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Stanley was now almost 9 inches from tail to snout and would have been described in the human world ,as a smolt.
The Estuary of the Tay became his world and here, where the river was tidal, he tasted salt water for the first time

The Family were drawn by the tide and coaxed by the rain from Perth to Newburgh and up the freshwater channel, to Wester Flisk.
Here he and the other smolts chased eels and hid from the seals that foraged around Flisk point.
As there was no current to speak of, Stanley found his speed and control in this water exhilarating.
He never tired of flexing his fins there, running from the seals provided him with plenty of practise.

After some months of living between Newburgh and Wormit, Stanley and the other smolts were slowly and surely drawn by the tides, and the mysterious sounds reverberating along the ever deepening river bed,east ,towards the mouth of the estuary.
Under the Rail Bridge and under the Road Bridge, up past the West lights at Tayport and eventually out ofthe fresh water channel into deeper waters.
So filled with the spirit of adventure was he, that he thought only momentarily of the town he grew up in, as he passed it.

His appetite drove him and the family of roaming smolts south for a while.
They fed on sand eels mostly, the North-east coast of Fife was rich with them.
Eventually they were drawn North towards the open sea.

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from The Salmon​’​s Tail - Story and Music - J, released June 21, 2018
Phil Bancroft Soprano Sax
Kevin Murray Mandolin
John Rae Drums
Mario Caribe Fretless Bass

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Kevin Murray Dundee, UK

Composer, Musician, Songwriter - Tunesmith is shorter!
lives with a cat in a Glen in Scotland where the local wildlife tolerates and encourages students of Music.
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