River Moriston kicks
back into top gear
 DESPITE the constant east wind the River Moriston started to behave something more like we have come to expect of it over recent years.Up until Friday, six were successfully landed and three lost. It wasn't until the rods were packing up for the day on Tuesday that it kicked into top gear. Denny Mackay from Inverness thought to have a last cast as his colleagues were tidying up -thump! - a sea-liced springer of just under 8lb connected with his Rapala at the 'Stump'. Andy Massari took heart and followed Denny down and his red/gold Devon accounted for a fish of 8.5lb. Donnie Urquhart was next down the run with a black/orange Devon for a fine 10lb salmon. Bill Malcolm followed suit with a Toby and another 10lb salmon made the net. It wasn't until Friday that the other two were taken - an angler from the Stirling area had another fine salmon of 11lb on a Rapala and John Straiton from Inverness a solid springer of 13lb. That's more like the river I know!
LOCH Ness, fishing better than it has in a year or two, produced another salmon last week.
It was caught by Neil Fraser from Inverness who was fishing west of Foyers, at 9lb it came to a black/orange Devon. | THE Helmsdale re-opened after
a two-week closure and eight
salmon were caught, all in the 8-
9lb class. With the river sitting at 34 degrees Fahrenheit fish won't pass over the Falls at Beat 6 Below so the numbers were a bit disappointing after a two-week lay off as one would have expected a build up of fish in the lower river Perhaps they just aren't there or more likely that bitterly cold wind played its part.
ON THE Findhorn the season's first six salmon came off the beats on the lower river below the Falls. Again a slow start there.
THE DEE has had an exceptional start to its season with excellent catches being recorded.
FURTHER south the North Esk had produced 135 springers up until the middle of last week so there would appear to be good runs of salmon on the east coast. Let's hope it continues.
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