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Post by Tyne Angler on Oct 14, 2004 11:15:35 GMT -5
14-10-04
An update from local press report :
Bumper autumn harvest on Tyne Oct 14 2004 By David Carrick, The Evening Chronicle The River Tyne has again produced some very fine autumn sport.
Bywell Syndicate is having a season to remember this week, with 89 salmon and seven sea-trout recorded.
Their season totals make impressive reading, with 609 salmon and 122 sea-trout. On Saturday 48 salmon were caught, with most from their lower beat.
Visiting angler Glen Robertson, from Calgary in Canada, caught eight salmon on fly, while his fishing friend Chris Raymos caught six fish to 14lb, all on fly.
Brian Hankin of Bishop Auckland caught four salmon to 20lb on fly and all returned.
Fish of the week was a thumping 27lb 8oz fresh run salmon caught by Bywell rod Norman Pattinson at Beeches on spinner.
Ian Henderson of Corbridge shared a seven-fish catch to 18lb with his father George from Ovington. George Nicholson of Wallsend had six fish to 23lb on spinners. Alistair Watson of Ryton had four salmon to 20lb on fly.
Chris O'Gara had four fish to 20lb on fly, while Kevin thingy from Bill Quay caught five salmon to 17lb on fly at Castle.
Sport was thick and fast on their lower beat with Island, Castle, Upper Church and Meg's Mill all producing screaming reels.
Best flies have been Cascade, Copper body and Gold bodied Red Allys Shrimp flies and Black Dart, all in sizes from 12 to eight. Heavier and larger flies are now coming into the picture. The Tyne Improvement Association AGM is to be held on Tuesday, November 2, at the Beaumont Hotel in Hexham (7pm for 7.30pm). Chief speaker is Nigel Milner of the Environment Agency.
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Post by Tyne Angler on Oct 17, 2004 15:04:26 GMT -5
17-10-04 An update taken from www.tynefishing.com : The above fish was landed at Tarset beat on one of hotel gillie Robert's flies called purple magic. Tim Smith also fishing that day went on to Bywell the very next day and landed his fish of a lifetime (his own words) a 21lb salmon. Talking of Bywell, there were 48 salmon landed there last Saturday, yes forty eight and a total of 89 for the week. Redeswood is still fishing very well with Mr and Mrs Cassel both landing salmon on Tuesday, 6lb & 9lb. Also on Tuesday the Farley party landed two salmon of 12lb and 18lb on Newton. When i asked the gents how the day went the excitedly told me of another guest on the water who had struggled with a fish for 40 minutes a monster. After making further enquiries i have discovered that it was a Mr Pearson who hooked the big fish and on landing the beast he could not get both of his hands around it's tail. One onlooker reckons the fish was well into the thirty pound mark; the fish was safely returned to the water. Wednesday produced yet more fish from Redeswood to the three chaps from Gloucester and Jeff Day, they managed 3 salmon of 8.5lb, 9.5lb & 10lb and 2 sea trout of 2lb & 4lb. Not a bad day you may think but the next day they landed 8 salmon 4 at 12lb, 1 at 13lb and 3 at 14lb along with these came two sea trout of 6lb and 7lb. Today so far i have only heard reports of 2 salmon of 6lb being landed on Newton. It appears there are fish everywhere as my friend David Turner from the Rose & Crown in Bellingham landed 4 salmon to 14lb on water directly opposite the hotel (Riverdale Stretch). The dam release from Kielder is dropping off today from 15cmps to 10.5cmps and will drop again at 5.30pm next Friday to 1.5cmps. There will be many annoyed anglers out there at this low drop as many, myself included take the last week of the season off work.
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Post by Tyne Angler on Oct 28, 2004 11:23:17 GMT -5
28/10/04
Sorry for the lack of updates recently.
An update taken from local press report :
Season to savour Oct 28 2004 By David Carrick, The Evening Chronicle The rivers Tyne, Wear, Coquet and Tees all close for salmon and sea-trout fishing after Sunday.
River levels have been up and down like a yo-yo but anglers have caught fish in high water conditions.
The Tyne in particular has had a record season. The effects of the restocking programme from Kielder hatchery is the main reason for the tremendous runs of fish.
In addition, there have been no estuary deaths this summer, due to the wet conditions and the buy-out of the North Sea drift nets.
