A proper fish

[Kev1n]

I don't want to knock anyone catching an early salmon on a fly, but it does look like a well mended kelt to me too.

 

[The Deeps]

Definitely a springer mate it had a couple of lice on it,the tails were off them though .Been in a day at most.
I have caught plenty of them over the last 40 years to know the difference..

Fair enough bushy,if its a licer well done mate and I'll happily take your word for it

You must admit though,its either a very skinny springer or a very bad photo!
I'll post some pics after the weekend of some dubious fish from my own rod and some from those of my buddies,just for comparison.The camera does sometimes lie mate!!

Salmon Bob,I'm well aware of what a rawner is laddie,typically they come in late season(november say)and miss all the fun on the redds and hence dont get to spawn.

Not that it stops beats like Eltringham putting them in the book as fish

Enough said for the time being,tight lines chaps

 

[The Deeps]

I don't want to knock anyone catching an early salmon on a fly, but it does look like a well mended kelt to me too.

You're not alone Kev,see my above post

The fish IS fin perfect mind which would suggest it hasn't been on the redds:question:

 

[Bushwhacker]

Heres another lean fish.
Is this a kelt????

 

[beachbuddy]

Heres another lean fish.
Is this a kelt????

Ye well done 57 are ya camping out through Durham you have got to be top salmon man on this forum.

 

[Kev1n]

That’s harder to tell as it looks to be a slightly deeper fish. Without a scale reading to be sure, I'd guess it is a male, single winter fish that has been in the river only a couple of weeks. Is it recent photo' or a back end fish?
The springers we see from the Tyne are well known to be deep, stocky fish which makes it easier to differentiate them from kelts. How do the Wear fish compare?

 

[Bushwhacker]

The second fish was taken in september last year.
As i said earlier we get lean fish thoughout the year and a lot of shorter fatter fish,of which some are probably Tyne fish running our river.

 

[Ian Alexander]

Hello,
Well done Davy, was it on one of the flies you tied yourself? If so then even more of a well done.

Regards Ian

 

[Defective]

Regardless what it is. Well done that man, cracking fish.

 

[Codcodcod!]

It's a salmon!!

 

[dacky]

belter m8 nice one