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Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Salmon fly fishing on the Lower Tay, Perthshire, Scotland August 2011.
I had a superb day at Benchil today on the lower Tay below Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland. I landed 6 salmon weighing 12, 17, 12, 12, 14 and 12 pounds on the fly from the long shot pool on a Carron Shrimp fly on a sink tip fly line. Not a bad day by anyone's standards.
This was the 17 pounds salmon. A sea liced typical autumn salmon from the Tay.
Into another on the fly. The salmon are playing very hard this year for some reason and you are tested to the limit to land them.
This was the 14 pounds salmon and again sea liced from the tail of the pool.
All the salmon were carefully released back to the river.
Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Salmon on the Lower Tay August 2011.
Ian Bennett from Northern Ireland with a lovely 14 pounds salmon caught on a Devon in the Todd Holes on the Benchil beat of the lower Tay just below Stanley, Perthshire.
Tom Jennings playing a salmon from the boat in the Long Shot on the Benchil beat.
Tom successfully lands a 5 pounds Grilse on a Devon spun from the boat. Hopefully this will signal the arrival of more grilse as they have been scarce this year.
Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 27th August 2011.
River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 27th August 2011.
The last full week of August on the Tay was again encouraging with better conditions giving the river another good week. Hopefully the river will remain settled for the current week and give us good prospects for the coming days. The grilse run is still weak but are being seen and caught but the run of top quality summer salmon remains remarkable.
The river temperature settled around 56 degrees Fahrenheit or 13 degrees Celsius giving the river favourable conditions.
322 salmon were reported last week.
On the lower river 252 fresh salmon were caught. The lower river is consistently producing as the conditions improve and the river level drops. Almondmouth had another good week with daily catches up to 18 salmon and all the lower beats have picked up fish on a regular basis. Double figure days were also achieved on Cargill with 10 on Monday.
Jim Ferrie enjoyed a good day on Benchil on Monday landing a 14 pounds salmon on a spinner then catching a superb 13 pounds salmon on the fly from the boat. Jim remarked the salmon on the fly fought harder than any salmon he had caught recently in Russia. That seems to be the general opinion of everyone this year as we continue to see a run of top quality salmon. The grilse are still absent in any number. At the end of the week Billy Matthews form Berwick enjoyed more success on the Benchil beat on fly and spinner.
Hopefully the river will remain settled and continue to drop for this coming week, which should make for excellent prospects and improved catches.
The middle river reported 55. The current conditions are at last favouring the middle beats with more settled water levels. The middle beats are seeing more grilse now, which is promising.
Allan Rennie continues to have success at Newtyle landing his twelfth salmon of the season fly fishing.
Most beats had some fish during the week with hopefully more to come. More information from this area would be welcome to expand on this report in the future.
On the upper river 15 were reported, which was an improvement from recent weeks after the current spates and fresh water as the salmon filter up to the upper beats.
The count at the ladder in Pitlochry is now over 6000, which is superb news for future years.
The Isla reported 0.
The Earn reported 0.
Many thanks for all the pictures everyone sent me of spring salmon and all who have sent me their individual fishing experiences this and last season on the river.
I would be most grateful if you to do the same this season by emailing me at robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in this report.
Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Prospects for the week commencing 29th August 2011.
River Tay Prospects for the week commencing 29th August 2011.
Currently the river is settled and the weather is to remain settled for the coming week which hopefully will not be too bad and give us reasonable fishing throughout the coming week. Watch out for the remains of Hurricane Irene at the end of the week. There are now the first signs of Grilse running the river along with good quality summer salmon and hopefully this will build into a good run over the coming weeks.
The weather is to be more settled for the week with the chance of some rain at the end of the week, hopefully this will give us less rain and not unsettle the river too much. The water temperature is around 56 degrees Fahrenheit or 13 degrees Celsius. The current weather conditions can be viewed here. Floating lines with sink tips are the order of the day!
Salmon fly fishing on the Tay.
The river temperature is rising and with fresh water, this will encourage salmon run throughout the river to be caught in all areas of the system. Hopefully there might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the lower, middle and upper river.
The river is running at a reasonable height meaning that salmon and grilse will still be running and favour the lower, middle and upper Tay beats conditions permitting. The encouraging grilse run in Summer 2010 might suggest that we will see more 2 sea-winter fish this year, so let’s hope that some of these turn out to be the early-running bars of silver that we are all hoping for. A run of Multi-Sea winter salmon are also running the Tay with now several salmon are being caught in the 20 plus pounds range which is superb news. A Malloch Trophy salmon is a real possibility!
