Thanks, Evan. The fly rods were anywhere from 10 ft up to a whopping 16 ft. Two hands had to be used for casting the fly. I have never seen such long fly-rods in my life. The river that ran through the castle grounds connected with the North Atlantic and a mile or so from the castle, the river flowed from a lake. People fished for trout and salmon in the lake, but were fishing exclusively for salmon in the river. This was the end of the salmon--run season, and the last day of the season was October 30. The picture was taken on September 29, my birthday.
Many of the autos parked at the castle had mounted fly-rods on the front hoods/roofs, similar to what one sees in snow-skiing country. I should have taken a pic of the mounted rods. When we arrived at the Castle Hotel mid-day, and had lunch in the 350 year old pub, there was a nice, 8 lb salmon sitting on a platter in the pub. The fish had been caught that morning and the restaurant was going to cook it that evening for the hotel guest that caught it. How neat!
