Friday, April 29, 2011

Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing on the Tay at Islamouth on the Tay April 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing on the Tay at Islamouth on the Tay April 2011.

Ian Mitchell with a lovely 9 pounds spring salmon caught on a size 10 shrimp fly on a floating line from the Cuttie.

An evening shot of The Islamouth beat looking down from the Long Head.

Alun Williams from Perth with a sea liced 11 pounds salmon on a floating line and small fly caught at Davies Stone on Islamouth today. The salmon was netted by legendary Scottish Tay ghillie Billy Campbell.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Spring Salmon on the Lower Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Spring Salmon on the Lower Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

More spring fishing success on the Tay in Perthshire, Scotland.
Donny Gow from Crieff with a cracking Tay 19 pounds spring salmon caught on the Ballathie beat on the famous Craddle pool.

Barry Ward with a lovely 9 pounds spring salmon caught in the Alderns on the upper Taymount beat on a Rapala.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Salmon Fishing Scotland Big Spring Salmon on the Tay April 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Big Spring Salmon on the Tay April 2011.

The mighty Tay in Perthshire, Scotland has produced another monster Atlantic Salmon this year. The Tay is famous for very big salmon and especially in the Murthly area where the 64 pounds record salmon was caught in back in the early 1920's by Georgina Ballantine. Today on the same beat but under the Glendelvine Fishings a fantastic sea liced 38 pounds salmon was landed and then carefully released back to the river.
Andrew McAdam on his first ever days salmon fishing landed this Tay beauty on a floating Devon in the Garth pool at the top of the beat with the assistance of Scottish Ghillie Steven McIrvine who is pictured with the whopper. The salmon measured 117cm long and had a girth of 62.5 cm which equates to 38 pounds.

This is Andrew with another salmon he caught also which weighed 14 pounds. Believe it or not Andrew had the two spring salmon in 3 casts! Not bad for a first day. These are the things anglers all over the world dream of. Well done Andrew. Well done the mighty Tay for producing such valuable salmon.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Catch and Release on the Tay.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Catch and Release on the Tay.

These are some recent images of spring salmon being released on the Tay in Perthshire, Scotland.
This was John McElroy releasing a spring salmon on the Islamouth beat last week.

The salmon swims off after being carefully returned to fight another day and hopefully increase the spring stock on the Tay for the future.

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Monday, April 25, 2011

Salmon Fishing Scotland Summer Salmon fishing on the Tay 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Summer Salmon fishing on the Tay 2011.

The Catholes beat on the river Tay at Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland offers some ideal summer salmon fishing opportunities in May, June and July 2011.
The permit starts on Monday 2nd May 2011 and runs until Friday 29th July 2011.
During this period there is no ghillied boat fishing and it is bank fishing only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays off either bank.
A full salmon permit during this period for fly fishing and spinning will cost £150 to include 39 days available fishing. Sea trout permits are available as well but by fly only (max 11'3 rod) for £75.
If you are interested please apply to Charlotte M. Gifford, Stanley House, Stanley
PH1 4QE.
Tel: 01738 828 238
Mob: 07789 861711
E-mail: charlottegifford@hotmail.co.uk





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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Spring Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 23rd April 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Spring Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 23rd April 2011.

River Tay Spring Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 23rd April 2011.


The third week of April on the Tay was again encouraging with settled water and ideal conditions for spring fishing. After a marked improvement in conditions the river is now yielding improved catches and some top quality salmon throughout the river. There has also been some top quality fly fishing throughout the river as well with superb conditions and enjoyable weather. The settled river will give us good prospects for this coming week.

The river remained settled for the entire week, and the river temperature moved up to around 50 degrees Fahrenheit or 10 degrees Celsius.

80 spring salmon were reported last week, with the best spring salmon of 30 pounds being caught fly fishing at Dalmarnock by Neil McGowan on Wednesday. This was all superb news for the Tay with more confirmation of multi-sea winter salmon running the river.

On the lower river 35 fresh spring salmon were caught. The river temperature is coming up now encouraging the salmon to run hard. The lower part of the Tay is certainly witnessing this with limited catches however above Stanley catches continue to improve.
Islamouth, Cargill, Ballathie, Stobhall and Taymount continue to catch throughout the week with some excellent sport. 15 salmon were caught on the Islamouth beat this week and all caught fly fishing.
John McElroy’s party at the end of the week accounted for 9 fish including a lovely 19 pounds spring salmon caught by Roger Moore on Saturday. Cargill had a good week as well landing several salmon. Earlier in the week Keith Schofield landed a lovely 15 pounds salmon and Bruce Campbell and Philip Wright both had fish around 10 pounds all caught fly fishing.
Tam Burt had a cracking 11 pounds springer from the Bridge stream on Friday from the boat. On Taymount Phil Cambers had a lovely 10 pounds spring salmon from Finford Head on the lower beat on Monday. In the middle of the week Jess James met with success fly fishing from the bank catching 2 salmon from the bank at Tam’s corner and the Holy Bush.
Shaun Betham.
Alexis Ward.
Stobhall also had a good week on the opposite days to Taymount. George Rae had a 9 pounds spring salmon caught fly fishing from the boat in the Alderns, Alexis Ward caught 2 fresh spring salmon from the boat on Stobhall, from the Finford Stream and in front of the Castle and Shaun Betham had a 13 pounds beauty from the Holy Bush on a Toby on Saturday. At Stanley Bob Hunter caught a spring salmon fly fishing from the boat in front of Stanley Mills on Tuesday which was his first salmon for 2 years and greatly treasured. At upper Redgorton John Tait, ghillie took his wife Margaret out for a go in the boat on Wednesday and after 15 minutes she landed her first ever salmon! Well done Margaret.
Lastly, down at lower Redgorton Jason Stratton landed 2 salmon fly fishing from the boat in the Girnal and lost 2 others in the same day.
Hopefully the river will remain settled this coming week, which should make for excellent prospects.

