No 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
Charles Inniss - River Torridge Fishery Association (Administrator)