There is good availability throughout the river so why not have a go.
As to methods, Spinning from the bank, fly fishing with sink tip floating lines and harling are the favoured Tay pursuits at this time of year. Currently we have excellent fly fishing conditions on the Tay with a number of salmon being landed on the fly recently.
Finally you are reminded that the Tay's conservation policy for the remainder of the season which is that all hen fish of any size and all cock fish over 10 pounds should be released. All coloured and gravid fish should be released. No more than one clean fish weighing, where possible, less than 10 pounds should be retained per angler per day.
Anglers should not use worms in September or October in any part of the district. Worming in June, July and August only. During the months of June, July and August the Board requests that worming should only be undertaken with Circle Hooks or Shelton release hooks which are designed to help prevent deep hooking. Contact the Tay Board for details of suppliers.
Please help preserve both them and the long term future of your sport by following the recommendations.
To help you follow our guidelines I have included these helpful pointers. How to SAFELY Release a Salmon
“The best method of releasing a salmon is to leave it in the water
and touch nothing but the hook with fingers or pliers.
“Whatever the method, care combined with speed, will give the fish the best chance of survival.”
Lee Wulff, Atlantic Salmon Journal Winter 1964/65
• Use barbless or pinched hooks
• Retrieve your fish quickly; release it immediately
• Keep the fish in the water
• Use rubber or knotless cotton net, if one must be used
• Cut the leader if necessary
• Remove the hook carefully
• Hold the fish gently in natural swimming position, facing upstream until it revives
• Don’t pump the fish. That is, don’t move the fish back and forth in the water.
How should hooks be removed? Very Carefully
In quiet water, bring the wild salmon quickly within reach. Leaving the salmon in water and without squeezing it, remove the hook carefully with pliers or thumb and forefinger. If a net must be used, it should be rubber or knotless cotton. If necessary, cut the leader near the fly and spare the fish.
James McKay from Perth about to release a spring salmon at Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland. The Science of Live Release
“Peer-reviewed science supports live release as a proven and effective conservation tool.”
Dr. Fred Whoriskey,
ASF Vice-President, Research & Environment
Studies in North America and Europe have shown live release works, and in some instances Atlantic salmon have been angled 2 and 3 times.
Science has shown that virtually all Atlantic salmon will survive when released, as long as the angler uses the proper techniques, refrains from angling in overly warm water, and does not overplay the Atlantic salmon.
Like athletes sprinting on a track, Atlantic salmon build up lactic acid in their muscle tissues when they are being played.
The Key is Oxygen – The fish need oxygen in order to recover and continue their journey.
To recover, Atlantic salmon need:
• careful handling by the angler to reduce stress
• to remain in the water where they can breathe and reduce the oxygen deficit in their tissues
• to be held in an upstream position for water to flow more easily across their gills
Photographing Your Spectacular Live Release Salmon.
Use a photo partner:
* Digital camera: make settings on the camera before you begin fishing or use a point and shoot film camera. Give it to your partner before the angling session.
* Whether a digital camera or a film camera, tell your partner to fill the frame, and take several images.
* If it is a film camera, be sure there is film in the camera. This may seem to be a simple matter, but mistakes do happen...
Let your Partner get into Position:
* Tell him/her what you are going to do. Alert your partner before you take the fish out of the water.
Support the Atlantic salmon:
* Carefully take the barbless hook out of the fish’s mouth. With rod tucked under your arm, move one hand to the base of the tail. With your other hand, support the fish under the forward part of its body. Keep it in the water, with the fish pointed upstream to help its recovery.
* If a third person is present, give him or her the rod to hold, so you can concentrate on the wild salmon.
Take the Picture Quickly:
* With your photo partner warned, raise the wild Atlantic salmon partially out of the water for less than five seconds - or consider leaving it semi-submerged for the photo instead!
Return the Fish to Continue its Spawning Run:
* Support the salmon underwater in a natural position facing the current, handling it as little as possible. Give it time to recover. The goal is for the wild salmon to swim away on its own.
* Digital cameras offer the opportunity to adjust the film speed to suit conditions. In low light, such as evening, morning, heavy cloud, or deep shadow, consider setting the speed to 400, to take care of both movement and the low light. Experiment beforehand on speeds above 400, as many digital images become heavily pixilated at greater sensitivity.