Bywell Syndicate report a record year for the third successive time and many other Tyne beats will report similar catches.
Next Thursday's Chronicle will include a final catch report from all the top areas on the Tyne.
Sport on NERTAC Waters has been very good this season with a total of 411 fish taken, including 58 this month.
Steve Hutchinson of Callerton Village caught seven fish this week, mostly salmon. Trevor Forster of Throckley landed salmon of 16lb and 14lb on spinner from the Lower South Tyne.
Pegswood's Tommy Todd caught salmon of 14lb and 81b, while John Johnson from Ponteland landed two of 18lb and one of 16lb from the South Tyne. Mike Lishman of Morpeth netted an 11lb salmon at Bellingham.
North Tyne beats fished well, with sport on Redeswood and Newton. Jonathan Cocker of Riverdale Hall Hotel reported fish of 10lb, 6lb and 5lb all taken on Irish Shrimp Fly patterns.
Chris Basford fished Newton and caught five salmon to 27lb on Cascade Shrimp Flies. Over 40 fish were recorded from Riverdale Hall Hotel beats this week.
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Post by Tyne Angler on Nov 3, 2004 12:03:22 GMT -5
03-11-04 An update taken from www.tynefishing.comWOW! is all i can say about the last 10 days of fishing from Riverdale Hall in 2004. Infact Wow just about sums up the fishing on the Tyne system for the season as most beats, clubs and syndicates have smashed all previous years catch returns. Hotel beats produced 85 salmon and 6 sea trout for the last 10 days including one salmon at 27lb and two in the same day of 30lb. These figures are for Redeswood, Tarset and Newton beats which take 10 rods a day between them and do not include the riparian owners rods catches which i believe to be 15-20. This would take total fish counts to over 100.... I managed 12 salmon in the last 9 days, 11 to the fly, the biggest of which was 20lb. Most of my fish were taken on small Irish shrimp patterns with the killer fly being purple and brown. Congratulations have to go out to David Stone (Newton beat) and Graham French (Redeswood beat) for their 30 pounders, not forgetting Chris Basford and his 27lb fish (Newton beat) of course. Not since 1994 have i witnessed so many fish running through the beats, these include plenty of sparkling fresh fish and some absolute monsters. So which day stood out for me the most?. Well it was the day i fished Redeswood with Duncan Palmer, Michael Asherson and Graham French. I was in the water half way down the bottom run of the beat less than 5 minutes when i was into my first fish, a spanking clean grilse of 6lb. It was not too long before i was into my second fish just below the willow higher up the run whilst following Michael Asherson down with the fly. At first i said don't worry it is only around 7lb but then the fish ran into the faster water and i realised it was bigger. It turned out to be 20lb and a slightly coloured hen so i returned her, both fish were landed on a small purple and brown Irish shrimp pattern. Michael commented on how he had never landed a salmon and this to me, was like a red rag to a bull and i said pack up your kit we are going to the top of the beat to the island pool. When we arrived the water was perfect and i told Michael where to fish and within 20 minutes he had landed his first salmon (pictured above). I fished down this lovely fly water and then THUMP! something hit hard and it was big. The fish proceeded to run me a merry dance and i ended up 40 yards downstream at which point the chap on the far bank asked if i would like him to land the fish for me!. After around 20 minutes we saw the beast, it was around the 30 mark but coloured and i declared that if we managed to land the fish it was going back. I thought he was weakening as he started coming in but oh no, this fish had the better of me and proceeded to come right under the bank, about 2 foot under. He would not budge so i decided to send Michael in to try and shift the fish. Unfortunately on his way in he knocked the line and the fish was off, Michael's face had gone from total happiness minutes earlier to oh ****!. I said never mind he would have gone back anyway and he wasn't as big as the fish i lost at Tarset the previous day which i do not want to talk about. We fished on with no more luck and decided to join Duncan and Graham on the lower run for the last hour of light. Shortly after we arrived Graham was into a fish on his flying c and it was big. The first time we saw i saw the fish i exclaimed 'oh my god' and Graham asked how big it was to which i replied 'well there's his head and there is his tail' pointing well apart. I knew we wouldn't get many chances to land the fish so i took the first and he was in the net. I am telling you right now that this was not a fish but a pre-historic animal. A giant coloured cock fish of 38 inches long and very, very deep all