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| Fred McDonald's 4lb trout |
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| Scott Breen with his 5lb trout |
Several large trout have already been caught this year on
the River Tummel, some of them accidentally by salmon anglers so it is good to
be able to report a couple of beauties landed by trout and grayling anglers.
Season permit holder Fred McDonald’s trout was caught whilst fishing for grayling
on 3rd February 2014, weight was reckoned to be around 4lbs. It was caught on a
shrimp pattern fishing New Zealand style.
Scott Breen’s trout was caught on 9th April 2014 and its
weight was guessed at about 5lbs. It took a tungsten bead head hares ear nymph
with an orange thorax fished single on a French leader.
Both fish were caught from the Middle Pool (Bridge Pool) on
the R Tummel at West Haugh and safely returned to the river.