Wednesday 25 October 2017

End of the sewin & salmon season 2017

Hi guys, Yes it's here again, the end of the season for another year. roll on April 2018 but time now to get some grayling fishing done over the winter, plus a bit of saltwater fishing. but first a few pictures of the past season and a few flies,

 Above, my fish partner Bob, with his best salmon of our river Tweed trip. about 15/16lb from the junction pool.
 A view up to the junction pool,
 One of our boats on the junction pool.
 Again, another view of the junction pool,
 Looking down the river Tweed to road bridge.


 Above, three more views of the Tweed.
 Above, A set of flies tied for Sir Gareth Edwards, i tied for him for a trip this month to the river Tweed. and again he will be fishing the Junction pool, i tied these as they are colors and sizes that are catching.
 Red Ally shrimp,
 Red and yellow cascade,
 Red cascadem with front badger hackle.
 Every salmon angler should have one of these in there box.
 Cascade variant on a 1" tube.
 Black and yellow tube 1".
 Red and white tube 1",
 A few FRANC N SNAELDA TUBES sizes 10mm & 14mm.
 Red and yellow 10mm tube.
 Red 14mm above,
 Some general practitioners pink and purple.
 Pink above,
 Purple above,
 Above, some of the mini Intruders i tied for myself. just love intruders.
 Some tubes tied for a customer in Scotland,
 A close up of the 1" tube.
 Above, some Junction shrimps i use a lot myself.
 3/4" junction shrimp  copper tube, 
 size 8 junction shrimp,



 Above, four views of the river Wye at Wyesham.
 Orange and yellow 25mm intruder,
 Orange and yellow 35mm intruder,
 Orange GP Intruder 25mm,
 Orange GP Intruder 35mm,
 Above, A set of flies i tied for a customer in Norway.
 Some red frances these did take five salmon in one day, the last week of the season on the Abercothi estate rivers Cothi and Towy.
 Above, 14mm
Above 10mm,
 25mm intruder,
 25mm intruder,
 25mm intruder,
 25mm intruder,
 Again 25mm intruders, in colors that fish very well for salmon and sewin, in the dark and flooding water.