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.





A view from above the falls.



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.

Below are from today, Thursday when we hiked to Loch Frith Cheannardairdh.
Quite a steep hike up and no fish were biting today but a good cardio reset and it was a beautiful day.







Photo from back lawn of Croick Manse.  Max left today to catch a train to Glasgow.  I fly to London first thing to see my cousin Cleo.  Very excited… it’s been 20 years and I can’t wait to see her and Anto and catch up.  Katie and Tom are joining us for dinner as well so that’s just icing on the cake!
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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