Week of the 17th May
Although we were plagued by low water up until Friday the Sloss party recorded 16 salmon on Braelangwell plus 8 on Dounie for the week.
On Monday, the host Robert Sloss landed a 7lb salmon from Gardners on a micro red Francis. The gauge was showing minus 11”
On Wednesday three salmon were landed to Robert’s rod. One in Gardners on a small hitch, one in Rock on a micro black Francis cone and one in the neck of the Morail on a small hitch. They weighed 6, 8 and 9lb. The river was still minus 11”
On Thursday Robert scored again catching an 11lber from Contractors on a small hitch.
On Friday the river rose most of the day peaking about 2ft 11”. Five salmon were landed, four of them after dinner. Tom Silk, James Preston, Angus Sloss and Ruaridh Nicoll caught one each from the Morail. Three were 8lb and Ruaridh’s was 10lb. Olly Alston caught a 15lber in Kennel run.
On Saturday six salmon were caught, all in the afternoon or late evening. Robert Sloss had a cracking day starting with one on Dounie in the morning then five on Braelangwell. He started off with a 16lber from Washerwoman then a 12lber from Contractors and a 13lber from Gruinards run. He finished with a pair at 8 and 9lb on the hitch from Gardners at 10 pm and 10.25 pm. It’s quite remarkable that they took a hitch at that time of the evening.
Olly Alston caught the other fish at about 9.40 pm from Kennel run which weighed about 5lb.
The river height started off at 4” dropping to minus 2” by the end of the day.
