Record Salmon Catches 2010!

The 2010 Arundell Arms salmon season has been one to remember.
With a highly disappointing 12 salmon for the season up to the end of September, we were desperate for rain. It came at the start of October, and a lovely clear flood brought the fish up. In the last 14 days of the season, Arundell Arms rods landed an amazing 42 salmon, bringing the total to 54 (51 released) for the season. The first week of October was a hotel record with 27 fish landed in the week. We landed 11 in a day (another record) and regular rod Gerald Spiers landed 6 in a day (another record!). If only the rain had arrived sooner.

Some pictures of happy faces...!

Some recent pictures...

... of some of the larger fish caught recently. We haven't yet had the usual influx of smaller sea trout, but some great fish have been caught by anglers putting in the time...



G.Spiers, 3lb, Thunder & Lightning Pool


D.Chapman, 5lb (returned), Silver Doctor Pool


T.Smith, 4 1/2lb (returned), Silver Doctor Pool


T.Smith, 3 1/2lb (returned), 3B Weir Pool


A. Jones, salmon 12-13lb est (returned), Quarry Pool

Is that a salmon in your flashlight?

Via Treehugger.com comes the news that sprinkling a bit of salmon DNA nanofibers on the internals of an LED light can allow researchers to create a long lasting white LED's that can be tuned to other colors.

Fluorescent dyes (two different ones, spaced between 2 and 10 nanometers from each other) are added to the DNA molecules, which are then spun into nanofibers. These are very durable because DNA is a particularly strong polymer (it has to be!) (they should last 50 times longer than acrylic, for example).

Any of your salmon anglers ever have glowing hands after catching a big buck?