four of us decided at 30lb and returned the beast. The fish had bent the metal on my net and as we returned to the hotel i told Graham that he was top rod for the day only to discover that another 30lb fish had been landed at Newton and this one had actually broken the net. Next week i hope to have a picture of David Stone's 30lb fish and i will be giving total catch returns for hotel beats, fish pass numbers and more. I will leave you with a couple of extracts from emails i have received this week. keep them coming!..... Jonathan A very big thank you for an excellent day last Tuesday. It was in many respects a red letter day for me, most notably because I caught my first salmon, but also because I witnessed two other salmon in excess of twenty pounds (one close to thirty) grassed on the same beat on the same day!! That does not take into account the monster which you lost at the net with my help!! Spectacular back-end fishing in spectacular countryside. A picture of my fresh run 8 pounder is attached for your archives. Thanks again. Michael Asherson Johnny, just a short note to thank you and everyone at the hotel for a superb stay. I hope you achieved your target catch over the last two days and can leave the season happy in that landmark. Since leaving the hotel on Friday morning I can not count how many times I have relieved you netting my big fish on Redeswood for me, I think the size of that fish is only now sinking in this has been the best Salmon season for me, so far, not in terms of numbers but quality of fish and the beats they came from. Thank you. I am sure that I told you the day after my 30 pounder, I saw a running fish that dwarfed it, come out of the mill run at Newton three times on it's way upstream. If you don't catch it first......it has my name on it next year!
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Post by Gingernick on Nov 4, 2004 4:01:47 GMT -5
the numbers involved are staggering this year.
When I was a younger lad I used to fish the south tyne as my grandparents lived near featherstone castle and it really is a beautiful part of the world..
a 30 pounder would really be something to see..biggest I ever saw landed was a 23 pound fish from the pool under lambley viaduct
I know the numbers are big this season..but are larger fish making a comeback onto the tyne as well?
Do you think the Tyne is now the top Salmon river in England? and do you think if the improvement in water quality and managing the fishery could see it rival any of the famous Scottish fisheries?
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Post by lugg on Nov 5, 2004 8:28:55 GMT -5
hi gingernick If you look at an earlier post by me I think the N Tyne not only rivals but probably betters many of the renowned Scottish rivers.I am also sure that in the next 5-10 years it will start to produce 40-50 lbers - assuming no more problems in the estuary or off Greenland. Its a river I now savour fishing ..... and I fish a lot in SCOTLAND. LONG MAY IT CONTINUE ali g aka lugg
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Post by Tyne Angler on Nov 5, 2004 11:05:09 GMT -5
05/11/04
An update taken from local press report :
Closing in reel style Nov 4 2004 By David Carrick, The Evening Chronicle The salmon season closed on English rivers on Sunday after a very successful time for anglers.
Tyne beats have broken records time and time again this year, and the last week of the season proved productive right to the last few hours of fishing.
Bywell Syndicate was in the news again, accounting for no fewer than 719 salmon and 162 sea-trout in what has been a truly wonderful season for their anglers.
Among the successful anglers was Michael Walton of Wakefield with six salmon in a day to spinner in high water. His companion Gerry McGurk from Straban, Northern Ireland landed three salmon and several sea trout for his week.
Lynton Bolton of Blackpool fished in a 1.7 metre spate and caught a 9lb salmon, and as levels fell slightly he landed salmon of 14lb and 10lb 8oz on fly at Beeches.
George Nicholson of Wallsend caught four salmon to 10lb spinning in a `big' water.
John Richardson of Spennymoor caught a 5lb grilse on fly.
Elliot Robson of Co Durham had an eight-pounder on spinner at Broomhaugh. Fred King fished Meg's Mill and caught four fish to 18lb.
On the North Tyne, Graham French, fishing out of the Riverdale Hall, caught a 30lb salmon which he returned fishing Redeswood. Michael Aitchison landed an 8lb fish on an Ally's Shrimp. Mr Stone fished Newton and landed a 30lb salmon from the Mill Pool. Mr Unsworth fished Tarset and caught fish of 14lb and 6lb on fly.
Out on Tyneside Anglers Syndicate waters, Gareth Black from Ryton landed a 17lb salmon and a 4lb sea-trout on an Ally's Shrimp. David Smith from Rothbury landed one of 14lb 8oz on a Rapala and Peter Lawson of Durham, took a bright 7lb grilse on fly.
