OCTOBER UPDATE

October Update

As we enter into the last week of the salmon season on the Coquet and the Tyne the river's are fining down after 'Storm Babet' hit the region producing severe flooding throughout the Coquet catchment and with it the highest recorded river levels at Morwick since the devastating floods of 2008. Hopefully the weather will be kind over the next few days so that you can all enjoy the final days of the season.In the weeks preceding the storm our waters continued to produce some great results with many fish reported. Some of the stand out catches include the following salmon of 16 lbs 8 oz. caught by Dale Green, 15 lbs by Peter Robinson, 14 lbs by George Nicholson and Rob Stephenson, 12 lbs by David Lee and George Nicholson jnr. and 10 lbs by William Toland among the many others caught. The Coquet has also continued to produce several good sea trout with Willie Hunter landing a beautiful fish of 7 lbs 8 oz., Kevin Stone with a stunning 6 lbs 8 oz. fish and Leigh Final with several to around the 7 lbs mark.

Also among the fish reported have been Gordon Black, Mick Robinson, Gerry Bowman and John Jervis who has enjoyed his best season ever. On our Tyne water, it was welcomed to hear of a couple of catches at the Wires after what we appreciate has been a tough season on the Tyne in general. We can only hope there is an improvement next season.

It's also been a pleasure to welcome back perennial visitors Matt and Mike Bradbeer along with Peter Thomas. Matt won last year's Jim Hardy Trophy for the heaviest sea trout and belatedly received his prize, a rod and reel kindly donated by Hardys of Alnwick, when he arrived at Pauperhaugh. Sincere congratulations go to Matt.

We wish all anglers out on the water over the next several days the very best of luck and tight lines and sincerely hope you have enjoyed your time on our waters. For any anglers who wish to extend their season our River Till waters remain open until the end of November and grayling fishing is available beyond that (pre-booking is required to fish the Till at Turvelaws).