* Remember to adjust the white balance for deep shadow, to warm the image.
* Today’s print films even at 400 speeds are superb. Use 400-speed film at dawn, dusk or in shadow.
* Don’t forget to smile! Your photo is a valuable memory.
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 robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in this report.
Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Summer Salmon Fly Fishing on the Lower Tay, Perthshire, Scotland August 2011.
Video of Jim Ferrie hooking a very lively summer salmon fly fishing from the boat in the Long Shot of the lower Tay Benchil beat just below Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland. The salmon was successfully landed and returned.
Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Summer Salmon Fly Fishing on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland August 2011.
A dropping water on the mighty Tay at last. Maybe not for long!!!!
Jim Ferrie hooks into a lively summer salmon from the boat in the Long Shot pool of the lower Tay Benchil beat just below Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.
The salmon flies off at incredible speeds taking the backing out to the last few turns. Jim commented that this fish was more lively than any fish on his recent visit to the Yokanka river in Russia.
The salmon weighing 13 pounds was successfully landed and returned to the river. Well done Jim. Haste ye back.
Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 20th August 2011.
River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 20th August 2011.
The third week of August on the Tay was much improved with better conditions giving the river the best week of the season so far. Hopefully the river will remain settled for the current week and give us good prospects for the coming days. The grilse run is still weak but are being seen and caught but the run of top quality summer salmon is remarkable.
The river temperature settled around 56 degrees Fahrenheit or 13 degrees Celsius giving the river favourable conditions.
377 salmon were reported last week.
On the lower river 321 fresh salmon were caught. The lower river is now starting to produce results as the conditions improve and the river level drops. Almondmouth had a superb week with daily catches up to 26 salmon and all the lower beats have picked up fish on a regular basis. Double figure days were also achieved on Luncarty and Taymount. Neil Barcock’s party from Cumbria had a successful week on Catholes and Luncarty, which included 14 on Luncarty on Tuesday.
Neil Barcock with a good salmon from Luncarty.
Peter French from Luncarty pool.
Hopefully the river will remain settled and continue to drop for this coming week, which should make for excellent prospects and improved catches.
The middle river reported 35. The current conditions are favouring the middle beats but more settled water levels would help. The middle beats are seeing more grilse now, which is promising. Most beats had some fish during the week with hopefully more to come. More information from this area would be welcome to expand on this report in the future.
On the upper river 20 were reported, which was an improvement from recent weeks after the current spates and fresh water.
Clive Castell with a grilse from Dalguise.
The count at the ladder in Pitlochry is now over 6000, which is superb news for future years.
The Isla reported 0.
The Earn reported 1 from Lower Aberuthven.
Many thanks for all the pictures everyone sent me of spring salmon and all who have sent me their individual fishing experiences this and last season on the river.
I would be most grateful if you to do the same this season by emailing me at robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in this report.
Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Prospects for the week commencing 22nd August 2011.
River Tay Prospects for the week commencing 22nd August 2011.
Currently the river is settled and the weather is to remain more settled for the coming week which hopefully will not be too bad and give us reasonable fishing throughout the coming week. There are now the first signs of Grilse running the river along with good quality summer salmon and hopefully this will build into a good run over the coming weeks.
The weather is to be more settled for the week with the chance of some rain at the end of the week, hopefully this will give us less rain and not unsettle the river too much. The current weather conditions can be viewed here. Floating lines with sink tips are the order of the day!
Salmon fly fishing on the Tay.
The river temperature is rising and with fresh water, this will encourage salmon run throughout the river to be caught in all areas of the system. Hopefully there might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the lower, middle and upper river.
The river is running at a reasonable height meaning that salmon and grilse will still be running and favour the lower, middle and upper Tay beats conditions permitting. The encouraging grilse run in Summer 2010 might suggest that we will see more 2 sea-winter fish this year, so let’s hope that some of these turn out to be the early-running bars of silver that we are all hoping for. A run of Multi-Sea winter salmon are also running the Tay with now several salmon are being caught in the 20 plus pounds range which is superb news. A Malloch Trophy salmon is a real possibility!
There is good availability throughout the river so why not have a go.
As to methods, Spinning from the bank, fly fishing with sink tip floating lines and harling are the favoured Tay pursuits at this time of year. Currently we have excellent fly fishing conditions on the Tay with a number of salmon being landed on the fly recently.