The middle river reported 30 which was very encouraging. This is a conservative total as the Murthly and Glendelvine beats are not reporting. After the temperature has come up the spring salmon are now running freely into the middle Tay with encouraging numbers being seen on a daily basis. The heaviest salmon of the week came from Damarnock fly fishing and was successfully landed by Neil McGowan with a superb 30 pounds sea liced Tay spring salmon that he caught in the Dalmarnock Bank Pool fly fishing. This is another Malloch Trophy contender. Dalmarnock had a successful week landing salmon every day.
This was a report sent by Liona at the East Haugh Hotel that runs the Dalmarnock Fishings.
“Neil McGown’s catch of a beautiful sea - liced salmon weighing 30lb on Thursday 21st of April marks the high point so far of what appears to be the return of the big fish, making a tally catch this week of 9 fish. The previous weeks have also produced some big fish, some of which weighed in @ 24lbs, 19lbs, 2 @18lbs and one of 15lb, proving that the 2/3 sea winter fish are returning to the Tay.
The fish was returned to fight another day, and may be the progenitor of more great salmon.
Dalmarnock has always been a beat renown for its big salmon. Fred Bullers ‘Domesday Book of Giant Salmon’ mentions a salmon of gargantuan proportions being caught in the Fernie Haugh pool in the early 1800s. A Mr R Anderson of Edinburgh wrote to the Fishing Gazette on the 8th of March 1902 to say that his father had been present when a member of the Atholl family took a 72lb salmon on the fly. This would make it the biggest salmon ever caught in Scottish waters, beating Georgina Ballantyne’s 64lber caught in 1922. Unfortunately it cannot be verified, there are no photographs and an investigation at Blair Castle found no records to confirm this. But if anyone knows otherwise.................
Perhaps this year we will see a return to the heady days of large fish and real competition for the Malloch Trophy!”
Thank you Liona.
Newtyle did well this week also. On Thursday they landed 7 salmon and all fly fishing.
George Portis caught 2 in 5 casts weighing 15 and 8 pounds and Welsh anglers Rene Alleyne and Lawson Jones caught sea liced springers up to 20 pounds. Salmon were also landed on Meikleour, Kercock, and Dunkeld House.
All of the Tay middle beats are having success and this should continue over the next few weeks. More information from this area would be welcome to expand on this report in the future.

On the upper river 11 were reported, with dropping river levels sport became a bit more difficult but there were still some good catches.
Jack Boyle from Blairgowrie caught a 12 pounds springer Upper Faleyer on Friday. The fish was taken on a Monkey and was in mint condition still carring mature sea lice - clearly running hard. Rob Booth caught a 22 pounds spring salmon from the Chinese Bridge pool ay Taymouth Castle. On Dalguise Fen Howieson caught a lovely 9 pounds salmon on Wednesday. The Salmon was a fresh run, silver, sea-liced fish, caught by Fen in the afternoon at The Tail of The Island.
Fen was using a floating line with a 10ft fast sinking poly leader. The Salmon was caught on a size 6 Cascade. Alistair Nellis, also on Dalguise caught a Silver, sea-liced 7 pounds cock salmon on Thursday in The Neck of the Otterstone Pool, in the morning on a black flying ‘c’.
Pitlochry Angling club continued to have catches on the Tummel despite dropping water levels. The rising temperatures have now enabled salmon to run the ladder at the Dam. The latest count is 261 and rising. Peter Finnie caught his first ever spring salmon at Portnacraig on a cone head and Jimmy Ross caught an 18 pounds beauty from the Sawmill. Bob White from Stanley managed to land a 13 pounds salmon on Thursday on his birthday on the town bank.
There has not been anything officially reported from Loch Tay but I understand there have been quite a few spring salmon landed. Hopefully some details will filter through.

The Isla reported 4 from Coupar Grange and Islabank.

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.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Spring Salmon Fishing prospects for week commencing 25th April 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Spring Salmon Fishing prospects for week commencing 25th April 2011.

River Tay Spring Salmon Fishing prospects for week commencing 25th April 2011.
The river remains settled for the coming week, we now have low water levels due to the dry spell. The prospects still look excellent.

