A week of frustrating water levels, about sums up our first week at Murthly this year. Just as the water was coming down to a good height (2′ and under) the week before – and yielding up 11 fish – a big rain belt swept through the west on the Sunday and up she went. 3′ […]
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Murthley report 11 th April
Still plagued by higher water than Murthley likes, on Wednesday Terry C. managed to get two fish 7lbs and 8lbs from the right bank of the Tronach whilst Tony in the boat managed three more 2 on the Harled fly one on a Kynoch. Yesterday under seemingly ideal conditions but the water still a little too high […]
Murthely Report 9th of April
We arrived with the water level at 3″ 7′ up from 2″2′ the previous day which was not an ideal height for Murthley but never the less Cecil D. got a 7 pounder from Sparrowmuir, Graham M. got a 10 pounder from the left bank of the Garth and two more fish were lost. On […]
Murthly before we go!
Just had a chat with Donald to get the conditions before we go up to Murthly on Sunday Water height just over 2ft but raining and the river rising a little today (Thursday) But there are fish around in good numbers. Donald had 2 on Monday off the bottom beat, one a 20lb fish on […]
Record Spring at Murthly Castle on Tay 2013
2013 was the best spring salmon fishing I have ever seen on the Tay – In my first April week, fishing Murthly 1. and Stenton on the River Tay, we landed 18 Springers, beating my previous best of 16. Then in early May running my courses on just the Murthly beat 1, we got another […]
Tay Report Week Ending 18th May 2013
Sorry for the rather sporadic reports but broad band here, I think means broad rubber-band, I am not even attempting to upload pictures or it will crash again. Anyway, the water has held at about 1ft 8ins since Saturday, still an awkward height for us. But we had 2 Salmon of 10lbs and 8lbs on […]
