You were fishing Loch Barvas just after a decent rise in water that allowed a lot of fish into the loch. Good luck, get in quick but don't spend too much unless you have uses for the rod for other fishing as the EA have banned all bait fishing for both salmon and sea trout on the Severn and imposed barbless hooks, singles only on spinners. Inland Fisheries Ireland is exploring ways of putting the original collection on display once more and members of the public are being encouraged to contact the state agency with any suggestions they may have. One particular fish around 5-7lbs followed the fly from it's lie 10 times before I got bored, twice right to the rod tip , where I could see it turn away in the clear water. There were confirmed reports of two large Jerry's caught last year's opening day both in upper teens so there's always a change from the first day, especially lower down the River.

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This was put to me -that this was because the smolt's had a clear passage in 2018 because large floods during May ( Foyle system) and this was evident in the smolt tracking. Whether we would simply pick up a regime from another country and try and plonk it on Scotland, that's not likely to work. Since I started salmon fishing in the 70's I've never strayed away from good old Maxima Chameleon leader material. I’ve been testing the Wye for phosphate pollution for two and a half years now and I thought I would never see a reading as high as the one I had today at the Canoe Launch in the Park. Only ask, cos I too might want to move on a lot of Salmon gear, and I have near zero posts on salmon forum.In other words you don't want to be fishing with a 10ft leader if you're fishing a sinking tip as the tip will certainly do its job however the fly will be riding higher in the water column. Fly tying involves the ‘dressing’ of a fishing hook to create an artificial fly, which is then used by anglers at the end of a rod and line to catch fish. The weather turned pretty horrendous as the morning wore on and although a good blow is good for loch fishing, handling the boat was a wee bit tricky alone and I didn't see any migratory fish.

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If a person puts the time in and learns the craft of catching salmon by reading the river, learning about the way nature works and understanding about rises and falls in both river level and temperature then massive respect to them. This is a summary of my 2022 season, with too many words, some average pictures and a disturbing lack of Salmon action. Marine Scotland's Graham Black said: "We would accept that the regulatory structure is not as good as it might be.

Enjoyed a cracking afternoon/evening on the Don, weather conditions just felt right - so I headed down for a few hours. I have now recategorised salmon fishing as “fishing” and take both a trout rod and sea trout rod with me. So I’d still like to say the Dovey but from what I can gather and have noticed for the past five years is that the river Spey has so many large accidentally caught sea trout from May onwards and still seems to have good night fishing in June for those who still take a week on Grantown, that I’m inclined to think it may be the Spey. Back then the Tweed had a break for salmon in the summer months and his take was that the Tweed has a vastly under fished resource as finding beats that would allow fishing into the gloaming was not the norm.