Arrrrrrrrrghhhhhh! I really do give in!
So, as per every friday, I got to the river at 2pm, but this time, only with a ZG 4 weight and one of Mikes olive SLX's and a size 14 DHE.
Went for a walk but the wind was cool and keeping the fish down, I walked to the bottom of the beat and back and only saw one sprat rise.
So, off with the dry and on with a team of spiders. Partridge and Orange, Waterhen Bloa and a made up thing with an olive body and brown partridge hackle, all size 16.
Off I went down the pool and after 10 yards I get a pull and hook a good fish, for all of 10 seconds! Slightly pee'd off, I carried on. Just as the flies swung over a buldge caused by a rock, the line plucked and went tight.
Next thing I know I am connected to a very silver Salmon of about 7-8 pounds. It stayed deep and came close to me before suddenly deciding to run 15 yards down stream before turning and coming back past me at speed. This went on for a couple of minutes before the line parted at the fly. Looking at the line, it was a clean cut so I wonder if it was a well mended kelt and one of its teeth had caught the line. It had taken the Waterhen Bloa.
I am ditching all my salmon flies and now going to "spider" for them!!! My luck has to change soon!