Monthly Archives: April 2014
I was surprised to see that the Avon had risen 2″ overnight; yesterdays warmer temperatures thawing some of the extensive snow fields at last. The water temperature was also above 80C this morning prompting increased smolt movements.… Continue reading
Over the last few days the smolt descent on the River Avon has picked up. On Thursday we trapped about 39 fish, Friday 80, Saturday 120 and over 320 this morning. The river level is dropping all the time… Continue reading
The rain showers yesterday did little to lift the Avon; it was only 1cm higher and catches in the traps declined over the weekend. On Saturday we had three recaptures from those marked on Friday with no more since. The… Continue reading
The river had dropped an inch overnight so we didn’t expect a big catch this morning. As this was the first night with the two traps running we were intrigued to see which would produce the most fish. Today… Continue reading
After the catch of almost 300 salmon in the Avon trap on Monday morning things slowed down as the river dropped. There were 19 new salmon on Tuesday with one recapture, 9 new fish on Wednesday and no recaptures and… Continue reading
The River Avon rose about 1ft last night, due entirely to snow melt in the Cairngorms, and we had our first good catch of smolts this morning. The conductivity reading this morning was 32. Typically if has been 70-80 microsiemens/cm… Continue reading
The warm spring weather yesterday must have thawed some snow as the Avon, and the Spey mainstem both rose a few inches overnight. The Avon temperature was also up at 7.2oC. With spring advancing we expected to find a… Continue reading
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