Disaster! 24 hrs of lashing rain all Sunday and Sunday night and it was over 4ft on arrival this morning. We saw a couple of fish and one of the rods had a brief encounter but otherwise zip. B…..r it!
Archive | River Tay
Tay and office closed 25th – 30th September
Please note that whilst I am up on the Tay there will only be limited staff available at my office and I apologise for any delay in dispatching orders or responding to queries whilst I am away. For those coming to the Tay, we had a good lift of water last night (Fri) and with […]
Autumn three day Salmon Fishing & Speycasting course 25th – 27th September 2017
I have at last got the dates sorted for my autumn courses which I am moving to Dalmarnock on the Tay this September. You can find all the details in my shop under Courses & Tuition – Tay or by clicking here as ever places offered on a first come first served basis. If you […]
Murthly on Tay 7th April 2017
Donald’s comment on the conditions: “If you arrived to fish at this time of year and got these conditions you would think you had won the lottery!” Water 1ft 1ins on Tony’s gauge, 45 degrees, mild and slight cloud, light breeze. So we fished furiously all day for not so much as a pull… until […]
Murthly Castle on Tay 6th April 2017
Perfect water height and lovely fishing conditions. Seen several fish but other than one on for about 3 or 4 minutes on a fly from the boat on the upper water, absolutely nothing to show for our efforts. Strange game this!
Murthly Castle on Tay 5th April 2017
River down to 1ft 5ins on Caputh gauge. Overcast and strong downstream wind making casting on some of the pools tricky. Nothing from the Upper Water but on Stenton fishing in Tony’s boat, just before lunch Cecil D landed a fresh fish of 8lbs. Then, just as soon as they got the boat back out, he immediately […]
Murthly Castle on Tay 4th April 2017
Water 1ft 9in yesterday fining down to 1ft 6ins today and just coming to the right height where we will start to hold fish. Several fish seen today and we had three encounters, two from Donald’s boat on the lower water and one from Tony’s boat on the upper water. Possibly running fish still moving […]
Dalmarnock 1st April 2017
The river level held stubbornly at 3ft on the gauge for the day, dropping barely an inch by close. Frustrated by the awkward height Colin put the boats out for a harl on our last afternoon to see if we could get someone into a fish and he hooked what he reckoned was a big […]
Dalmarnock Tay 31st March 2017
Water rising all day on heaving rain last night and this morning. 3ft on Colin’s gauge as we left and still rising. Several more fish seen going through but they aren’t stopping for anything. Oh bother…. or words to that effect.
Dalmarnock 30th March 2017
Basic course with 6 novices and 3 more experienced rods so not a great deal of water coverage on the first day. But with the River at 2’5″ on Dalmarnock gauge after fairly heavy rain yesterday, it is still a little too high to stop fish running straight through. Fishing conditions were good with a slight upstream […]
