While the Tamar is yet again in spate and resembling high-speed hot chocolate, the Lyd is fining down nicely and well worth a cast for a salmon or sea trout by day. While on the rivers yesterday, David Pilkington landed and returned 5 sea trout to 2 1/2lb on a Copper-head Black Tadpole on beats 2 and 3. It seems they are here in better numbers at last! We have plenty of last-minute availability for salmon and sea trout fishing this week/weekend and the forecast (for what it's worth) is for a dry, settled spell for a few days at least. It will be great to see the back of the current murky drizzle that has surrounded Lifton today.
With the rivers being rising and falling like a yo-yo this summer, several local anglers have been making full use of the 700-acre Roadford Lake (10 minutes up the road), and plenty of superb grown-on brown trout to 7lb have been landed. Well worth keeping in mind.
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| Typical Roadford brown trout - worth a cast when in Lifton! |
