First one this August

It's not a silver fish but it is fresh into the river. Its maybe been sitting in the tidal water for some time, marks from sea lice were evident below the vent, all the same its not in the same condition as the fish i got at end of May.

A Brownie from the Clyde

Decided to fish the Clyde for Salmon this year, although i have been warned that a lot of it is combat fishing. I guess it depends when you fish but on my second visit i hit this 4lb 7 oz Brownie. A shame to take it, although it will be well appreciated, i like fried trout. Thought i was into my first Clyde Salmon, what a surprise.

Forget about Rowbank

 
14lb Spring Salmon, from the Black Cart at end May 2011. Stunning fight, super fresh, a privilege to catch.

MARCH 15th ROWBANK

 

This picture is in colour

Great day if you like to fish in whiteout conditions. I got a pull in the morning , maybe 11 ish but that was as exciting as it got. Saw a total of three fish rising, there were a lot of small buzzers on the water despite the snow, although only a very few fish were picking them up. Everything  I had  on my line, even the illegal flies, were ignored by the fish that I saw rising, which were all within easy reach of the bank. I guess the water was really too calm so, the only way would have been to fish fine.

River Dalalven

Cycled to Sweden during May and June, borrowed some fly gear and caught an 11lb Baltic Salmon. This is a small fish for the Dalalven where fish of 10kg+ are regularly caught.

Rowbank on Fire

Hey got myself up to Rowbank late this morning(Fri 19th), seeing as the stock trout were committing suicide earlier in the week, well, cricket scores are always a possibility.
Wind was feckin awful, full on gale force SWesterly, i guess that's why i had the place to myself, till around 2 in the afternoon. Anyway, ended the day with 11 brownies, most being in the 1.25 to 1.5lb range, great fun and i know it wont last. Took two for the frying pan, as i love them fried. Usual patterns doing the damage, Peter Ross, Viva etc, size 12, traditional wets, no problem, they want them.

Day 2 and its 12 Stockies to 2lbs

Started off at the carpark, straight away into a fish, then another and another, fresh stockies, up to around the 2lb mark. Anyway within two hours i had landed 8 and lost another couple, it was too easy so i headed off up the dam to look for more of a challenge. I got another couple about half way up and then headed over to Beach bay. Got nothing up this end so as it was now mid afternoon headed back down. Got into another two fish at the house on the bottom end in the local of the picture above. If i had stayed here all day God knows how many i might have banked but 12 plus another 3 lost wasnt a bad day. The stock fish seem to be concentrated at the bottom end, they just dont seem to have spread out that much. Traditionals on an intermediate were doing the damage. The weather was mild early on but in the afternoon the wind got up and it got colder.