Challenging Conditions.................................................

The Heatwave continues........................................

 This was the Blackwater below the Lodge on July 16.

We have uncharacteristically high temperatures at the moment 

- most days are in the high 20s & it has gone as high as 34C !
With no significant rain since June 16, the river is now very low.

Large numbers of grilse & larger salmon are building up 

in the tidal reaches just waiting for a rise in the water
to encourage them to run into the main river.
In spite of the challenging conditions, we have managed to
catch 19 fish in the first two weeks of July for just 87 rod days. 
Three of these were first ever salmon.