Roland Hughes from Ryton returned a 7lb salmon caught on fly and Mike Pringle caught his first ever sea-trout, weighing 5lb, off the Rede. Trevor Daniel-Martin of York landed a cracking sea-trout of 13lb which he returned. Paddy Hogg landed an 8lb salmon, while Richard Aldridge caught four salmon in a day to 9lb.
Anglers fishing NERTAC waters also had late season sport, with Dave Simpson of Lancaster catching a 12lb fish on fly. Bill Toland of Forest Hall had fish of 18lb and 10lb while Steven Hutchinson had four fish to 21lb.
Out on the North Tyne on Ferryhill waters, Colin Wilkinson of Ryton caught an 18lb 8oz salmon and his son Colin had a 10lb salmon, while his brother landed one of 15lb on an Ally's Shrimp.
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Post by Tyne Angler on Nov 11, 2004 12:31:35 GMT -5
11/11/04
Well I have now put the rods away after what can only be described as an excellent season for the majority of the Tyne system.
I would like to say a massive thanks to everyone that has contributed information towards this thread, I just hope some of you have found it helpful / interesting and hopefully it may have encoraged some of you to consider the Tyne system in your plans for next season.
Tight lines and all the best until next season.
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Post by Tyne Angler on Nov 14, 2004 2:51:33 GMT -5
14-11-04 An information update from www.tynefishing.comThe returns for beats and hotel guests are as follows: Redeswood- 134 salmon / 60 sea trout / Average- 1 fish to 1.2 rods Newton- 58 Salmon / 13 sea trout / Average- 1 fish to 3.3 rods Tarset- 33 salmon / 15 sea trout / Average- 1 fish to 2.0 rods Hotel water- 5 salmon / 3 sea trout / Average- 1 fish to 2.2 rods Chester's-Total 149 salmon / 63 sea trout Chester's hotel rods- 20 salmon / 12 sea trout / Average 1 fish to 2.4 rods Snabdough Total- Unknown as yet. Snabdough hotel rods- 10 salmon / 7 sea trout / Average 1 fish to 5.1 rods *Rods calculated as per rod per day not by person e.g.- John Smith fished for 4 days = 4 rods I think the above figures pretty much speak for themselves and it is not surprising that Redeswood is so popular considering that there was nearly i fish per rod. Unfortunately Snabdough will only be available at short notice to hotel guests in 2005 and i would like to thank Joyce and Charles for the use of their water, in September over the last two years. All other beats will be operating as usual and i am happy to announce that Newton will be opening up the rocks pool which will extend the beat downstream considerably. This will increase the number of rods on the beat to 5. I am also discussing the possibility of putting 1 or even two huts on the beat, the beat will increase slightly in price for the back end. There is a good possibility that prices will drop for months prior to September and they may even drop further for weekly lets. I will let you know ASAP. For those of you awaiting my yearly letter and reports, i must apologize for the delay. This is due to information i am waiting for regarding fish pass numbers and the re-structure of prices as mentioned above. One thing which did concern me about the 2004 season was the distinct lack of sea trout. Usually there are more sea trout than salmon landed on most beats and of course i have my own theories but i would be interested to here any of yours. Just a quick reminder to make sure that you have filled in your catch returns for 2004, its on the back of your rod license.
