u/Novocast92

Earlier this week (as a fairly expensive treat to myself) I had a day off work and a day's fishing booked on a good salmon river. After a full season of grinding and catching nothing on the usual rivers I fish (we need some rain!!!), I hooked in to a seriously big salmon. After a considerable fight, chasing the fish down river and being stripped to my backing line, I tried to put a bit of pressure on and get some line back, the fish had other plans and decided it would shake it's head and snap clean through my 15lb fluoro leader. I was gutted. It's been a hard year and catching that fish would have made the grind feel worthwhile, its the closest I've come to selling all my kit and taking up golf.

Tell me about the ones you've lost that haunt you when you're trying to get to sleep at night and make me feel better.

Went fishing with my mate later in the week so I've included a pic of a grayling that made me feel a little bit better.

Caught on a size 18 micro frances dressed treble I tied myself.

I've taken up salmon fishing this season and didn't quite appreciate how hard it'd be, needed to get out and actually put some fish in the net to get it out of my system. This time of year the best way to do that is always nymphing.