Well, not much I can add other than to say what a shame. We saw nothing and had not so much as a pull for the sixth and last day in a row despite an overcast day with occasional rain. The river is now so low there is not even much fishable water, so I […]
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River Verdal, Norway 19th June 2026
River now on its bones with very little fishable water and blazing sunshine for most of the day. One of the other guys reported a tug this morning, but neither myself, Cecil or Eric have even seen fish as yet let alone annoyed one. Not much else one can say.
River Verdal, Norway 18th June 2026
Perfect fishing day, light rain and a slight upstream breeze. We fished the home pool and Mickies pool below, sadly to no avail. In the afternoon Robert took us way up river to a beautiful pool in the hills, but again sadly we never saw a fish. hopefully the others will have some better news […]
NORWAY – Before we go 2026
RIVER VERDAL, Near Trondheim, Norway. Week beginning 15th June 2026. Very much looking forward to our return to Norway this weekend. We will be fishing with John Olav Oldren and staying at his Tingvoll Lodge. The river conditions look fairly good from here, with the river running with plenty of water and several large fish […]
15th April 2026 – Little Saxbys Farm Trout fishing cancelled.
TROUT FISHING AT THE FARM CANCELLED I have just returned from Scotland to find my lakes choked up with weed, two months earlier than usual thanks to the incredibly mild winter, and worse, the trout I stocked a few weeks ago have completely disappeared, so I suspect I have been poached whilst I was away […]
Dalmarnock, Tay. Week ending 11th April 2026.
As reported earlier, the week at Dalmarnock began with the remnants of Storm Dave (who names these things – Dave, really?!) which bought down a flood which we could have done without. But at least the weather stayed nice for the course which I ran Monday to Wednesday. I never expect much in the way […]
Dalmarnock, Tay 10th April 2026
Water 2’3 on Caputh gauge (3′ on Dalmarnock gauge) overcast and cold upstream wind. Cecil saw a fish in the Summerhouse pool in the morning so we went over to try it from the right bank in the afternoon and I was lucky enough to land a cracking bar of silver – a hen of […]
Dalmarnock, Tay 9th April 2026
2′ 7″ on the Caputh gauge (3’6″ on Colins gauge) and running clear with a nice mild overcast day and the odd shower. Perfect conditions for fishing but not a good height for the beat. At this middle height the fish tend to run through without stopping. Anyway, it would have been encouraging to at […]
Dalmarnock, Tay 8th April 2026
Tay down to 3′ 3″ and clear. Overcast for the morning but then bright sun all afternoon. Cecil D hooked a running fish in the tail of the Summerhouse Pool this morning but it ran upstream and then fell off. Runners can be very frustrating like that. We also learned this morning that one of […]
Dalmarnock, Tay 7th April 2026
River down to 3′ 1″ on the Caputh gauge over night, then rose a little during the day as the sun melted snow off the hills, but it remained gin clear and as I have said many times, bright sun and clear water at whatever level does not help. So, despite lots of good effort […]