Finally you are reminded that the Tay's conservation policy for the remainder of the season which is that all hen fish of any size and all cock fish over 10 pounds should be released. All coloured and gravid fish should be released. No more than one clean fish weighing, where possible, less than 10 pounds should be retained per angler per day.
Anglers should not use worms in September or October in any part of the district. Worming in June, July and August only. During the months of June, July and August the Board requests that worming should only be undertaken with Circle Hooks or Shelton release hooks which are designed to help prevent deep hooking. Contact the Tay Board for details of suppliers.
Please help preserve both them and the long term future of your sport by following the recommendations.
To help you follow our guidelines I have included these helpful pointers. How to SAFELY Release a Salmon
“The best method of releasing a salmon is to leave it in the water
and touch nothing but the hook with fingers or pliers.
“Whatever the method, care combined with speed, will give the fish the best chance of survival.”
Lee Wulff, Atlantic Salmon Journal Winter 1964/65
• Use barbless or pinched hooks
• Retrieve your fish quickly; release it immediately
• Keep the fish in the water
• Use rubber or knotless cotton net, if one must be used
• Cut the leader if necessary
• Remove the hook carefully
• Hold the fish gently in natural swimming position, facing upstream until it revives
• Don’t pump the fish. That is, don’t move the fish back and forth in the water.
How should hooks be removed? Very Carefully
In quiet water, bring the wild salmon quickly within reach. Leaving the salmon in water and without squeezing it, remove the hook carefully with pliers or thumb and forefinger. If a net must be used, it should be rubber or knotless cotton. If necessary, cut the leader near the fly and spare the fish.
James McKay from Perth about to release a spring salmon at Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland. The Science of Live Release
“Peer-reviewed science supports live release as a proven and effective conservation tool.”
Dr. Fred Whoriskey,
ASF Vice-President, Research & Environment
Studies in North America and Europe have shown live release works, and in some instances Atlantic salmon have been angled 2 and 3 times.
Science has shown that virtually all Atlantic salmon will survive when released, as long as the angler uses the proper techniques, refrains from angling in overly warm water, and does not overplay the Atlantic salmon.
Like athletes sprinting on a track, Atlantic salmon build up lactic acid in their muscle tissues when they are being played.
The Key is Oxygen – The fish need oxygen in order to recover and continue their journey.
To recover, Atlantic salmon need:
• careful handling by the angler to reduce stress
• to remain in the water where they can breathe and reduce the oxygen deficit in their tissues
• to be held in an upstream position for water to flow more easily across their gills
Photographing Your Spectacular Live Release Salmon.
Use a photo partner:
* Digital camera: make settings on the camera before you begin fishing or use a point and shoot film camera. Give it to your partner before the angling session.
* Whether a digital camera or a film camera, tell your partner to fill the frame, and take several images.
* If it is a film camera, be sure there is film in the camera. This may seem to be a simple matter, but mistakes do happen...
Let your Partner get into Position:
* Tell him/her what you are going to do. Alert your partner before you take the fish out of the water.
Support the Atlantic salmon:
* Carefully take the barbless hook out of the fish’s mouth. With rod tucked under your arm, move one hand to the base of the tail. With your other hand, support the fish under the forward part of its body. Keep it in the water, with the fish pointed upstream to help its recovery.
* If a third person is present, give him or her the rod to hold, so you can concentrate on the wild salmon.
Take the Picture Quickly:
* With your photo partner warned, raise the wild Atlantic salmon partially out of the water for less than five seconds - or consider leaving it semi-submerged for the photo instead!
Return the Fish to Continue its Spawning Run:
* Support the salmon underwater in a natural position facing the current, handling it as little as possible. Give it time to recover. The goal is for the wild salmon to swim away on its own.
* Digital cameras offer the opportunity to adjust the film speed to suit conditions. In low light, such as evening, morning, heavy cloud, or deep shadow, consider setting the speed to 400, to take care of both movement and the low light. Experiment beforehand on speeds above 400, as many digital images become heavily pixilated at greater sensitivity.
* Remember to adjust the white balance for deep shadow, to warm the image.
* Today’s print films even at 400 speeds are superb. Use 400-speed film at dawn, dusk or in shadow.
* Don’t forget to smile! Your photo is a valuable memory.
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 robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in this report.
Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 13th August 2011.
River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 13th August 2011.
