Archive | River Tay

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dalmarnock Tay 3rd September 24 River at 3ft 6ins after a 4ft rise overnight resulting from torrential rain during my journey north, and slightly coloured. A day with Colin on Dalmarnock whilst on my way north to the Shin. 2 fish – A 7lb Hen from the Bridge pool in the morning and a 9lb […]

Top Water – A washout. Water rose over a foot at night under torrential rain and was chocolate brown by the time we arrived. So all went home early. A sad end to the week, with just three fish off the lower water and all taken on the harl. An identical result to last year. […]

Lower Water: River 2ft all day. Heavy snow which settled then turned to rain later in the morning driven by our usual east wind – Joy. Nothing seen all morning then at about 3pm Cecil D got a fresh fish of 8lbs in the boat on a Kynoch. I saw another in the tail of […]