Help please

[carperjames]

As you can proberly tell by my user name I am a carp fisherman but i also trout fish with a fly rod.

Up here in the lake district there are a few rivers containing salmon & trout but these are very expensive.

here i go...

At work today my boss said he saw a picture of me holding a carp in last nights local paper. As they helped me get my money back from telephone tackle I was asked to be in it.

He said that his brother lives in Kendal & owns a 3 mile strech containing 4 big pools of the River Mint. This river has lots of salmon & sea trout in along with some brown trout & proberly some other species. He also said that as I worked for him if I want him to he will phone his brother & say when I want to come up & he will let me fish for free!!!

So will my 8' 6" fly rod (6wt) be ok for the odd session on a river going for some salmon?
I HAVE BEEN TOLD NO SO WOULD A SPINNING ROD BE BETTER? (sorry didnt mean to do caps)

Also can anyone reccomend some flys & some spinners to catch them on?

Finally when is the best time to fish for them? Summer etc...

cheers
james

[wilbert]

Most of the rivers in the NW are late rivers (aug to oct) so I doubt the Mint is any different. Is the mint a tributary of the Kent ?? A spinning rod would be ok but a 10' 8wt would be better (more fun).

[carperjames]

I think it is connected to the kent. Might go up soon with my dad & give it a go & if we dont catch go later on in the year