The second week of August on the Tay was reasonable despite tricky conditions for the week. Hopefully the river will settle for the current week after heavy weekend rain and give us good prospects for the coming days. The first grilse are being seen and caught and there is a run of top quality summer salmon.
The river temperature settled around 56 degrees Fahrenheit or 13 degrees Celsius giving the river favourable conditions.
141 salmon were reported last week.
On the lower river 113 fresh salmon were caught. The lower river is now starting to produce results as the conditions improve and the river level drops. It was a frustrating week with fluctuating river heights otherwise catches would have been better. Almondmouth had another reasonable week considering the conditions and all the lower beats have picked up fish on a regular basis. The Stanley beats, Taymount, Stobhall, Ballathie , Cargill and Islamouth are fishing much better and continue to catch on a regular basis.
A superb first salmon for Katie Fitzpatrick on the Benchil beat at Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.
Hopefully the river will remain settled and continue to drop for this coming week, which should make for excellent prospects and improved catches.
The middle river reported 12. The current conditions are favouring the middle beats but more settled water levels would help. The middle beats are seeing more grilse now, which is promising. Most beats had some fish during the week with hopefully more to come. More information from this area would be welcome to expand on this report in the future.
On the upper river 16 were reported, which is slightly disappointing but after the current spate and fresh water catches will improve.
The count at the ladder in Pitlochry is now over 5600, which is superb news for future years.
The Isla reported 0.
Many thanks for all the pictures everyone sent me of spring salmon and all who have sent me their individual fishing experiences this and last season on the river.
I would be most grateful if you to do the same this season by emailing me at robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in this report.
Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Prospects for the week commencing 15th August 2011.
River Tay Prospects for the week commencing 15th August 2011. Currently the river is in spate after very heavy rain over the weekend and the weather is to remain more settled for the week which hopefully will not be too bad and give us reasonable fishing throughout the coming week. There are now the first signs of Grilse running the river along with good quality summer salmon and hopefully this will build into a good run over the coming weeks.
The weather is to be more settled for the week with an increasing pressure, which will give us less rain showers but hopefully not unsettle the river too much. The water temperature is around 60 degrees Fahrenheit or 16 degrees Celsius.The current weather conditions can be viewed here. Floating lines with sink tips are the order of the day!
Salmon fly fishing on the Tay.
The river temperature is rising and with fresh water, this will encourage salmon run throughout the river to be caught in all areas of the system. Hopefully there might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the lower, middle and upper river.
The river is running at a reasonable height meaning that salmon and grilse will still be running and favour the lower, middle and upper Tay beats conditions permitting. The encouraging grilse run in Summer 2010 might suggest that we will see more 2 sea-winter fish this year, so let’s hope that some of these turn out to be the early-running bars of silver that we are all hoping for. A run of Multi-Sea winter salmon are also running the Tay with now several salmon are being caught in the 20 plus pounds range which is superb news. A Malloch Trophy salmon is a real possibility!
There is good availability throughout the river so why not have a go.
As to methods, Spinning from the bank, fly fishing with sink tip floating lines and harling are the favoured Tay pursuits at this time of year. Currently we have excellent fly fishing conditions on the Tay with a number of salmon being landed on the fly recently.
Finally you are reminded that the Tay's conservation policy for the remainder of the season which is that all hen fish of any size and all cock fish over 10 pounds should be released. All coloured and gravid fish should be released. No more than one clean fish weighing, where possible, less than 10 pounds should be retained per angler per day.
Anglers should not use worms in September or October in any part of the district. Worming in June, July and August only. During the months of June, July and August the Board requests that worming should only be undertaken with Circle Hooks or Shelton release hooks which are designed to help prevent deep hooking. Contact the Tay Board for details of suppliers.
Please help preserve both them and the long term future of your sport by following the recommendations.
To help you follow our guidelines I have included these helpful pointers. How to SAFELY Release a Salmon
“The best method of releasing a salmon is to leave it in the water
and touch nothing but the hook with fingers or pliers.
“Whatever the method, care combined with speed, will give the fish the best chance of survival.”
Lee Wulff, Atlantic Salmon Journal Winter 1964/65
• Use barbless or pinched hooks
• Retrieve your fish quickly; release it immediately
• Keep the fish in the water
• Use rubber or knotless cotton net, if one must be used
• Cut the leader if necessary
• Remove the hook carefully
• Hold the fish gently in natural swimming position, facing upstream until it revives
• Don’t pump the fish. That is, don’t move the fish back and forth in the water.
