Tay Reports
Weekly Report for week ending 29th August 2009.
Last week reported 144 Salmon and 8 Sea Trout which was a far better catch despite yet again unsettled conditions. We had unsettled weather during the week with heavy down pours making the river rise and fall on a regular basis. August is now being reported as the wettest on record. There is now plenty of water in the river encouraging salmon to run.
There were other fish being caught and not reported. There does now seem to be a good spread of Salmon throughout the district and at last a far stronger run with Grilse in the main stem of the river.
Best salmon of the week were 18lbs summer salmon off the Cargil beat and Upper Scone beat.
Other notable catches included 8 in one day off the Kercock beat on Friday and 6 off the Benchil and Pitlochrie beat on Tuesday.
The river in general has picked up this last week which is heartening after a lean spell over the last few weeks
This past week saw a spread of catches throughout the river which certainly looks good for the coming weeks. The Grilse run still has improved but hopefully will get better in the coming weeks. Encouragingly there are quite a lot of good summer salmon running the river.
The river temperature has now dropped just below 60 degrees Fahrenheit or 15 degrees Celsius due to all the rain.
May I remind anglers coming to the Tay about the Catch and Release policy which is that all hen salmon and sea trout caught should be returned and large male salmon over 15 pounds to preserve sport for the future. It goes without saying that all red fish should returned as well.
Newtyle ghillie,David Steele, with his 11lber taken from the Lairds Bank on 27th August 2009. The fish was returned.
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
Thank you for the contributions so far .
Prospects for the week commencing 31st August 2009.
The river now has plenty of water with all the rain and is running at a good height. Unfortunately the weather for this coming week looks unsettled again. Hopefully any showers will not be too heavy to alter the river levels.
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The run has strengthened so prospects look much better going into September this coming week.
The water temperature is now just below 60 degrees Fahrenheit or 15 degrees Celsius with all the rain and fresh water.
The river is running at a good height which will allow salmon to run the entire river Tay.
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 Tay Salmon 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.. The rise in river temperature should encourage baits spun upstream and retrieved quickly.
Finally all anglers are reminded that the Tay's policy for Catch and Release in 2009 we now recommend that every angler should release all hen salmon caught each day and all Sea Trout. We also recommend that all male salmon over 15 pounds should be released and certainly any red fish . Salmon are an extremely precious resource. Please do what you can to ensure their numbers are allowed to conserve them and produce more 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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2 comments:
the under ghillie is catching me up :-)
Nice fish baldy
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