Week of the 8th May
Yet again we were forecast rain but yet again it didn’t materialise.
On the 8th with minus 11″ on the gauge, Rick Verbeeten landed a 7lb salmon from the Washerwoman on a 10 Red Ally.
The river came up on the 11th and was very dirty. At 5 am it was 9 inches dropping to -4″ by 7.30 pm. 5 salmon were caught, all from the Morail.
Dave Barnfield started the ball rolling with the first grilse of the season at 6.30am. Roger Brackpool caught an 11lb salmon just before lunch carrying long tail lice. Between 5.15pm and 7.15pm Dave Barnfield, Alan Lutman and Dave Bell caught 1 each. This was Dave Bells first salmon at 9lb. All were returned safely.
Throughout the week salmon were seen running with bow waves appearing in various pools along with them going over the Morail falls and the falls at the Steps pool on Amat which was encouraging.
