[spencie]

A report from the captor.

http://www.salmonfishingforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8401

Stuart

[salar35]

Rob

The muckle kelt was  63" in length  , off Drum and Durris. By way of comparison, Georgina's 64lb fish back in 1922 was a mere 54" so it this fella was a clear 70 pound + class salmon when fresh last year. Five of we retros from the Stoney club are fly fishing there tomorrow, and I wouldn't mind if it was caught all over again, as a photo and actual weight would confound the very few Doubting Thomases of another forum.

Dave

PS   Oops, I have just read John Hickman's report in the provided thread above, which confirms the story he related to ghillie Jim Paton and which he in turn passed on to me. It leads to the conjecture as to whether or not an Atlantic Salmon has to be fresh (ie not one of "last year's models") to qualify for the UK record. After all, it is still a salmon! Well done JH

PPS I will have a camera and measuring tape at the ready.

[Rob Brownfield]

Thanks for that. Was speaking about it again last night and wednesday night.

There are a few doubters out there, as always, and after the "ness" monster last year that was proved to be no where near as large as first claimed I guess its only natural.

There have been several kelts around or just above 50 inches too, so some big fish out there...