River Tyne 6th October 2016
Kielder release
The current Kielder release at 9.3 cumecs began at 13.30 today this will run for five days. For week beginning 13th October a 9.3 cumec is proposed to start at 07.00 on Monday 17th probably for three days; however the end date is beyond the horizon of the current proposal.
Kielder release is subject to change without prior notice.
Tyne salmon counts
The Riding Mill fish counter recorded 3,624 for September. This is much lower than the long term average for the month which is 6,954 and the five year average of 6,585.
The count for October up to is 852, bringing the count for the year to date to 27,963.
For comparison the average count from 1997 to 2015 is 20,428. This year will be well above this long term average.
The fish counter revised figure for July is 9,919.
The Environment Agency has confirmed the total for June was 7,113, arecord count for the month since 1996 (when the counter was commissioned).
River reports
The natural river flow has fallen as a result of the current dry period. Decent catches were made this last week, Bywell reported 14 salmon for the early part of this week, and Dilston recorded 12 and Warden 7. North Tyne beats Chesters, Chollerton and Haughton Castle all reported daily catches of 3 salmon.
Elsewhere occasional clean salmon to 18lb have been caught, some very clean hens in this class were returned, however the great majority of fish seen and caught are well coloured, typified by the two 20lb cock fish returned at Chesters.
A small number of very fresh grilse have been caught; a few of these have been around the 2lb mark.
There has been an increase in numbers ascending the counter which is encouraging, hopefully a significant October run will develop giving a bit of decent sport as the end of the season nears. The most successful flies have been red shrimp patterns, small copper Mepps have accounted for many of the fish caught on blade spinners.
The most successful flies have been red shrimp patterns, small copper Mepps have accounted for many of the fish caught on blade spinners.
River temperatures have been as low as 10.5C; this is currently showing a slight rise but is expected to fall as air temperatures are forecast to fall below 12c after this coming weekend. The weather system is expected to remain easterly or north easterly for the most of next week.
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