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 […]
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2022 Season looks good to go!
By Michael Evans on February 3, 2022 in Facebook, International Rivers, Latest News, Little Saxbys Farm, River Tay
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 […]
Traquair, Tweed 3rd November 2021
Water was down to 2ft 6ins, just coming back to a better height… just as my week finishes. Another sea trout to at least give a tug but no fish for me. One small grilse was caught by one of the other rods but that was it for our three days on Traquair. BTW, for […]
Traquair, Tweed 2nd November 2021
Water 3ft 6in down to 2ft 9ins today… frustratingly still not a good height. But at least at this height you stand a chance if a head of fish comes through. Sadly they did not. I only saw two fish all day and had a single pull from one of the old residents. That was […]
Traquair, Tweed 1st November 2021
River dropped a couple of foot or so over Sunday to 3ft 7ins and still fairly coloured but fishable. Not a good height as new fish tend to run straight through and the residents are hard to get down to. But I was lucky enough to get three sea-trout one of about 3 to 4lbs […]
Fairnilee, Tweed 30th October 2021
Still no let up from the relentless rain until about 2pm today. River still just under the 6ft mark having been up to 7ft in the night and still very dirty. Gave it a try though, fishing the slower and thinner bits of water, but neither saw nor touched anything. Probably a case (which I […]
Fairnilee Tweed 29th October 2021
Oh dear…. Water rose to 9ft yesterday with widespread flooding along the valley. Down to just under 6ft on the gauge by lunchtime today but more heavy rain had the river rising yet again and still very coloured. A pleasant aside though was to visit the falls on the Leithen and watch the salmon and […]
Tweed 28th October 2021
Arrived last evening crossing an already flooded Teviot and Ettrick to find Upper Tweed still clear – just! Overnight heavy rain and the river 7ft this morning rising to 9ft by lunchtime. The main excitement of the day was watching a picnic table come past, thankfully without the picnickers!
Trout & Salmon Courses 2022
Trusting that you are well and have come through the Covid ordeal without too much pain or sadness, I have just posted up the initial dates for my Trout & Salmon Courses in 2022. See dates and prices in my shop. There are not many places left on the salmon courses because most of my […]
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 […]
