River Don Update - 14th July
After a week of hot weather, it’s a return this morning to slightly cooler air temperatures across Donside with light showers adding to the relief for many. The drought continues here and catches of grilse and summer fish have remained slow over the past few weeks with only the odd fresh fish being landed from the lower beats. Despite the river remaining desperately low there has been no buildup yet of fish congregating on the tidal reaches and pools above, hopefully our grilse run remains off the coast in cooler water awaiting that spate of freshwater to appear.
Whilst salmon angling activity across the beats has remained low anglers have been turning their attention to sea trout and brownies fishing until the river rises. Late evening forays have proved successful for some with some specimen trout up to 5lbs being landed on the dry fly.
Water temperatures continue to be a concern in these current conditions and are being regularly monitored for fish welfare and updating guidance for anglers. Anglers have been adopting some common sense and fishing early in the morning or later in the evenings when temperatures have cooled off.
Any news, catch reports or fish photos are always welcome please drop an email to [email protected]
Tight lines,
Martin Webster
Helpful Information
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Guides and Instructions on the river Don.
Where To Stay on the Don and the surrounding countryside.
Where To Eat on the river Don.
Fishing Permits for the Don and its tributaries
If you would like to share any interesting stories or pictures from your time fishing on the River Don for the purposes of this report, please feel free to contact us, via email [email protected]
Martin Webster
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