David McEvoy of the Delphi Fishery reports that Hasse Dehlin’s Swedish group  had three more salmon since his last update.

On the 20th Arne Forsgren had his second fish from Finlough. It was taken on a McLeod and weighed in at approx. 11lbs. Then on the 21st Thomas Dehlin had his second, a fish of 7lbs5ozs taken from Finlough on a McLeod. Finally Thomas Almer had a sea liced fish of approx. 9lbs from the Quarry pool on a Purple Rain.

On 18/03 Arne Forsgren landed the first off Finlough for the year a sea liced fish of 8lbs on a Collie Dog
On 18/03 Arne Forsgren landed the first off Finlough for the year a sea liced fish of 8lbs on a Collie Dog

In the end the Swedes finished their week with 7 cracking springers and met probably another 10 or 12 fish. At that stage the river was at 60, so there was plenty of water for the week to come.

With water levels near perfect a German group started this week with great expectations despite the bitterly cold weather conditions. Already the  river has given up 5 salmon to these game anglers, despite the air temperatures struggling to hit 3 or 4C and the water temperature is consistently around 5C or lower.

On the 25th Werner had the first of these from the New Island pool of approx. 8lbs on a Collie Dog. Hasse Dehlin then had a fish of approx. 12lbs in the Whin on a Collie Dog.

On Tuesday Hasse Dehlin had another fish of approx. 13lbs from the Rock pool on a Collie Dog.

Max and Constantine with their salmon, unfortunatley Manuel lost his
Max and Constantine with their salmon, unfortunatley Manuel lost his

Then it was the young men’s time. First of these was Max Dittrich who landed his first ever from the Kings pool on a Collie Dog. It was a sea liced fish of 7lbs12ozs. Needless to say Max was rather proud and his father Marcel was even more so.

Then Constantine Schmittmann, whose father Stefan had just given him a few casts in the Rock pool managed to hook and then land the fish in the Kings pool. Again there was great excitement as there were numerous onlookers. The sea liced fish was taken on a Willie Gunn and weighed in at 7lbs7ozs. We must also spare a thought for Manuel Nolde who lost a fish just about 10 minutes after I had left him on his own.

There were no fish reported on Wednesday but the anglers are brimful of hope well despite the cold conditions.

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David McEvoy
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