2016 Season Ends

[MIK 4,754]

Well that was the last day of the 2016 never touched a fish today ...fished a good pool that a mate of mine had just been through ..I had to leave earlier than planned as one of my dogs is not good with an infection so had to head home and dose him ....said " right this is my last cast of the season " he came in behind me and got into this tartan cock that's been hanging about for a month or 2

It's been a funny season I never even made 30 salmon and the back end run was pretty non exsistant ....had my biggest fish on the fly though ... my young lad caught his first salmon and the craic has been fierce... saw more 20 plus fish this season that never before and have seen a real croc well over 30 all this week in the same lie but he had seen probably ever fly there is so wasn't playing ball .

Roll on February 2017 and hopefully get into some big springers.

 

[Harp 164]

Nice fish

[neil cooney 10,415]

To me MIK, it sounds like your season didn't need to go out with a bang anyway.

[scottish lurcher 185]

At my age I couldn't lift a fish that size cracking fish though ???

[jok 3,035]

Red as red can be. Been in there a while I guess. Well done though. Look forward to the sprinters as well. Jok.

[ROM1 131]

I also had a poor season mik was on the orchy last week of the season, but no water river was showing its bones got a couple of days on the Nith end of November so fingers crossed

[Dogger1066 0]

Is it normal to be fishing at this time of year. I thought nobody bothered from september.

[MIK 4,754]

Is it normal to be fishing at this time of year. I thought nobody bothered from september.

From September to the end of the season ...end of Oct on this river is prime time for salmon

[dytkos 17,533]

Last week or so now down here, ends 15 Dec.

 

Cheers, D.

[MIK 4,754]

Last week or so now down here, ends 15 Dec.

 

Cheers, D.

For salmon ?

[dytkos 17,533]

Yeah.

 

Cheers, D.

[MIK 4,754]

Never knew that ...

[Hydropotesinermis 724]

Just out of interest would he keep that fish or return it?

 

Never done much freshwater river fishing but I am assuming that fish is destined for the pot?

[MIK 4,754]

That lad never keeps any fish he only killed one fish last season caught the same day as that one but it was a bar of silver and it was only because someone wanted a fish .

Very bad practice killing a coloured fish like that ...I will only kill a fish unless I have to if the hook is down its throat and its bleeding at the gills ....you do your best to put them back but sometimes its not to be .

I had to kill this one a few years ago it was given every opportunity to swim away but after a very hard fight and bleeding at the gills I reluctantly chapped it ...a perfect specimen but it was a cock which isnt so bad and it fed a mates family for a few days .

 

[dytkos 17,533]

Gets worse every year here, less fish and smaller, they dont make it to the estuary. This used to be the best time with 20s every week or so, only heard of 2 all season this time.

 

Cheers, D.