Cast of the day

THE salmon season kicked off with a bit more fanfare than usual with the presence of Scotland boss Steve Clarke.

- BY LOUIS FEROX

Hopefully World Cup qualification won't remain a once-in-a-generation event and it'll be a regular in the calendar again like salmon themselves.

As if to prove my point on salmon obsessives from last week, my mate was away with his wife at the weekend for a trip to Pitlochry and a wander along the Tummel.

I asked him how it was and while the scenery, food and company were fantastic ... one of the first things he did was book some days off and buy a new Salmon Fly Line System!

Modern salmon lines mean early spring fishing doesn't have to be the hard work that it once was with more adaptable and modular solutions available.

It's hugely technical at the top end and if you want it can be very nuanced with lines to suit about any water any day, for 90 per cent of anglers.