Kroick Manse June 20-22
The week here has just flown by. Tues boys went golfing and we took dogs for a hike, read a bit, worked a bit and that was our day….lovely slow pace. In the morning Shane gave me some intro casting and line trying instruction on the front lawn. My casting has a long way to go but I’m looking fwd to getting on the river. Shane was pleased as we had a good hard rain today to bring water up in river. Wed we visited the falls just upstream from Kroick and then after lunch Shane took Max and I fly fishing until 830 pm. (It actually is quite addictive…I was surprised 😮)
My first Atlantic salmon caught on a fly - we put it back in just above the falls. Just a young one so Shane thought it was a sea trout at first until we netted it.

The pool below Max is where I caught mine and Max caught a sea trout and hooked a larger salmon but it got off before the net. Shane caught a nice Salmon from his hole at about 8:15 this evening. In the afternoon we fished the river below the falls for about 3-4 km downriver but we came back to these two holes before heading home.
Walking up the Blackwater above the falls.
Quite a steep hike up and no fish were biting today but a good cardio reset and it was a beautiful day.
Thanks so much to Melanie and Shane for your wonderful hospitality. Melanie is an amazing cook and I picked up a few tips and so enjoyed our time cooking together. Thx to Shane for his patience in stage one fly fishing instruction… a couple of lost flies and as I recall 3-4 casting knots (wind knots if we are being kind). I just loved learning the basics and can’t wait to buy my own rod and gear and work on my casting.
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