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River Ure 2023
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Iv just stopped for lunch at Thoresby. The track isn’t too muddy but there are some big bumps! Iv not seen anything other than a couple of nice troot, but was told by someone on the opposite bank that they took a 19lber out this morning! Fingers crossed for the afternoon…
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
Thanks Michael, much appreciated. A trip to the mechanics or long route march with all the kit, are worth avoiding. Not necessarily 'lucky me' over the next week on the Ure (?), but its well worth knowing for the future anyway - it's the only location I can realistically fish, without stopping overnight. I received an update to the Keilder release this morning and it's showing lots of 16.8 cumecs for the coming week. Never fished it that 'high' so need to think what are the best options available.
Thanks Alex, I will look out for those. The parking is fine at Bolton below - I parked near the bridge just off the public road and didn't find the walk to the hut that bad. I have read the fish up there typically don't show themselves too much (?) On the day I was lucky, I would have sworn there was nothing there. But from the catch reports later, I think there was plenty passing beneath me.
Thanks for the update. I had a hunch you were going to get one - wrong ! From the kilgram guage, it looks like the water was rising slowly from midday. Not sure if that amount would have made any difference or not.
I have just seen a photo of that fish. Apparently it was caught on a single-hander trout rod and the angler had to do a 'sprint' down the rapids to keep up with it. Your fly might have passed just in front of it earlier in the day !
I eventually decided to go to the Eden this week after quite a lot of thought. Fish caught in the vicinity both days (and prior this week) but not by me unfortunately. Some fairly fresh jumping fish had taken up residence at a junction and kept me interested - but they were the sort you can never seem to catch.
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Ashley. How did you fish Swindon and what is the wadding like
Well, you defo need a wading staff.... very unstable underfoot are the top pools.
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With the water down at Summer Low it will be very quiet. The fish that ran up in July and early August will now be completely comatose and uncatchable. It's not worth going out until we get some more water to pull up some fresh fish and stir things up.
I fished at Swinton on Monday and saw a little action. Caught a 4/5lb fish which was either a large brownie or a coloured sea trout - either way a nice fish.
Saw a decent salmon top and tail in Madges but otherwise levels pretty low and a lot of slimy weed about.
Nonetheless an autumn day on the Ure is always a joy!
Saw a decent salmon top and tail in Madges but otherwise levels pretty low and a lot of slimy weed about.
Nonetheless an autumn day on the Ure is always a joy!
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You will want to be out next week! Nothing like a good 8 foot spate for flushing out the gunge, freshening the river and getting salmon on the move. A spate of this size will trigger fish that have been waiting in the Humber and out at sea. Like many other rivers the Ure fishes best on falling and clearing water, provided that any lift was big enough to get salmon on the move.
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Was out again this morning on the YFFC water above Masham. The level looked good and lots of decent trout were taking the salmon flies, but didn’t see or connect with anything bigger. This is my first year on this beat so may be targeting the wrong areas/still a novice SFF (although the pools look fishy and I’m working through the great advice in ‘just one week’ ; I’ve only met members trout fishing so not sure if salmon do ever hold up here. By catching the river here in its initial sweet spot after a big lift am I missing the fact that the Salmon need to have more time to come up from the Humber so its more like lift +4/5 days to reach Masham if not had succession of big lifts? Most trips to the Eden over last couple of months, I’ve seen at least one Salmon moving but seen that possibly only once here, does that reflect lack of fish or different habits / beats?
Just returned home from a day at Swinton. I thought today would be a great opportunity to get out after two large lifts in the water levels on Tuesday and Thursday. I arrived just after sunrise at around 7:15am with the Masham gauge reading steady at 0.48m. The river looked perfect, good clarity and enough water to swing the fly effectively. Throughout the day I fished very hard and covered all 9 pools, fishing the top pools quite a few times using a variety of flies and tactics. Sadly I saw no sign of Salmon. That being said, the trout were out in full force I must have had over 30 with a couple around the 2-3lb mark. Good sport even on the 13 footer, although it did get a little frustrating at times.
Nevertheless a lovely day out in the countryside, though the Yorkshire Salmon continues to elude me. Seems to be a poor year all round despite the favourable conditions in comparison to the last few seasons.
Nevertheless a lovely day out in the countryside, though the Yorkshire Salmon continues to elude me. Seems to be a poor year all round despite the favourable conditions in comparison to the last few seasons.
From what I understand, the fish can travel up river fairly quickly. I am sure I have seen some photos of Sea Liced Springers on the Ure caught fairly high up in the system. In my experience fish in spate rivers such as the Ure don't tend to show themselves as frequently as on rivers like the Eden. I have only seen a handful on the Ure and that was down in the deep water between the Ripon Canal entrance and Westwick during early Autumn 2021 when it was particularly dry and the fish likely couldn't move further upstream.
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There are some things to bear in mind:
- The Ouse/Ure is a very long river: the distance from Spurn Point to Masham as the water flows is close to 100 miles, which is longer the almost every other salmon river in the UK (it's 120+ to Aysgarth Falls). It takes time for the signal of raised water to reach the Humber before the salmon start running.
- They're not mechanical! Some fish may come in the spring, and then drop anchor in the deep runs around Boroughbridge, while others will go all the way to Thoresby (provided there's enough water to get over Mickley and not so much as to make Redmire impassable). I've seen runners in Thoresby in April/May, mostly big fish. The earliest I've caught a silver fish up there is the end of May, and the latest in the first week of September. However, there's no way a salmon could run that far and still be holding lice.
- Cruising speed of a salmon running determinedly is about 3 mph. They tend to run faster later in the year when their hormones are telling them to get a move on.
- As Sal mon noted above, Ure fish aren't showy, until the pools get loaded late in the season and male friction comes into play.
Thanks for the insight Michael and thank you for your many posts, blog posts and your YouTube video. The information has been invaluable in the pursuit of Yorkshire silver! Ben
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Wholeheartedly agree and much appreciated. Still hoping my first salmon to actually reach the net could be a Yorkshire fish, so thanks for the advice . Good to know that lack of show doesn't necessarily mean no fish. Incidently, if the Ure 2023 feels tough , try the S Yorks Don, but perhaps the total lack of show is not as bad as I thought……. I did recently read a letter in T+S of someone who had taken the same beat on I think the Tweed for the last 5 years, for a week a time and not caught and was all set to book again, so it did inspire me to try the Don more now the fish passes are in, where I could get similar odds for nil £, but where the pike ambushes will keep you awake between hoping for unicorn-like straying salmon.
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