Water, water everywhere would perfectly sum up the Devon summer of 2012. However, it's not been all bad news as despite the lack of brown trout and sea trout fishing, we are now up to 22 salmon for the season. On Tuesday, Austin Weldon paid us a flying visit and managed his first salmon, a spanking silver grilse of 5lb on a Park Shrimp tube in Oak Tree Pool on the Tamar in huge water. On Friday, local rods Nigel Hughes and Jon Barnard also landed a fish apiece on fly; Nigel's a ten-pounder in Stump Pool (beat 8a) and Jon's a bright eight-pounder in Quarry Pool. All of the fish above were returned to the Tamar. Eddy Gray also came close yesterday, losing a bright silver fish of approximately eight pounds at the net in Lydfoot, though he made up for it by landing a sea trout of 1 1/2lb in Oak Tree. That's two salmon hooked for Eddy in two visits... can't be bad!
The rivers are once again in full spate and unfishable with 0.64in recorded in our rain gauge this morning. Given a dry day or two the salmon flies will once again be swinging through the current...
If you can grab a day at short notice, we have availability so don't hesitate to call 01566 784666 to book.
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| Jon Barnard releases his Tamar 8-pounder, caught on a Cascade Tube in Quarry Pool. |
