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i fished all of those beats in the 80s and 90,s biggest salmon i had off those beats was 35lb the most salmon i caught in one session off those beats was 46 , best session i ever had on the wye was 122 salmon ,it was a great river back then .its knackerd now .

Good fish. What is interesting is that I fished that beat in the 70s and 80s and the Pipes was hardly ever fished after April. Also the Island was usually fished from the island itself until the ranunculus put it out by late June. Is the large “boulder” still at the top of the Island on the left bank?

Excellent fish.Well done

Good scrap

Hi can you tell me what size of salmon rod that was thanks

Had the same result on tyne in last week, I did get a tiny Par 6 inches like a bar of silver, but otherwise, nowt!

Going fishing without a landing net is like going rally driving without brakes 🙄 not good and definitely wouldn't put it on TH-cam thats a total novice error tbh

Well done Ben. Good fishing and a great result!

Well done ben! Great fish and much deserved in those conditions!

Good work Ben it’s been a long spring on the lower river another dirty rise on the way this morning

Halo my friend,good job..👍

Great effort Ben. Cracking fish. Well deserved for the effort 👍👍

Cracking fish well done

That's actually a half deacent fish, good stuff:)

Nice vid mate😊

Any pointers on good beats on the Wye in Wales to try a few days in the summer. We travel to Wales each year from Scotland to the Welsh show so might take my rods this year.

Excellent angling Ben. I’ll look out for that one up near Builth.

well done Ben.Well deserved

Great video Ben. I am already dreaming of my return to Iceland in July!

Hey enjoyed the video mate. I’m heading to the blanda mid June, any tips on flies / tactics? Seems like stripping was the go to method, curious what sort of setup you were running. Cheers !

Nice Fighting fish! Is that a good beat to book on the Why? say around March or April?

Pretty river...like almost all Icelandic rivers...but lots of small fish in this river...Better fish Stora Laxa ,Vididalsa ,Hofsa or Sela ,for a chance of a decent fish (over 15lbs). Who knows that the officially recorded average weight in Iceland is only about 6lbs. I remember fishing YOKANGA (Russia)in the early century. Funnily ,on my second cast I hooked a 30lbsfish . Most unfortunately ,he was heavily bleeding and we could not revive him.On the way back in the helico ,no angler even looked at that fish...was nice...but nothing to speak of !! One year I fished the Varzuga (russia),and caught around 10 fish per day...all around 6lbs...never came back !! Among the years ,Icelandic prices became ridiculously expensive (say around 3000 gbp(or more) per rod per day for a top week on a Top river...definetely NOT worth it !! I was lucky enough to have fished (and deeply enjoyed) 23 different rivers there before it became completely crazy....But those who like grilse or tiny spring salmon can go there !!!

Nice looking stretches of river Ben, which beat is that your fishing if you dont mind me asking? Seen this stretch several times and fancy a few trips this year of possible. Fished the tweed for trout when a young lad as my Uncle lived on the stretch at Newtown St.Boswells, lovrly river. Tight lines for the season!

Tough luck on that fish. You gave it plenty of beans and it was sticking. Unbelievable it came off TBH

The river runs clean above Upper floors but below at Kelso is now a nightmare 😢

Ha - bloody swans! Good fishing Ben on what looked like a tough week

​ I'd recommend giving Norway a visit for a week or so, might hook up on some proper good fish. Only downside is pricing i suppose, the "best" rivers are either crowded or expensive as hell. Personally spend 2-3 weeks every summer in a mediocre river with relatively "cheap" public fishing, landed 9 salmon and 13 seatrout in 2023 season. (obviously lost the biggest one, estimate it was somewhere around the 8-9kg mark, which is honestly pretty average size for June fish here).

What's the plans for this Season Ben ?

i've stood on that bridge at carron water watching big salmon under the bridge holding station, nice big doubles

What size of rods and make were you using thanks

Beautiful part of the country , excellent video , the awesome Spey , but like most rivers now , very few fish , living in the past , fisherman paying vast amounts not knowing they will be lucky to see or catch a salmon , we will probably never see any improvement of rising stock levels , my advice to Fisherman , think very hard before you part with your money , if you do , be prepared to put in vast amounts of effort , for very little reward . Happy new year to all fisherman , we can only hope things will get better

Really enjoy these ben

Great vid Ben. Well done on the catches 👍

Great Stuff Ben well done 👍

Well done Ben ! What's the set up your using ?

Nice

beautiful fish ! Unbelievable the difference in the fight between a fresh fish and one that has been 'fasting' for a while. Well done !

Weather sun and heat seemed against us rather too much and too early this spring and summer ..but we are salmon anglers and so unicorn hunting is always better than not being out. Environment agency etc seriously needs to get a brain and conscience and lets hope salmo salar has a half decent spawning for the fish that will be looking at a Willie Gunn in 3 years time. 1 from Eden and 1 from Welsh Dee who fancied a careful Allys Shrimp Simon Artley

Epic day mate, despite the conditions. Such a gorgeous beat and nice to see a few fish show themselves. Let’s hope for better luck next spring!

Great video and i feel your pain. It's a hard slog these days.

Done very well having right flies help but I know the river and lys as past 40 years

Season didn’t end any better did it ! 😢

Enjoyed your video. Had weeks like that where we hooked and lost fish on the Monday then blanked for the remainder of the week! Not fished Carron but have walked it. Sad to see how bad things are on the Spey in May, you would have filled your boots not so many years back! Will be up there in May next year, still a chance!

Excellent video which I really enjoyed! We've al;l had weeks like that lol. Yes last season not great all around Scotland! Early season v disappointing. Runs are changing undoubtedly.

Nice video. Fight from bank, never parallel to the river if possible. The hook is set from side, not from front. Go to bank as soon as you can after take.

Hi Ben. We’re considering fishing the Laxa I Kjos next July but it is pretty expensive. Honest thoughts?

net needed fella

Has happened me taking about to recast.even have got a few just starting an wetting my flies they took