Open again
At last, on the 25th we managed to open albeit to 2 rods for the first week.
The week started off with very low water but some rain each day brought salmon into the beat. On the 29th Henry Beckett caught his second ever salmon on his own from the Boat pool. He had lost one the night before on his last cast and this was also on his last cast before heading south. It weighed 8lb and took a cascade.
On the 30th the river had risen overnight to minus 3” Tom Sitwell landed an 8lber from Judges.
On the 1st Jake Warman landed 3 and lost 1. The river had risen to 0” first thing. He lost one after a brief fight in Kennel Run then landed a 9lber in Gardners and a 11lber in the tail of Contractors. In the afternoon he caught our first salmon above the Morail falls, from Tree, a lovely 8lber while trying out my 13ft Mackenzie FX1 rod. (I think he is planning to treat himself now).
I was offered the chance to fish and caught 2 salmon, one from the tail of Gardners and on from the rock on a cascade.
I think we lost around 7 salmon during the week, on for between a couple of minutes to just about the net which is a real pity but that’s fishing
