Salmon fishing in England
Updated 12/02/09
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12/02/10 More fisherman are visiting now the shooting season has finished and the **** weather (I can't stand the cold!) is picking up. On Tuesday Kelvin Pallett caught a cracking 25 pounder, a change from his usual barbel fishing on the Wye.
and today Mike Palmer lost count of how many he had caught! He reckoned about 20, biggest 8lb, but he needed to be sure to get a place in the record books. He was accompanied by his wife Rebecca who had bought him a day ticket gift voucher for Christmas (he made a good catch there!) . He cashed that in on the 2nd of January when he caught 3 salmon, which is more like average for here. Here he is by the water which is clearing well after the snow and rain, visibilty must be 15-20 feet now.
The fishing has been steady in the past 2 weeks with nobody drawing a blank. A couple of anglers have come close with Jamie Eales from Haydon Bridge catching a 14 pounder on his last cast on the 4th of December. The rod average has been over 3 salmon banked for December so far. Regular Arthur Sykes landed this excellent 17 1/2 pounder in the December sunshine today. 
19th of November saw another large brace of fish caught by John Lewis and Peter Langard.
Peter is on the left with a 22pounder and John is holding a 25lb salmon. It's getting dark at closing time now as you can see but the last hour is very productive at present. Today (24th) regulars John Eaton and Arthur Sykes landed 21 and 22 pounders, salmon of this size are becoming caught regularly and any visiting angler has a good probability of catching a very memorable salmon.
October 27 2009 Here is the first report for the 2009/2010 season and what a start it has been. No less than 8 20lb+ salmon have been landed and average catch of 3 fish per angler in the first 2 weeks. Here is another 2 super pictures
of Phil Earl's opening day 24 pounder. 
On the 20th of October the whole fishery was booked by Mr Cobley and his party from Ross-on-Wye. They are regular fishers of the Wye itself and found Palm Springs an excellent antidote to a slow season on their home beats. !2 salmon were landed including a 20 and 24 pounder. Here they are with their catch taken home to fill their freezers.
Three days before George Barlow came for a birthday treat with 3 friends. They landed 12 fish with Steve Alvy on the left with another 24 pounder.
Finally on the 26th the fishery record was broken twice in a couple of hours. First by regular Lorenzo Serrano with a 25lb 8oz fish
Then Alan Moore from Clacton-on-sea landed a 26 pounder.
These large salmon are giving an amazing account of themselves, jumping clear of the water and taking all the line off the reel. Yes that's the fly line AND all the backing as well!
For last year's reports see archive in photo gallery
29/11/09 Here are a couple of super pictures of a superb 25 pounder caught by Mark Stroud a local angler from Peterborough on his second visit., one of 7 he landed yesterday,
just look at the size of it's tail!