Speaking to someone today who said salmon have got a long way upstream on the Test this season, mainly because of high flows all year. Plenty of redds have been seen at Wherwell and slightly above at Longparish which is fantastic news and offers superb spawning conditions. Most of the redds have a pair of salmon although the furthest upstream appears to only have a single hen fish, which got me wondering. Do salmon travel upstream already in pairs looking for suitable spawning ground or do they travel alone and hopefully meet up?! Could a fish find itself alone and unable to successfully spawn or would it just go back downstream?
Reg Wyatt
Reg Wyatt