Another mad dash Friday evening salmon on the fly!

#salmonfishing #seatroutfishing #flyfishing #wildfishing #fishing
So finally a shorter video (if not this description), I can't say it will enhance the quality of the output though! This footage is from my last two quick Friday evening attempts at salmon, once the shopping delivery is collected and my eldest dropped off. Friday just gone it was chucking it down one minute and not the next, so I had my cheap camera in its case, so not much audio of value.
FRI 22nd SEPT - I decided to head upstream to check out a new stretch to see what the pools were like, but didn't see anything and then headed back downstream to fish one last pool that I also drew a blank in.
FRI 29th SEPT - it was heavy rising water so I again went upstream to fish 3 or 4 pools on the upper flats which are a short walk and in quick succession. No fish there that I could catch, so my final roll of the dice was a mid river pool on my drive back that I hoped was not too heavy water, and I was pleasantly surprised!
As always, thanks for taking the time to watch the video, I really appreciate it and hope you enjoy it. Feel free to leave me a comment as I am happy to talk fishing!
Tackle | usual 7/8 weight rod, ghost tip fly line with 15 ft intermediate end
Tippet | 10lb Maxima Chameleon approx 9 ft
Fly | Ally's Shrimp double
Music used in the video | mixkit.co/

[@steviewalk]

Excellent humane release! Well done.

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

Cheers, it’s always nice when they go back no problem to the river. All the best 👍

[@soultrader57fishingandmusi25]

Once again, magnificent clip, although pretty depressing for the rest of us.😅 Now I'm looking forward to the close season so we all get a break from seeing all these salmon😂. Seriously- well done 👍

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

😂 sorry mate, I should really be doing the lottery. I won’t mention that I won the Last Cast comp (first in a while) with a 2lb 8oz rainbow caught on a foam daddy long legs - no video at least 😁 all the best Dave 👍

[@lastcastthistimelolanymeth7163]

That’s class mate well done

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

Cheers 👍

[@JuanAntonioPerez-xe8qp]

👏👏👏👏

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

Thank you 👍

[@Hardlinesangling]

Great season you're having this year. Putting us all to shame 😂. Well done on the beautiful grilse.

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

Cheers mate, I think I’m getting a fair bit of luck tbh 😆, as I’ve said before I’d be lost on the big rivers you fish! If they are here in these smaller rivers, at least I’m closish to them, for starters! I’ve still no idea how our main river is faring, hopefully I’ll get a cast on it before season end on our upper flats section. Seems there’s been a decent number off the river in the video, it’s really great news, we’re not talking 3 figures, maybe 50 fish might be closer the mark perhaps or less.

[@mikef6114]

Well done again Matt. It is hard to catch salmon and grilse in small rivers. Our rivers are even smaller than the rivers in Skye so I can appreciate how hard it is to work your flies in likely places where you might have a chance of connecting with one. Nice fishing!

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

@@mikef6114 very kind words Mike much appreciated, I guess every situation poses different challenges. It’s so nice when it works out, it’s funny as the one time I got a fish from that pool it was very similar conditions, and just about same spot give or take, as the yrs go by this info gives you a little bit of help. Are you recording your catches to put on your channel? Need to check. All the best.

[@mikef6114]

Not had time to do many blogs this year Matt. I have some photos but no videos I am afraid.

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

@@mikef6114 just wondered as you have some videos on the channel 👍 well, I look forward to hearing about your next catches hopefully in what remains of the season and hopefully the winter treats you well out in the wilds of Shetland.

[@CraggieFishing]

Well done for playing and landing it in that fast little run. Looks like the wet weather up there in the past couple of weeks has given you some nice fishing.

[@highlandfishingdiary8818]

Cheers, yes I think I’m nearing one of my best returns this season. It’s great that there seems to be a decent run on this river this season, as it has been really struggling like many of our rivers. So I’m over the moon and maybe I’ll have a couple more chances yet if we get rain in the next fortnight. Really enjoying your videos, you have been getting some good fish, lovely rivers as well. All the best for what remains of this season 👍