06/03/2008

The Helmsdale has come to life at last.

The Helmsdale has come to life at last and the total to date is now 5. Since Martin Grant landed the first last week on Tuesday the going has been tough. I fished on the Torrish rods for the week with nothing to show but kelts and no other fresh fish were taken. On Saturday (Bt 1) I even had the mighty 3 times World Spey casting Champ Scott Mackenzie up to cover the water with his friend Nobuo the managing director of CND fishing tackle all the way from Japan - two fabulous anglers, still nothing! It was a great pleasure watching Scott expertly cover the water with ease and I would recommend his new instruction DVD to any standard of Spey caster. You can purchase it on this site of-course and it is worth every penny.

This week things are all change. After a big river on Saturday the water dropped to approx 1ft 6 on Monday and surprisingly 3 fish were landed. Regular on the spring score sheet Andy Sutherland took the first in little Rock - beat 6 at 9.5lbs on a red Snaelda PBP ( see it on site ). Beats 3 and 5 provided fish for another local Robert Mackay ( Tail of the Bay 7lbs ) and Mr Thomas Achentoul rods (6.5lbs) in Kilearnan bridge.

Today ( Tuesday ) Andy Sutherland caught another super sea-liced 12 pounder, the Killearnan Bridge pool on Bt 5 amazingly providing the sport once again. New female Torrish Ghillie Jean Bain expertly netted the fish for Andy and it was returned safely.

Published on Thursday 6 March 2008 by David Mason