Season summary
We caught the first salmon of the season on the 10th of March from the Morail weighing 8.5lb, caught by Finlay on a 2” Angry Ailsa tube. Finlay then had a second from the Morail before we went into lockdown bringing fishing to a halt until June. In between fishing, we must have had one of the driest Aprils on record with glorious weather across the country. The SEPA rainfall gauge only showed 27.2mm for the whole of the month.
In June, we were told we could fish but because of the five-mile rule, we could have no tenants. On top of this we had nearly 2 weeks of low water when fishing ceased again because the water temperature exceeded 64f. Despite this 11 rod days were fished resulting with 17 salmon, 5 grilse and 8 sea-trout being landed.
The five mile rule was relaxed in July which allowed us to take in our first tenants on the 15th which was preceded by a week of day rods. Finally, the season was underway!! We ended the month with 13 salmon, 20 grilse and 10 sea-trout.
August was another dry month with only 37.8mm of rain being recorded. In comparison August last year saw over 200mm of rain. Only 3 salmon, 3 grilse and a sea-trout were recorded.
September saw a bit more rain here and there, we caught 15 salmon, 8 grilse and a sea-trout for the month.
There were some big fish around, Finlay caught a 37” fresh fish in June from Charlies, Bill Knott caught a 19lber from Lower craigs in July, Timmy Watson caught a 22lber in Gruinards run, also in July, Alan Lutman and Gary Stokes both caught 36” salmon from Washerwoman and Contractors in September.
Top pools were Lower craigs with 13, Washerwoman with 9 and Morail with 8.
