Things appear to have picked up a little bit over the last couple of weeks with a couple of minor rises in water levels, resulting in more fish being seen and a few being picked up by our members. The grilse have also arrived which hopefully will mean an increase in catches.
A rise in water levels at the beginning of the week commencing the 4th June resulted in quite a few fish being spotted running through our pools. Successful anglers included Damian Grant with a 5lb grilse and Jimmy King with a 12lb salmon.
A small rise on Friday 15th June saw a run of fish pushing through our lower pools, I heard of a few fish being hooked on the Friday but none landed. The fish were still around on Saturday 16th June and Damian Grant was again in the right place at the right time, catching a fish measuring 31 inches (estimated just shy of 12lb), Graham Bell managed a 4 1/2 grilse. I am sure that other fish would have been picked up with the number of fish that were about.
The water rose again this afternoon, so coupled with the high tides at present, I am sure that more fish will be entering the river off every tide, hopefully resulting in a much needed increase in our catches.
