June update
Unfortunately we have been plagued with low water throughout June. It was also one of the coldest Junes where we even had a frost on midsummers night where the temperature dropped to minus 3.5c which also helped to keep the water temperature down.
Lack of water impacted on the catches but four salmon and one grilse were landed for the month. The first grilse of the season was caught by James Prior from the neck of Millers on a 1″ hitched sunray weighing 3lb.
The Sykes party caught 3 salmon. Andy MacInness caught a 12lber from Contractors on a small silver stoat conehead, Jaimie Corke caught a 15lber from the neck of Millers on a 2″ sunray hitch and Mark Butler caught an 8lber from Upper craigs on a sunray. the water was down to minus 16″ by now but the water temperature was in the mid to high 50s because of the cooler weather.
The Goodchild party caught one, a 6lber from Contractors on a size 16 Kyley. By the end of their week there was a change in the weather and the temperatures have risen.
Today, the 1st of July the tenants are not fishing because the water temperature has risen above 64f which is the temperature the river Carron proprietors recommends fishing stops.
