Last year saw us catching more fish in October than we did in November. Hopefully this year will prove to be very different as, due to the lack of rain, we've only caught 10 salmon in the last month compared to the 41 captured in the same period last year. Of those 10 fish, 6 were taken in the last 3 days of October and that bodes well for the coming month. The heavy rain forecast for today will also improve prospects in the longer term. In contrast to the salmon numbers, sea trout returns continue to be better than last year with 19 for the season so far.
Yesterday saw our biggest salmon of the season caught so far; a coloured cock fish of approximately 17-18lbs being released by Brian Davidson.
Iain Bain also returned 2 smaller salmon yesterday to add to the 9lber he caught on Friday.
It was interesting also to meet Paul Young and Mike Shepley yesterday as both anglers fished Cardrona in their formative years. They are pictured below alongside some of Cardrona's regulars.
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