Fish not showing

[macsalmo]

There is a strange pattern emerging on the 3 rivers that are most familiar to me; Lune, Annan & Nith. Fairly good numbers of fish being caught (not so much in the Lune) but hardly any fish showing themselves .

This has been confirmed by lots of anglers on all 3 rivers + on web sites too.

Any thoughts or theories?

[hadrian]

Hi Gary,good to see you among them recently.As you know I'm quite new to it and as a result I only know how 04 was and 05.I fish an area of the river Tyne that is well known as just running water for fish so we rarely see fish anyway but one or two of the more experienced anglers think the water is still warm for the time of year,could it be that because the water is still warm fish are still running quite hard and not competing aggressively with each other for resting places.I'm told that once the water cools to a certain level salmon become more aggressive at this time of year.

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[sagefly]

Same on the Tweed so far this back end fish being caught but hardly seeing any show.

Debate is whether or not the water is too warm 53 last saturday or whether the river needs a good flood through it to clean it out. There is still a load of slime/silt on the riverbed and this may have the fish running hard and straight rather than resting up in the usual lies.

Some parts of the river are stacked with fish, other parts seem to be near barren.

Even on a really hard day it is reassuring to see a few fish splashing about, takes the edge off a blank!!

[rennie]

Without any shadow of a doubt the water temp. is unseasonably warm for the time of year,fish will be getting a move on to where they want to be,as yet we have had nothing near a frost to slow the fish down overnight,still wearing shorts in sunny Yorkshire(me not the fish).Coupled with the higher water which is beginning to appear,the nights are only beginning to draw in now ideal conditions for Salar to get a move on.In years gone by we would have had several frosts by now with the possibility's of snow in some places and every man and his dog would be in 5mm neoprenes not the breath ables so popular nowadays.
Think this patter en is beginning to become the norm.plenty of fish for some of us but the higher water temp.allows Salar to get a move on,and as its getting ever closer to nookie time think they have more on their minds than giving us a bit of a wave.Will be on the Tweed(upper) in two weeks and if we don't get one or more frosts fish will be there but wont show.Was the time we always had a frost or two and even snow during our week but wouldn't take bets on that nowadays.Its also getting more popular to fish sink tips/floaters/intermediates in the higher water temps.too and not the fast /ultra fast sinkers that we used to fish in the cold water when we had to get right down to bang them on the nose.If the beat you are fishing has an obstruction or such to slow Salar down then your chances are good but if you are on running water well you just have to hit them head on as I am sure they are running ever harder/faster. Pedro.

[kercock]

It has been the same on the T ay this season I've discussed this with a number of ghillies and we all agree on the fact that pretty much throughout the summer and into the last days of this season the lack of fish showing is a new feature,however on some beats its been a record season,no lack of fish at all. The reason why Not one ghillie has come up with an answer to that one,but there is always an expert at hand !

[salmoseeker]

Ditto the Tay tributaries; I'd go along with Rennie's well structured argument. Today however I was watching lots of fish negotiating falls in Glenshee (in very big water).