We just returned from the River Oykel in Scotland courtesy of Son in Law Edward . It is located in Northern Scotland, so far North in fact, that it wouldn’t get dark until almost 11 p.m. and would start to get light around 3 a.m.. Needless to say it is a beautiful place and is very comfortable . The low the morning we left was 45 degrees. The river was full of salmon, as you could see them jumping, but they do not feed once the come in to fresh water. No one knows why they do bite but it is thought that aggression has something to do with it. Edward was able to make three mad and two other people in our crowd caught one. One who thought it would be good to try to fish a bit and caught one on the fourth cast. Go figure. Some photos of the trip.

     

     

  

We cooked some salmon on the bank of the river, about as fresh fish as you can have. Edward brought fine wines and champagne. Everything was wonderful in a beautiful setting.  I felt lucky to be there.