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The last weeks of June and the beginning of
August is when we expect the grilse to start
running and true to form there are have been
a few about. Those that have entered the river
have run hard and fast. Many of the bottom beats
had poor sport until the very end of the month
when grilse started to take up residence. Up
at Kenmore most grisle were keen to continue
their journey upstream. A few stopped in the
Kenmore
and Castle
Beats, but nothing like in the numbers expected
with the nets being off. The fishing on the
Connonish, Loch Dochart and Fillan has apparently
been good (as was the case last year. A trip
in the car up the Lyon also revealed a few grilse
in the pools below Cashlie, but there have been
few if any rods fishing from Roro, Meggernie
or Cashlie.
Water conditions at the beginning of the
month were excellent with lots of rain on
the west coast. The river was high and fish
were running. The middle of the month saw
the river drop back to summer levels with
few fish running. The last week saw early
rain which brought the river back up again,
but we have had a lot of sun and that has
probably put fish off.
Brian Parker opened our July account with
a grilse pf 5lb from the Point
taken on an Ally's.
John Heaps followed this up with a
Salmon of 14 lb from Pipers, again on an Ally's
on the 3rd.
Rob McIntyre took four pounder on
the 5th from the Point on an Ally's and one
slightly bigger on a small mepp on the 22nd
(returned).
Trout fishing has been good in the early morning
or evening (avoiding bright sunshine). There have
been a few mild evenings when the trout have been
going mad. One capture worthy of note was a grayling
of about a pound taken by Graham from the Chinese
pool. This is a real rarity - the first grayling
from the upper beats in the last five years!.
There are grayling below the junction with the
Lyon, but few ever venture into the fast water
above it.
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