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River Report (June 23 – 30, 2013) Our friends from New Hampshire arose very early Sunday morning and departed for home at 4:00 am. Our new group of anglers arrived on the noon flight from Toronto. Mr. Govan is new to salmon angling but was keen to learn and had read some material on salmon fishing by Gary Anderson. His guide, Percy Annett, was on hand in the afternoon to give some casting instruction. Mr. Govan did well and later that day released his first Atlantic salmon. It was a fourteen pound fish that was taken at Roughwater pool, on a large Tiger Ghost. Monday was the warmest day we have had so far this season and the temperature at 10:00 am was 30 degrees Celsius. Mr. Govan took the opportunity to see more of the Saint John River and did the upstream canoe trip that morning. He enjoyed it immensely and was rewarded with a twelve pound fish, taken from Countess pool on the same fly, Tiger Ghost. Anglers have been doing very well upstream recently, with fish stopping regul
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River Report (August 04 – 11, 2013) Our group of anglers from New Hampshire stayed on for the first half of the week. We were expecting Mr. Allwarden to join them but he had other obligations at home. They did a bit of fishing on their own on Sunday. In the morning Mr. McCartney and Mr. Phillips fished Roughwater and Mr. Roedel at McDonald. Fish were surfacing in Roughwater but not touching the fly. Mr. McCartney and Mr. Roedel went to McDonald later that afternoon. Mr. McCartney prefers a dry fly and was using the Aqua Blue Bomber when he hooked a twenty pound fish. Both anglers had a good time getting the fish to shore while just wearing running shoes. We were very fortunate to receive rain showers on both Monday and Tuesday. The water level has been slowly rising from 53 ¼ inches on Monday to 56 ½ inches on Wednesday. The water temperature has also dropped slightly to 54 degrees Fahrenheit. Mr. Bruce Patterson of Sunny Bank was invited by the group for breakfast and some fi