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Murthly Castle, Tay 6th April 2024
Top Water – A washout. Water rose over a foot at night under torrential rain and was chocolate brown by the time we arrived. So all went home early. A sad end to the week, with just three fish off the lower water and all taken on the harl. An identical result to last year. […]
Murthly Castle, Tay 5th April2024
Lower Water: River 2ft all day. Heavy snow which settled then turned to rain later in the morning driven by our usual east wind – Joy. Nothing seen all morning then at about 3pm Cecil D got a fresh fish of 8lbs in the boat on a Kynoch. I saw another in the tail of […]
Murthly Castle, Tay 4th April 2024
Top Water: River 2ft 2ins dropping to 2ft during the day. Overcast and still the cold upstream wind. But at least we didn’t get wet. We fished hard but for no reward. Never saw or touched anything all day. Apparently they caught fish on Lower Newtyle, the next beat above us, so maybe our run […]
Murthly Castle, Tay 6th April 2024
Top Water – A washout. Water rose over a foot at night under torrential rain and was chocolate brown by the time we arrived. So all went home early. A sad end to the week, with just three fish off the lower water and all taken on the harl. An identical result to last year. […]
Murthly Castle, Tay 5th April2024
Lower Water: River 2ft all day. Heavy snow which settled then turned to rain later in the morning driven by our usual east wind – Joy. Nothing seen all morning then at about 3pm Cecil D got a fresh fish of 8lbs in the boat on a Kynoch. I saw another in the tail of […]
Murthly Castle, Tay 4th April 2024
Top Water: River 2ft 2ins dropping to 2ft during the day. Overcast and still the cold upstream wind. But at least we didn’t get wet. We fished hard but for no reward. Never saw or touched anything all day. Apparently they caught fish on Lower Newtyle, the next beat above us, so maybe our run […]
SCOTLAND TOUR… Sometimes I despair!
Scotland Tour September 5th to 27th 2023. There are times when I truly despair! 5th September we drove up to stay with Cecil D on the Spey at Grantown and fish a couple of days on Tulchan A beat with John Anderson the ghillie. We arrived at the beat to find the water level off […]
Tweed 29th October 2022
FAIRNILEE. Water remained stubbornly at 2ft 4ins all day but at least the wind dropped a little so there were slightly fewer leaves. Fewer being a relative term! However, it was refreshing, particularly in light of our chances of ever returning to Russia being almost non-existant and my missing the fun we have had with […]
Tweed 28th October 2022
FAIRNILEE Water height remained stubbornly at 2ft 6ins all day and wind causing lots of leaves did not help our cause. However, I was lucky and managed a hen fish of 12lbs from the tail of Russells Rock and a 15lb cock fish from Rae Weil. Very welcome I can assure you! On a more […]
Still here and…. Sea Fishing!
Having not posted since my April Salmon courses I thought I should mention that I am at least still here first. No thanks to a very nasty six or so weeks of “new” Covid, bought back from India by Jacky. And this after (I might add for the record) having had Covid in early 21 […]
Trout season open at the farm
The trout season got well underway at the farm this last week with glorious weather and near perfect conditions. Opening day for the syndicate was held with the traditional lunch after a Covid gap of two years. Chris J caught our first fish of the season, but everyone enjoyed success including Nick J taking a […]
2022 Season looks good to go!
After one of the mildest (so far) winters on record and the lifting of most Covid restrictions, 2022 is shaping up to be, thankfully, something more normal. TROUT LAKES: Here at the farm, the mild winter has given me the chance to build a new teaching platform, do a full winter weed cut and clear […]
2022 Season looks good to go!
After one of the mildest (so far) winters on record and the lifting of most Covid restrictions, 2022 is shaping up to be, thankfully, something more normal. TROUT LAKES: Here at the farm, the mild winter has given me the chance to build a new teaching platform, do a full winter weed cut and clear […]
Iceland East Ranga 4th – 8th July 2021
A CAST AT LAST!!! 2 years from my last overseas salmon fishing trip which was East Ranga 2019, packing the gear seemed almost surreal. Jumping the various Covid Grand National fences nearly had one faller before we got off the ground. Android phones don’t like Luton Airport. Nor do I for that matter but with […]
Christopher Robinson
It is with great sadness that I learned yesterday of the death of Christopher Robinson. He had apparently been being treated for Cancer for the past few months. Christopher was the founding partner of Roxton Bailey Robinson, now Roxtons, with whom I have taken fly fishers all over the world for over 26 years. I […]
