Cargill- Cold and clear

This afternoon the Tay at Cargill is sitting at 7 inches above summer level. In the crystal clear water you can clearly see the cobbles which line the edge of the pot shot pool. These are remnants of the days when the pool was netted for salmon. The cobbles were used as a clean even surface on which a net could be fished easily. On the adjacent banking a mound is the only evidence left of the old fishing bothy.

 

 

The river temperature is hovering just above freezing with the air temperature dipping as low as -10 degrees once again. Pancake ice is forming in the quiter areas.