Week beginning 12 June 2017
Monday 12th June. A very windy day for the time of year and with a few more inches coming down this morning two of the team decided to try and put a toby spoon through the wind whilst Graeme Whitty stuck to the fly. Richard Harrison was the lucky boy getting a 12lb fresh fish from the Cauld, the fish had met with a seal in its younger days and bore the scars as proof, so it was a lucky fish as it’s before the 1st of July so it went back to continue it upstream journey. The wind is to be with us all week but the river should lose some height and colour as the days go by. I’m not complaining about the height as it’s exactly what was needed.
Tuesday 13th June. 1’11” and 56 degrees with a strong beery tinge to it. Terry Harper on one of his rare forays up the Temple had a liced 7lber about half way up, this was safely returned. Graham Scott landed a 3lb seatrout in Learmouth and lost another this afternoon in the Cauld, Graeme Whitty blanked but I’m sure he’ll catch up later this week. I popped out last night to see if the trout were up and lost two crackers just above the cauld, there weren’t too many rising and it should be better tonight as the wind drops away around 9.00pm. Upper Floors were the golden boys today getting 9 fish this morning and they are going back tonight for another go so that could increase, that’s a hell of a morning for June. Went back this evening for a cast and to remove a couple of chancers from the river who were fishing without permits. Fished the lower cauld but no boils or pulls. It’ll be better tomorrow. Upper Floors ended up with 12.
Wednesday 14th June. Another nice day but still with a bit of a strong south wind. 1’8” and 58 degrees with a light tinge to the colour. Graeme Whitty was up to the ledges to see if a fish was to be found, it wasn’t so they tried the slap next and he had two pulls neither of which stuck on, this is becoming a bit of a theme with Graeme at the Lees. Next up was the cauld where Paul expertly guided him into a 9lb fish, taken on a wee bottle tube on a sink tip line. This afternoon Graham Scott buoyed with his casting clinic this morning was casting like a demon in the cauld this afternoon and his efforts were rewarded with a 10lb fresh fish, all he has to do now is get one on the “skimmer” which I’m sure he’ll do tomorrow. Terry busied himself sorting out the BBQ for lunch and very nice it was too, in fact I should think that it’ll still be hot enough this evening. Going back along in the gloaming to see if I can get a seatrout/brown trout, and check to see if my friends from last night are going to chance it again. Well my “friends” were there again armed with a permit this time. I fished the lower cauld down twice and never had so much as a pull or boil.
Thursday 15th June. Another windy day, 1’6” and 60 degrees. Terry Harper into the cauld boat and in no time he’d hooked and managed to shake off a good sized fish, that was all the action we had in there, meanwhile Graham Scott down in Learmouth stream did the very same thing so the scoreboard reads zero instead of two. This afternoon was punctuated by some very heavy showers; I doubt if they’ll affect the river, I hope not anyway. Graeme Whitty reports some really good trout rising in the glide this morning so they might be worth a look tomorrow. On the garden front the new potatoes are ready so I’ll be into them this weekend. Not going out tonight as can’t be bothered to fight the wind.
Friday 16th June. Much the same as yesterday, same wind and no fish. Graham Scott managed to shake one off in the Cauld as it neared the net but that was all the action we had. I went back out this evening and fished until 11.00pm but didn’t see anything or touch anything.
Saturday 17th June. A hot sunny day so the lads were into action first thing and it paid off with both Grahams getting a fish, one from Learmouth around 7lb and one from the Cauld around 8lbs, one fresh one old and both returned. By lunchtime the heat was really building so the lads headed home and I’m headed to local beer festival.
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