I guessed that the gloom merchants were wrong and that the season of 2009 was below average but not a total disaster
I posted the article in January and crossed my fingers
9000 salmon caught was my guess
Heavens I was wrong with nearly 10500 of the silver creatures being caught on rod and line on the Tweed System
Considering the conditions that is OK… not good but OK
Considering the number of people who paid to fish but never fished because of poor water levels and lots of bad publicity OK … not good but OK
Spring fishing at 10% or so of autumn fishing is a real issue.
Again there is very little fishing actually happening as the poor spring catches creates a ” Catch 22 “” few fish … few fishers..few fish caught … fewer fishers …. and on it goes
We have been fishing regularly since February with complete beginners who are getting great value due to lack of demand and therefore reasonable fishing beat prices
We have seen springers and even had the odd one on.
We have caught and released a number of well mended kelts which have bent the rod and brought a smile to the fisher
In addition reasonable numbers of good early sea trout are being reported although no one really fishes for them.
As one ghillie is reported to have said when presented with a lovely 6 lb sea trout bar of silver
” That’s not a fish its a sea trout” !!!
But more of that next post
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I don’t think I’ve seen this depicted in such an informative way before. You really have clarified this for me. Thank you!
Man, I would love to get some more posts about this topic. Thanks alot.
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