Well, make that both ‘bad’ and ‘lucky’ (see previous post DOWNTIME). Against all reasonable expectations (mine, and everyone else’s I suspect), a rather handsome fresh hatchery salmon just light of 10lbs managed somehow to take a Willie Gunn at the lower end of the Turn Pool (for those that know the river) and make landfall about 15 minutes later. My first river fish at Delphi, and indeed the largest fish I have ever caught. For those who might be alarmed by this turn of news in a nature blog, I should say that by Law all hatchery fish must be taken and all wild fish must of course be returned (as with a 7lb wild fish subsequently taken by rh on Doolough).

 A rare moment of success for rh at “The Other Place”