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 We aim to provide weekly fishing reports for the River Alness on this page throughout the main salmon season from July. If you catch a salmon, sea-trout or quality brown trout on any of the Alness fishings, then e-mail us the details via the enquiries page and we will include it in our catch reports.
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Novar 29/10/11by Novar Fishings Manager - 15:29 on 03 November 2011
Double Vision
At last, a week without rain! Water levels started at about + 1ft and were maintained at + 6-8in through compensation flow. The fishing was steady, though a little slow, with a total catch for the week of 23 fish, all returned.
There were only 7 grilse caught and of the remaining Multi Sea Wintered (MSW) salmon, 10 were double-figure fish, with several more fish ‘in the teens’ lost. Why this mix of grilse to MSW salmon is unknown, but it might just be aggressive behaviour in response to the days shortening and the water temperature dropping at last.
The biggest salmon fell to Mike Allen from Tain with a fish caught on Beat 3 measuring 39in (100cm)! This fish was coloured and went ‘in the book’ at 20 lbs, but was likely a pound or two heavier when fresh. Keith Neal from London landed fish of 11 lbs from Beat 1 and 14 lbs from Beat 2, both personal bests, though he also lost a bigger fish on Beat 4.
Other anglers landing doubles included Tim Morgan (10 lbs, 12 lbs & 12 lbs), Tom Edge (10 lbs), George Doull (10 lbs), Sandy Datta (10½ lbs), and Charlie Nichols (12 lbs).
An interesting end to a difficult season.
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