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one shad on the fly, river rising and dirty after heavy rain, but still an enjoyable day

1 Other

Lots of Salmon showing, but the water had a dirty colour that put them off. Mick the Ghillie was a great help and put me on fish, but they just were not interested. A mid morning raft race with about 20 rafts. That made more noise than 1000 speed boats, did not help the salmon fishing. They just rowed straight down the middle of the river at pace nearly mowing me down. Stupid, ignorant and dangerous.

1 Chub

Water very coloured. Plenty of salmon crashing out but very tricky conditions. Caught a large chub on a large tube fly!!

1 Chub

River very coloured and it did seem to be more than just muddy, possibly some algae in the water.

1 Trout

10 lb salmon caught in the Dog Hole on a red flying c around 11.30am. Lots of fish showing all day.

1 Salmon

3 x Shad on a monkey tube fly.

2 Trout, 3 Other

A good days fishing,water still a bit coloured with about 2ft visibility. No salmon but 8 Shad on spinner and fly. Fish showing in the Vanstone and Dog hole kept us working hard all day. Will be back soon.

8 Other

Excellent days fishing with great help and advice from Mick. A number of fish showing, particularly at the Vanstone. Middle of the day (1030/1330) proved to be a steady interruption of canoes and kayaks which proved difficult to fish through. Afternoon quieter, but no fish had the decency to sample my fly on this occasion !
I will return

Thank you to Mick for an enjoyable day. 7 inches on Fownhope gauge with moderate tint of colour in the river still. 4th cast of the day with a small yellow and black tube into the Vanstone Pool hooked a decent fish. I was a bit over eager for my 15 year old son to land his first salmon which may have happened but for my antiquated reel. Next time I will play the fish out a bit more and have purchased a new reel! 1 shad caught in the evening.

1 Other