We reckoned that the fish may make an appearance after yesterdays rain, and we were nearly right. The fact is that after about 11 am not a fish showed it’s face, but before then we had a bit ofq a bumper session.
I was on the river at 5:30 am, and by 7 (breakfast) had caught a small salmon of about 2 pounds. After breakfast, the same stretch brought me a fine 8 pound fish, 4 trout and the loss of another good salmon as it hit the fly but didn’t take it properly. I reckon that I could have had more but instead put Paul on the beat as he hasn’t yet had a fish. Meanwhile below the bridge David managed to hook and lose a big fish, and he never had another bite all day.
It’s 11:20 pm as I write this and I am very tired having fished constantly all day. I reckon if you are here to fish then fish – otherwise don’t pretend. Thankfully David and Rob are also here to fish so I am at last with like minded people.
Tomorrow is the penultimate day, fishing the lower beat, – hopefully the fish will be more obliging.
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