More blazing sun and very low water conditions… At least we saw three fish today. Two in the Clackentaggart and one in Dalmarnock Bank. Cecil D had a hold of one for a short encounter fishing Dalmarnock Bank but it came unstuck sadly. Some cloud is forecast for the last day of the course tomorrow. […]
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Dalmarnock, Tay 7th April 2025
Water down to 8inches on the gauge, lower than I have ever seen it in April. That is the good news. At this height the fish have to slow up and the water is more easily covered. The bad news is that the sun blazed down on us all day from a cloudless sky and […]
The Tay, before we go.
With the Tay currently running at just over a foot on the Caputh gauge, fly fishing conditions are as good as it it gets at the moment. Spring fish are still able to run at this height but will be slowed down and more accessible, particularly on Dalmarnock where there is plenty of fishing from […]
Fairnilee, Tweed 2nd November 2024
Water 7″ and still very warm for the time of year, so I think oxygen content must be low and hence a reluctance to take. Certainly no shortage of fish this week. Not even a tug for any of the Fairnilee rods that I knew of before I left at 2.30 for the long drive […]
Fairnilee, Tweed November 1st 2024
Water down to 8ins, gin clear and very mild. Learned at the hut this morning that 2 of our fishers caught fish of 11 and 25lbs last night as it was getting dark on full floating lines and tiny flies – for heavens sake, in November! Anyway well done to them. Needless to say I […]
Fairnilee, Tweed 31st October 2024
Happy Halloween! Water ebbing away, 10″ on the Peebles gauge. Nasty downstream wind and bright sun, none of which assisted our cause. Disappointment also to see that Sunderland Hall have cut down all the trees opposite Arras’s Putt so no shade now. And, Wattie’s famous “third Poplar” tree is no longer! The Sunderland Hall rods […]
30th October 2024 Traquair, Tweed.
Water down to about 10″ on the gauge and getting on the low side. but a nice mild fishing day. In the morning, I got a really quite fresh 5lb fish from the top beat, but felt sorry for it so put it back – we can still keep a fish if fresh and a […]
Traquair, Tweed 29th October 2024
The small rise of water we had yesterday has dropped away (about 10″ on the Peebles gauge) and we saw fewer fish moving today. However, I managed a 4lb cock Grilse from below the road bridge, a 9lb fish was landed at the Mound and a 13lb fish from the New house pool (middle beat […]
Tweed, Traquair 28th October 2024 a big fish!
Water 1ft on the gauge and stead all day. Mild and light breeze. Perfect conditions. 3 fish that I know of on Traquair today and I was lucky enough to catch two of them and lost another. This one my best Scottish fish to date from the junction with the Leithen, Measured and witnessed by […]
7th September 2024 River Shin, Sutherland.
Salmon fishing can be a great leveler! Just when you think you have pretty much nailed it, it can come back to bite you. Saturday on the lovely little river Shin, dawned with a heavy mist lifting off the loch and the inevitable midge hatch. But they were soon blown away along with the clouds […]
