Well I've had a few trips down the river out back in the last couple of weeks, but so far not seen much, but then the river has been pretty coloured as well.
But this afternoon i decided to make a sharp exit at work as the weather was lovely.
So i headed home, got my gear set up and popped off to the river. The water was running a bit above normal height but nice and clear, so i thought i'd hedge my bets and use a wee size 12 black and red shrimpy spidery type fly that the Finnock liked last year.
So armed with my switch rod and a fastish polytip i worked my way down the water.
it was a lovely afternoon to be out so when i got my first short sharp pull i was day dreaming
but encouraged i continued down the stream and soon got another take from a nice lively finnock about 11"
a few casts later and another lost fish, and i got a second, almost identical to the first, Great fun and i was considering going back to the house for the 4wt.
However i decided to finish the beat with the switch, as i got near to the bottom i got a good solid pull which didn't feel like a finnock
Cool. It didn't come to anything so i moved back upstream about 100m and fished back down.
Same spot, good solid pull again and i was in
Much stronger and quite a surprise.
After a few minutes the fish came up and i managed to get it into the small Sea-trout net i carry down here.
A Kelt for sure, but in great condition and my first Ythan Salmon, not quite that impossible Ythan Springer, but ace fun on a 6wt switch rod in a wee river and a size 12 fly. It was about 6-7lb and swam off strongly. could have been very interesting if i'd gone for the 4 wt
I had a great afternoon and am full of encouragement, especially with finnock in the system
Cheers
Sandy
