Ian

Just thought I would drop you a line as I think the news will interest you

 I fished the river for salmon this Saturday morning with a early start, I walked up from the penny bridge to the pipe pool which I started to fish 2^nd or 3rd cast I hooked a stunning brownie of around 15” on a red and orange size 10 double. Next cast was a salmon around 5lbs but no camera I had left this back home. I fished back down towards the penny bridge and went back to my car for a coffee. I took the car phone out and went back to fish bellow the bridge.

About 300 to 400 yards down I hooked and lost a second salmon much the same as the first right at the net. A couple more runs later and a quiet vicious take resulted in a further hooked fish. This fish took line way down the river where it leapt. It looked different from the salmon I had just released but was too far away to tell. When this fish started to tire and came nearer the net a big square tail came out of the water when I thought I might just have hooked a sea trout. When this fish rolled into the net it was a great big brown trout. The fish was enormous but I was almost waste deep in water so I waded to the nearest point under some trees to take the hook out. This fish was longer than the 20” I have marked on the rod. I have taken a photo of this and will post it on our web site and let you have a copy as soon as I can find Neil to take it off my old phone.

The fish I estimate measured between 21 and 22” as it was 2 and a half times my out stretched hand which is near enough 9”. It was beautifully marked and fin perfect. I think this might be the highlight of my fishing year just a pity it was not caught on conventional trout tackle. I have not even thought about what it weighed

Regards

Gavin