This river runs through some wonderful places.

I found it very difficult to get any fly to sink in this last Friday. In the photos the water looks a lot browner than it was, you could see about two feet under. I've bought some brass tube flies to try on Saturday, and some salt water flies for the estuary if the rivers too mucky.

It still amazes me that you can catch salmon in such small rivers. Is that about 15feet across? It makes you realise that the buggers are quite literally swimming past your feet (normally ignoring whatever is thrown at them in my case!) Nice photos, makes me wanna get out there

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salmon- 8, grant -0, home win, again...

About 20 ft average in the pics.This is right up the river not far short of where they'll be bedding down for a bit of winter fornication in lower waters. Normally you'd be looking at about another 2 feet of bank either side. I retreat up here, and about a mile further up, when it's high as this bit clears down quickest. There's only about a mile or two of farmland above before its on the moor so not too much soil to wash in.

I've seen salmon heading up to bash out the redds in our tributary which is only about 6ft across in normal water, and 10-15 in high. My son has taken to calling a pool below 'Smolts'R'us' after we went out with the lamp and counted 23 in one pool. The thing is you'd be hard put to spot them in the day if you didn't stalk in to look but at night you can jusk make sure the kids creep up softly and not worry too much about the skyline.

nice pixs - looks like a beautiful spot, I'm sure the casting is interesting with all those trees

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Finn Gold perfection

It's all very 'discreet' casting this far upstream on the Camel. Basically you roll cast and change direction at the last minute, or in the really snaggy bits you may even just flick it out, let it float down, then mend across the current and let it do the work. No room for fancy work up there.