Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Reports and Prospects May 2009.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Reports and Prospects May 2009.

Tay Reports

Weekly Report for week ending 2nd May 2009.
Last week reported 49 spring salmon which was a reasonable catch for a week despite unsettled water conditions. We had very unsettled river levels with a lot of heavy rain during the week. There were again salmon reported from all over the district which was very positive for this coming week. There were other fish caught and not reported. Best salmon of the week was a 27lbs salmon off the Cargill beat caught on a spinner. Again this past week salmon are being caught on a regular basis at Portnacraig at Pitlochry. Coupar Grange had 3 in a day on the Isla and a superb 26lbs spring salmon was caught on the fly on the Murthly stretch which was carefully returned by Ghillie Tony Black.

The river temperature rose to 52/53 degrees Fahrenheit or 11/12 degrees Celsius allowing salmon to run freely throughout the system and bring on the floating line fishing for fly fishers.

The river has settled back for the week making conditions excellent for spring fishing despite being on the low side. This coming week conditions are more unsettled which should bring some fresh water and encourage catches assuming the run strengthens.

If you have any news or pictures of catches or experiences on the Tay and you would like to share them please email me on stanley.fishing@ukonline.co.uk

Bob Hunter with a lovely fresh 8 pounds salmon caught fly fishing on the Benchil beat last Friday. The sea liced salmon was carefully returned to the river.

Prospects for the week commencing 4th May 2009.
As of Monday morning the prospects on the Tay look good however there is the prospect of some unsettled weather this coming week. This can only freshen the river and encourage salmon to run as the river is running quite low after settling back after the rain of last week.

The water temperature is about 52/53 degrees Fahrenheit or 11/12 degrees Celsius which should encourage the progress of salmon up the system. These conditions are certainly benefiting the middle and Upper River.
There is good availability throughout the river so why not have a go.

As to methods, the river is settled and at a good height, the most likely method of catching a Springer in the Tay this week will favour all methods with settled water. There will certainly be good conditions for fly fishing with a higher river temperature now encouraging floating lines. Spinning from boat and bank are also favoured. Harling remains a popular method on the Tay.

Finally all anglers are reminded that the Tay's policy for spring 2009 has changed due to the weak spring run and to comply with the other rivers we now recommend that every angler should release all salmon caught each day. Spring salmon are an extremely precious resource. Please do what you can to ensure their numbers are allowed to conserve them and produce more spring salmon for the future.

If you have any news or pictures of catches or experiences on the Tay and you would like to share them please email me on stanley.fishing@ukonline.co.uk


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