The River Torridge Blog
Last Updated 04/05/2010 14:43
| 04/05/2010 14:43 by Charles Inniss - River Torridge Fishery Association (Administrator) |
river torridge updateNo sign of our wet summer yet and the south west missed the deluge on sunday and cold north easterlies have now set in once again with a sharp frost this morning. Not to be satisfied with one salmon, Sheila Sykes caught a second: both about 9lb and both on a size 14 cascade!! Miles Parnell caught the largest fish of the season so far on the last day of April: approx 15lb. On the 1st May Martin Weeks and Ron Burton caught the first sea trout I have heard of at night: 8lb and 5lb.This cold wind is certainly not helping the brown trout fishing but anglers at The Half Moon have enjoyed some good sport but little activity on the surface. An encouraging sign has been the number of salmon smolts dropping back. We badly need some warmth and some good rain. Charles No Comments
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| 27/04/2010 10:27 by Charles Inniss - River Torridge Fishery Association (Administrator) |
river torridge update: tues 27th AprilStill no appreciable rain but the river levels are holding up surprisingly well. I have heard of two salmon caught over the weekend including the first ever Torridge salmon for Sheila Sykes after many years of trying. The sea trout have started to arrive in the lower river and with warmer nights it would well be worth fishing on dark: and at long last the trout have started to feed on the surface. We badly need a good spate to get what seems to be a reasonable early run of salmon moving up into the middle and upper beats. Apparently a dry April is normally followed by a wet summer: you have been warned. Keep fishing. Charles. No Comments
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| 19/04/2010 11:11 by Charles Inniss - River Torridge Fishery Association (Administrator) |
torridge update: monday 19th April15 days without a drop of rain yet the river is holding up surprisingly well. Several salmon showing along the beats immediately upstream of the tidal water and I have heard of a couple caught in the last week. The sea trout will now be arriving and once the evenings warm up it will be well worth checking out the tail of your favourite pools on dark. The brown trout fishing is at long last coming to life: with good hatches of fly trout are beginning to rise around midday. All the swim-up fry from the hatchery have now been stocked out. Conditions were perfect and they all looked healthy and swam off strongly. We stocked out over 13,500 with a survival rate over 96%. We need some rain and warm south westerlies to freshen up the river. Keep fishing. Charles. No Comments
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| 12/04/2010 08:45 by Charles Inniss - River Torridge Fishery Association (Administrator) |
torridge update: monday 12th aprilRiver now in absolute perfect order for salmon fishing. I have heard of 6 salmon caught in the last week: all from middle and lower beats: all absolutely fresh: largest 12lb. First sea trout of the season caught on Saturday: 5lb. With the cold nights the brown trout fishing has been slow but fish are starting to rise late afternoon. With the wild daffodils now in their full glory it really is a fantastic time to be down by the river. Charles No Comments
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| 06/04/2010 08:58 by Charles Inniss - River Torridge Fishery Association (Administrator) |
tues 6th April: Torridge updateAt long last the weather is settling down and so is the river. It will be in superb order for at least ten days: now is the time to be fishing the Torridge with a real chance of getting into a double figure springer and/or an early sea trout. So sort out your flexi time and head west!! Charles. No Comments
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