Between 1800 & 1900 springers caught on the river by May 13th, which is excellent.
New Director appointed for the Fishery Board of which more in due course.

34 salmon at Wester Elchies this week including 13 yesterday; the best spring week for many a year. Pity last week only produced 6 when I was there for a couple of days.........

Anyone else see a connection? Twenty two before ACT ventures north, 6 when ACT is in residence, 34 when ACT ventures south. Coindence? I think not

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What about March, then? I cannot think which 'expert' fisherman had fished every day & not caught a fresh fish, & then I come up for two days only & catch two.......

Nah, last week was a change in a previously steady weather pattern which made the fish run through.

Makes me wonder if Wester Elchies is relatively better as a spring beat, the fish stopping here at the bottom of the steepest section?

7 weeks of the season still to go & Wester Elchies already has 310, the best total for at least 12 years. 32 this last week shows what happened to the grilse that normally peak in July.