How would you describe what a perfect few fishing days should be like? Nice fishing conditions but challenging at times? The fishing not too easy and so all the more rewarding when success comes through putting in the effort and searching the water? The chance of not only a nice run of Grilse but some bigger fish too? Well East […]
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David Monk checks out…
I am very sad to have to report that David Monk finally passed away yesterday (19th June) at the age of 94. David will be well known to many of my fishing friends and pupils as he was a regular at Upper Caberston and my Murthly Castle Scottish salmon courses and came on many of my overseas trips. […]
Field & Country Fair 10th 11th & 12th June 2016
I will be doing my thing at Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire 10th, 11th & 12th June 2016. Demonstrations and hands on tuition over the three days down at the lakes with Hywel Morgan. Please do come along. At least the last demonstration I did had a keen audience!
Tay week of 2nd May 2016 – ends on a bonanza!
As previously reported, the first couple of days of the week were spoiled by a lift in water to nearly 4ft but as the river dropped as the week went on, so our chances improved. Saturday ended our week with a veritable bonanza, after I had had to leave early in the morning to drive south for […]
Tay report Monday May 2nd 2016
So much for perfect conditions and low water. Water just over the 1ft 6in mark when we arrived this morning. Thank goodness I thought, the heavy rain we had last night must have not fallen in the west. Got the team started and saw several fish… any minute now I thought… and then a large […]
Tay on arrival Sun 1st May 2016
The river at the Caputh Bridge is standing steady at around the 1ft (pipe well out of the water) mark despite some considerable snow in the hills and fairly heavy rain on the drive up. According to Fishtay Tony had 25 on Stenton and Upper Murthly last week so there must be a good few fish about. […]
Tay April week Summary 2016
Post script 14th April 2016 – Having reported below, to prove the water height importance at Murthly, Donalds new group got 6 fish from the Lower Water on Monday including a 20 pounder and has had another three that I know about since. Water height 1ft 6ins! Well that’s two consecutive years when the weather […]
Tay report 8th April 2016
At last water down to a near sensible height (2ft 1ins) and as predicted a lot more activity. Several pulls reported by different rods and a fish lost for John E on the Green Bank. But at least we did managed to land a brace of nice fresh 10 pounders for the book. One for John M from […]
Courses 29th & 30th March 2016
Despite storm Katie’s best efforts to spoil the fishing for my novices on Tuesday and Wednesday by dirtying the water with the run off from over an inch of rain, we were very successful. The fish were well up in the water feeding on buzzer and some early olives and we managed to get everyone […]
Trout season opens!
We opened the new trout season at the Farm yesterday and what a cracking day. Chris J, ever the early bird, was down at the lakes by 7.30 and even though it was still pretty cold, he connected after about half an hour, landing our first trout of the season. […]