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Post by Tyne Angler on Nov 28, 2004 3:43:51 GMT -5
28-11-04 End of season report from www.tynefishing.com2004 was a record-breaking year on most beats of the Tyne. Plenty of rain ensured superb conditions and fishing throughout the season especially on the hotels beats above the Rede. The spring gave some excellent sport at Chester's for those who don't mind returning fish. Amongst the anglers visiting, and unknown to me at the time was Tim Smith, better known as AGENT X from the 'Today's Flyfisher Magazine'. Agent X arrives at various rivers and still waters around the country without etting on who he is and who he works for. He phoned and booked a stay at Riverdale and fished the Chester's beat and even though conditions were poor, with the help of Robert Keeney the hotel gillie he landed a spanking clean 11lb salmon. What followed, to my surprise, in the magazine's September issue was very flattering 6 page glossy article on the hotel, the fishing, Robert the gillie and myself. For those of you who have never fished the North Tyne in the spring the difference to back end fishing is simple. All the fish are clean and although there are not the numbers of fish they are easier to catch and they fight twice as hard. Tempted?. It was again frustrating for me in 2004 to see empty beats through late spring and summer when conditions were so good and it baffles me why most anglers only want to fish in September and October. Please bear in mind that at this time of year offers an excellent opportunity to come at the last minute when there has been rainfall and the river is in spate, just give me a ring. I travelled up from Yorkshire 4 weekends in a row in July and August in 2004 and landed fish on every occasion. To encourage anglers to visit at this time of year we have dropped the prices of three beats in 2005. Redeswood, Tarset and Newton will all be £30 per rod per day in June, July & August with Redeswood dropping to £25prpd in May. If you take a week, which can be split between the three beats it is only £200 per person for a full 7 days fishing. Apart from one week in mid September when not one fish was landed, the last two months of the 2004 season were phenomenal with over 10 fish being landed on a daily basis by hotel guests. Not since 1994 have I witnessed this amount of fish running, there were literally hundreds coming through on a daily basis. Not only were they in big numbers but in big sizes too and I firmly believe that the Tyne record of 44lb will be broken in the next couple of seasons. There were two 30 pounders landed at Newton and one at Redeswood in 2004, with several more caught in the late twenties. Mr Stone who landed one of he monsters at Newton commented that he had seen a fish running that shadowed the one he landed. In the last week of October I hooked and lost a fish in the top pool at Redeswood which led me a merry dance for 20 minutes before the fly came out. I got a good look at him and he looked in his 30's but it was nothing compared to the one I lost on Tarset earlier in the week!. Tim Smith visited again with a friend and they landed 6 salmon in a day on the Tarset beat and two the next day at Newton. There will be a follow up article on his exploits in the 'Today's Flyfisher'. I believe it will be in the October 2005 edition. The dam releases were a bit odd this year with prolonged 10 & 15cmps heights mixed in with a few 30cmps releases. In fact the river was up and down like a yo-yo all season. I was told last year that the releases are to coincide with and prolong natural spates, this clearly was not the case in 2004. The only concern for the season was the distinct lack of sea trout. Usually you can expect to catch two to every salmon and although there were a good number around in the earlier part of summer, they seemed to disappear later on. My brother came to the conclusion that they came and went on the regular big spates of 2004. I will delay judgement and keep an eye on the numbers for the next couple of years and hope that he is right. So which flies caught in 2004? Well the basic answer is anything that Robert Keeney the hotel gillie tied. His cascades and little weighted Irish shrimp patterns are superb and this year he introduced me to new flies such as his 'Purple Magic' and 'The Verminator'. As far as lures were concerned the flying c's and Rapala's did their usual damage and new for 2004 was an Ally's shrimp fly lure. If anyone would like some flies tied by Robert for 2005 then please feel free to give him a ring on 01434 602831 and he will sort some out for you. Robert is also taking his casting course this winter to become a fully qualified tutor. He will be running courses from the hotel which will include casting tuition, fly tying, night time sea trout fishing and of course a day on the river. If you are interested in any or all of the above then just give him a ring. Beats News Unfortunately we will not have the use of Snabdough in September of 2005 which will disappoint a few of the regulars, although it may be available at short notice. However Newton is being extended downstream, opening up the rocks pool and beyond and there will be a hut or perhaps even two added to the beat. Newton will be increased from four to five rods in 2005. Tarset will also be fully available again in 2005 and anyone who fished Snabdough last year should put in a request for their rod to be moved to Newton or Tarset. They will be given preference over any newcomers. 2004 Returns Redeswood- 134 salmon / 60 sea trout / Average= 1 fish to 1.2 rods Newton- 58 Salmon / 13 sea trout / Average= 1 fish to 3.3 rods Tarset- 33 salmon / 15 sea trout / Average= 1 fish to 2.0 rods Hotel water- 5 salmon / 3 sea trout / Average= 1 fish to 2.2 rods Chester's-Total 149 salmon / 63 sea trout Chester's hotel rods- 20 salmon / 12 sea trout / Average= 1 fish to 2.4 rods Snabdough Total- Unknown as yet. Snabdough hotel rods- 10 salmon / 7 sea trout / Average= 1 fish to 5.1 rods *Rods calculated as per rod per day not by person e.g.- John Smith fished for 4 days = 4 rods
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Post by Tyne Angler on Dec 3, 2004 6:31:28 GMT -5
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Post by Tyne Angler on Dec 9, 2004 4:13:32 GMT -5
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