Esimating weight when C&R

[corsican dave]

sweet!  : size of the tail on that :shock:

skinny, tho'... :wink:  :lol: i've had quite a few like that this year

[Wildfisher]

skinny, tho'..

As A.K. Best once said to Gierach - that's why we just measure 'em.    :lol:

[ant0]

As A.K. Best once said to Gierach - that's why we just measure 'em.    :lol:

Aye skinny thing that would be a good fish if it put on some weight, but gave a good account of itself with that tail.  And you may not be able to tell from the photo but this fish was 30" long, honest  : 

[Wildfisher]

This is what makes it all so daft. That is a lovely fish even if it is a bit thin. So what if it weighed a bit more if it was  a bit fatter? It's still the same fish.

[ant0]

This is what makes it all so daft. That is a lovely fish even if it is a bit thin. So what if it weighed a bit more if it was  a bit fatter? It's still the same fish.

Indeed and I tend to rate a fish I've caught by it's colours these days, just as much as size, where a really small fish can outshine a bigger one for me if it has really lovely markings.

Like this wee one:
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And this in a different darker way:
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Just my own take on things and we all have our own thoughts, but if you're catching then a fish is a fish is a fish, and beats a blank.

[ant0]

PS: Interestingly those two fish are from the same water which I found odd - until I spoke to an old local guy who's fished it for likely 40+ years and gave me a full and interesting history on it the other day.  The water is fed by two separate burns, one a peaty one and one a stoney gravely one, with the resulting stark difference in colouring depending on which they spawn in. So I'm told anyway.

[corsican dave]

a belting tail on this one from today. sorry, couldn't find a set of scales anywhere. pound & a half? two tops? 18"
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[ant0]

That's a lovely looking fish and a belter of a huge tail.

[Wildfisher]

I'd put that one at 6lb 12oz on the Borthwick Scale.   :lol:

[corsican dave]

they've been fattening up on the daddies the last two weeks. the technique isn't that sophisticated; spot a rising fish then pop out a daddy on a long leader and either get an immediate hit or let it skate around a bit. the latter isn't going to win any friends from the Halford camp but it's arguably no different to swinging flies across a river...  :lol: five or six this evening makes it sound too easy, but i had to do a lot of sneaky-beaky crawling about. MUST do craig-e before season's end....