Description
Three-Day Spey Casting and Salmon Fishing Course.
I have now been running my Spey Casting and Salmon fishing courses for over 30 years and they are very popular. The course is structured to take anyone wanting fairly intensive tuition through a full programme of learning to Spey cast and to fish for salmon with double-handed rods. On this particular course the emphasis is on teaching and whilst there is a good chance of a fish at Dalmarnock, a lot of your time is spent learning rather than actually fishing and so don’t expect necessarily to catch a salmon.
There are a maximum of 6 rods on each course though others are welcome to join us and some like to stay on for the week and just fish whilst we are there. If you want to book fishing only it is listed in my shop as a separate category.
Dalmarnock is a lovely beat and ideal for teaching, with both banks, good access with some fishing from the banks and nice easy wading. The resident ghillie is Colin McFadyen a long-time Tay ghillie and excellent fisher.
In March and April the Tay can produce some of the best spring salmon fishing in Scotland. In common with most spring salmon rivers all fish must be returned.
The itinerary is roughly as follows but is adapted to suit those attending as well as the prevailing conditions:
Day One – Depart from the hotel at 8.45am
- Get kitted up at the hut.
- General talk about the programme, the beat, safety and tackle assembly.
- Then out onto the river for the morning session which will start with a demonstration of how to wade tactically and safely. Followed by an introduction to double-handed casting techniques with a floating line, including overhead roll and single Spey casts.
- Instruction and practice with one-to-one tuition.
- How to fish a typical pool with the floating line.
- Lunch at the hut (generally provided by the hotel).
- Hooking, Playing and Landing fish – The theory!
- Instruction and practice followed by a couple of hours of actual fishing in order to be able to relax and practice the techniques learned during the day.
Day two.
- Opposite bank for the Double Spey, the snake roll and casting off the opposite shoulder.
- Instruction and practice with one-to-one tuition.
- Controlling the speed of the fly.
- Lunch at the hut.
- River walk: Salmon fishing tactics/reading the water/where to concentrate your efforts.
- Instruction and practice followed by a couple of hours of actual fishing in order to be able to relax and practice the techniques learned during the day.
Day Three
- Casting sinking lines and sink tips.
- Instruction and practice with one-to-one tuition.
- Tactics with sinking lines and sink tips.
- Lunch at the hut.
- Salmon fishing and casting with single handed rods.
- Fishing under instruction.
- Sum up, re-cap and fault finder
The cost of the course in 2024 will be £340.00 This includes all fishing and tuition including the hire of fishing tackle should you need it. The cost does not include the usual ghillie’s tip (about £15/day/rod) or your accommodation for which my groups get a special rate in the Birnam House Hotel, Birnam by Dunkeld, Phone: 01350 728030.
Tariff: £78.00 per person per night DBB + Packed Lunch (based on Two persons sharing a Twin or Double Room) OR £98.00 per person per night DBB + Packed Lunch (based on single occupancy room)
You can book this course direct on line or by telephoning my office on 01342 850765.
