, by time he returned to his rod, it had also tried to make an escape down river! After a bit of searching, the rod was eventually recovered. Not so smooth Leo!
Alan and George have had a fine week as fishing partners and together caught equal numbers of huge fish, and some quantity too.Yesterday at 7 Islands Alan had a day to remember, four fish to the net; 21, 17, 16 & a 7lbs grilse, also plenty other action. Good to see some action up the top end of the river and Alan’s partner George managed to avoid the blank with a beautiful fresh 18lb fish. Well done you two for an epic week, let's hope you have one last good session tomorrow.
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| Long tailed sea lice still! |
Again a steady day on the river, some wonderful fish being caught, we are now starting to see all varieties of fish, big, small, old, fresh, the lot. Fish are still most definitely on the move, running fish were a common sight today. I do hope we get a full seasons worth of a run and that we continue to catch really fantastic quality fish.
Toby Burrell
