The much promised heavy rain today turned out to be a quick shower. Typical. Nothing this morning from lower beat but this afternoon I managed to suitably annoy a stale grilse of about 5lbs in Cottages 4. At least it was one more for the book in a very tough season. I don’t know if […]
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River Shin, 2nd September 2025
Still none of the promised rain. I really wonder if the Met Office do little more than look out of the window and post the current conditions. So still hard work and no sign of any new fish reaching us. Despite that, I did manage to winkle out a hen fish of about 11lbs from […]
River Shin, 1st September 2025
Nice day, overcast with occasional sun but none of the promised rain, just an irritating strong upstream wind. A few stale grilse seen in the river but none showed the slightest real interest in anything. We really need rain and lots of it to bring up some new fish.
31st August 2025 Lairg Lodge, River Shin
Just arrived at Lairg. Reports of spates in rivers on the west coast over the weekend, but no serious rain has reached this catchment all summer, as yet. Fortunately the Shin has compensation water from the dam and so is still fishable but it badly needs fresh water to bring the fish up. Alec reports […]
Disaster! I have had to abandon my trip to Norway.
I am really pissed off! I returned from Spain last week and was all packed and ready for my trip to Norway and the River Verdal, staying with John Olav Oldren. Then two days ago I went down with the latest Covid/man-flu/lergy – They don’t even bother to test you to say which these days. […]
Return to Norway Wk 22-29th June 2025, River Verdal
I have just booked a week at the Tingvoll Lodge on the River Verdal in the Trodelag region of Norway. Bit last minute, but John Olav Oldren, who I haven’t seen for many years, offered me an opening at what I think is a very reasonable price. A lot of rods had their fishing cancelled […]
Dalmarnock, Tay, Wk 7th – 12th April 2025
The weather never ceases to amaze. Last year a bitter-cold, overcast week with lots of water. This year it was hotter than Spain. We barely saw a cloud all week and the sun bought temperatures in the mid 20s every day. As ever with bright sun on low, gin-clear water, the fish were either just […]
Dalmarnock, Tay 11th April 2025
More of the same… Another day of baking hot sun from a cloudless sky. Water 1″ on Dalmarnock Gauge now – that’s about 6″ on Caputh gauge. I have never seen it this low, even in September. The talk now is a worry that there is no snow melt to come and the water is […]
Dalmarnock, Tay 10th April 2025
Little to be said other than another day of roasting hot weather and a blazing sun. Cecil saw a big fish right down the pool in Dalmarnock bank but no touches. I don’t thing anyone (we had 6 rods fishing today, some spinning) touched anything all day. I certainly didn’t. Unfortunately more of the same […]
Dalmarnock, Tay 9th April 2025
Yet more blazing sunshine on a gin clear river. Nevertheless, we did see two or three fish and Howard M had a salmon boil at his fly in Dalmarnock Bank but it didn’t take. A pity we have had nothing to show for the guys on the course, but at least it was glorious to […]