How should hooks be removed? Very Carefully
In quiet water, bring the wild salmon quickly within reach. Leaving the salmon in water and without squeezing it, remove the hook carefully with pliers or thumb and forefinger. If a net must be used, it should be rubber or knotless cotton. If necessary, cut the leader near the fly and spare the fish.
James McKay from Perth about to release a spring salmon at Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland. The Science of Live Release
“Peer-reviewed science supports live release as a proven and effective conservation tool.”
Dr. Fred Whoriskey,
ASF Vice-President, Research & Environment
Studies in North America and Europe have shown live release works, and in some instances Atlantic salmon have been angled 2 and 3 times.
Science has shown that virtually all Atlantic salmon will survive when released, as long as the angler uses the proper techniques, refrains from angling in overly warm water, and does not overplay the Atlantic salmon.
Like athletes sprinting on a track, Atlantic salmon build up lactic acid in their muscle tissues when they are being played.
The Key is Oxygen – The fish need oxygen in order to recover and continue their journey.
To recover, Atlantic salmon need:
• careful handling by the angler to reduce stress
• to remain in the water where they can breathe and reduce the oxygen deficit in their tissues
• to be held in an upstream position for water to flow more easily across their gills
Photographing Your Spectacular Live Release Salmon.
Use a photo partner:
* Digital camera: make settings on the camera before you begin fishing or use a point and shoot film camera. Give it to your partner before the angling session.
* Whether a digital camera or a film camera, tell your partner to fill the frame, and take several images.
* If it is a film camera, be sure there is film in the camera. This may seem to be a simple matter, but mistakes do happen...
Let your Partner get into Position:
* Tell him/her what you are going to do. Alert your partner before you take the fish out of the water.
Support the Atlantic salmon:
* Carefully take the barbless hook out of the fish’s mouth. With rod tucked under your arm, move one hand to the base of the tail. With your other hand, support the fish under the forward part of its body. Keep it in the water, with the fish pointed upstream to help its recovery.
* If a third person is present, give him or her the rod to hold, so you can concentrate on the wild salmon.
Take the Picture Quickly:
* With your photo partner warned, raise the wild Atlantic salmon partially out of the water for less than five seconds - or consider leaving it semi-submerged for the photo instead!
Return the Fish to Continue its Spawning Run:
* Support the salmon underwater in a natural position facing the current, handling it as little as possible. Give it time to recover. The goal is for the wild salmon to swim away on its own.
* Digital cameras offer the opportunity to adjust the film speed to suit conditions. In low light, such as evening, morning, heavy cloud, or deep shadow, consider setting the speed to 400, to take care of both movement and the low light. Experiment beforehand on speeds above 400, as many digital images become heavily pixilated at greater sensitivity.
* Remember to adjust the white balance for deep shadow, to warm the image.
* Today’s print films even at 400 speeds are superb. Use 400-speed film at dawn, dusk or in shadow.
* Don’t forget to smile! Your photo is a valuable memory.
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 robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in this report.
Salmon Fishing Scotland Summer Salmon Fishing on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland August 2011.
The inclement summer weather continues in Tayside but despite the rain summer salmon continue to be caught against the odds.
Jason Smith with a lovely fresh grilse from the Pitlochrie Pool caught on a Flying C at Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.
Andrew Clements hooks a good salmon in the Pitlochrie pool from the bank.
Andrew successfully landed his fish and retained the male salmon.
It was a very difficult week with adverse conditions but there were a few tails to tell. Well done all and haste ye back. It was great fun.
Salmon Fishing Scotland Summer Flooding on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland August 2011.
Tayside was hit by torrential rain yet again yesterday which resulted in a 12 foot spate this morning. This was the scene looking down on the Linn Pool today just above Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.
The river was starting to drop and hopefully will clear a good bit to allow a chance of fishing tomorrow.
Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Summer Salmon on the Tay August 2011.
This was a very memorable salmon fishing day on the lower Tay at Benchil for Katie Fitzpatrick
Katie hooks into a good summer salmon.
She concentrates as the salmon fights hard to escape.
More anxious moments as the salmon plays hard to get.
At last Katie lands a lovely fresh 13 pounds summer salmon caught on a flying c. The hen salmon was safely returned to the river to fight another day and hopefully spawn later in the year. Well done Katie.
