Please can anyone advise on any suitable beats for a Salmon Social we are trying to arrange for October/November on the River Annan. We will need a nearby hotel as well.

Please visit our "Salmon for Beginners" thread in the Events forum.

Thanks in advance.

underwood,it's the annan try the hoddom beat,accommodation in ecclfechan.

jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

Thanks 3lb, I have amended the spelling accordingly. I'll checkout the beat you mentioned. If we came all that way to Scotland I'm sure you would want to put in an appearance too??!!?? What do you say?

http://www.riverannan.co.uk/upper
Try this link i fished this stretch of river for 15 years and it doesn't get overfished nowadays.





The Bear

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thanks bear, does anyone else have any idea's.

any more posts anyone, please!









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Oli...

A bad day's fishing is still better than a good day's work!
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Has anyone fished the Annan recently? Any news on what's doing? Catches etc...

Thanks in advance

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Oli...

A bad day's fishing is still better than a good day's work!
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Underwood, Do not worry too much about the catches being made now they are not an indication of what you can expect in the backend.

Pray for low water until a fortnight before your trip, then a good flood through to clean the water up and get the fish interested and then a couple of days before you go hope for a small rise so that you can fish on the water as it drops back.

You will have the opportunity to catch or be caught by the big greyback fish that almost always top 20lbs going over 30lb as well.

You will have a great trip, don't panic speycasting is all about steady timing and not forcing the cast, fish a comfortable length line and you will do fine.

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Turned out nice again!!

thanks sagefly. I still have soooooo many questions about salmon and and really looking forward to fishing for them.

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Oli...

A bad day's fishing is still better than a good day's work!
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