Interesting letter from Welsh Water received by some homes in Ross recently advising of details of road closures in the town. This is a seldom openly discussed but important part of salmon fly fishing set up so here's my own analysis of the facts as far as I see it on weight and length of salmon leaders, sink tips and which leader material will never let you down. The link between your rod and the hard earned hook hold in a salmon's mouth needs to be as good as you can get as if there's a weak spot anywhere in your fishing line a salmon will undoubtedly find it! From the peaks and passes of Harris to the rocky shoals, culverts, islands and low lying lochs of North Uist. I suppose I can only answer with what I think, given I haven’t fished these rivers I’m gonna mention?

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I arrived at the hotel in time for the morning fishing allocation and selected a tidal pool on the excellent recommendation of John Docherty - who allocates (and runs) the fishing on behalf of the North Uist Estate. The poor quality photo really does no justice to the shimmering, iridescent sheen of the Shad, they really are pretty fish. Particularly when we consider the exteme phosphate readings recorded at Ross last Autumn after the first significant rainfall for some months. I chose the Geirreann Sea Pool, sadly family commitments prevented me fishing the fall of the tide and I got there late.Not sure that 'magazine' really does it justice, possibly better described as a collection of fly fishing short stories in a quality A4 book format? Never fished the Towey when it was still a great river but I did really well on its sister the incredible Teifi for Salmon and sea trout.

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When you start to see new anglers turning up, content with a pull a season, maybe an odd fish, telling you that it's all about "just getting out".Also how far this is mirrored throughout their whole area, how quickly will it be done and what effect it will have we just have to wait to see. Here in Ross we have just had a 4 metre flood and it looks like another is on its way is on its way down from Plynlimon. I met the Keeper, who gave comprehensive instructions and good news about numbers of fish in the loch.