The weather is to remain settled this week with little rain giving good conditions for spring fishing. The current weather conditions can be viewed here. The water temperature has risen to 50 degrees Fahrenheit or 10 degrees Celsius and is expected to rise further with warmer temperatures this coming week. Floating lines are now the order of the day!
The lower Murthly beat on the middle Tay.

The river temperature is rising which will encourage springers run throughout the river. We could do with a bit more water but there is always enough water in the mighty Tay to encourage them to move to all areas in the system. Hopefully there might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the lower, middle and upper river.
Islamouth as the light fades on another day on the Tay.

The river is running at a lowish height meaning the salmon 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 spring salmon 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.
Playing a salmon on the fly at Portnacraig on the Tummel.
Finally you are reminded that the Tay's policy for January - May 2011 is that all spring salmon should be released, i.e. the Tay has adopted a policy of 100% catch and release for spring salmon. Spring salmon are a scarce and precious resource. 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.

Tight lines.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Fly Fishing at Islamouth on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Fly Fishing at Islamouth on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland.

This is the Islamouth beat on the Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. It is one of the best stretches on the the Tay or any river in Scotland for fly fishing.
Looking up river to the top of Islamouth and the Longhead.

The Cuttie as the light goes down over the trees.

A lovely 8 pounds sea liced spring salmon caught fly fishing from the Cuttie.

Looking up towards the hut and the Newshot.

The Ash Tree pool at last light on a lovely evening for fly fishing.


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Friday, April 22, 2011

Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Spring Salmon on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Spring Salmon on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

Alexis Ward with a fresh 7 pounds spring salmon caught from the boat on the Stobhall beat on a Vision 110 from the Finford Stream.

Rob Booth with an estimated 22 pounds spring salmon caught on the Chinese Bridge pool on the upper Tay at Taymouth Castle.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Spring Salmon Fly Fishing on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Spring Salmon Fly Fishing on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

More fly fishing success on the Tay in Perthshire, Scotland.
This was the report from Newtyle, Dunkeld, Perthshire yesterday.
After a slow previous day we were hoping for a better day today, but we couldn't have imagined what was to come!! Mr George Portis got the day off to a great start with 2 sea liced springers in 5 casts on the fly, weighing 15 pounds and 8 pounds. The Welsh Guys Rene Alleyne and Lawson Jones then continued their week catching Tay spring salmon up to 20 pounds all caught fly fishing.
A great day in all with 7 Spring salmon being landed on the fly and 1 lost. Above is Rene with his a stunning 20 pounds beauty. Fantastic day, well done Martin.

George Rae with a 9 pounds spring salmon caught fly fishing from the boat in the Alderns on the Stobhall beat.


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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Spring Salmon Fly Fishing on the Tay.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Spring Salmon Fly Fishing on the Tay.

April is becoming a very memorable month on the Tay and its tributaries for Fly fishing. The weather has been summer like with warm temperatures and the fishing conditions have been excellent producing some great sport throughout the Tay system.
What an absolute whopper!!! This is Neil McGowan with a superb 30 pounds Sea Liced Tay Spring salmon which he landed in the Dalmarnock Bank Pool fly fishing. Well done Neil they don't come much better than that. A Malloch Trophy contender for 2011.

Scottish Ghillie Cohn O'Dae with Jess James at Taymount. Jess landed this 10 pounds beauty fly fishing at Tam's Corner on the bottom beat.

Jess James with a 7 pounds springer caught fly fishing at the Holy Bush yesterday on Taymount.

This was a 13 pounds spring salmon caught fly fishing by myself at the Portnacraig beat of the Tummel today in Pitlochry, Perthshire.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Salmon Fishing Scotland Spring Salmon Fly Fishing on the Lower Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Spring Salmon Fly Fishing on the Lower Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

April is turning out to be a good month for fly fishing on the Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. These are all images from the lower Tay Cargil beat.
Keith Schofield with a lovely 15 pounds springer caught fly fishing from the boat.

Bruce Campell with a 10 pounds spring salmon caught fly fishing in the Bridge stream.

Philip Wright caught this 9 pounds salmon in Clocksden on the fly.

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Salmon Fishing Scotland Spring Salmon Fly Fishing on the Lower Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Spring Salmon Fly Fishing on the Lower Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

In April the chances of catching spring salmon on the fly increase as the temperatures rise.
Bob Hunter plays a spring salmon from the boat at Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland. Bob was fly fishing from an anchored boat at the tail of the Tarr Tank on the Pitlochrie beat.

A lovely 9 pounds spring salmon is successfully landed then released after the photo.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Spring Salmon on the Lower Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Spring Salmon on the Lower Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

Phil Cambers with a lovely 10 pounds spring salmon from Finford Head on the lower Taymount beat just above Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland. The salmon was caught harling in the boat.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Spring Salmon on the Middle Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Spring Salmon on the Middle Tay, Perthshire, Scotland April 2011.

The rising temperatures are certainly benefiting the middle Tay as the spring salmon run freely up the river. This was certainly the case at Newtyle, Dunkeld yesterday where 3 spring salmon were landed.
Davie Cargill with a lovely 12 pounds Spring salmon landed at the Dean's Burn on the Upper Newtyle beat harling from the boat.

Davie Cargill safely returning the salmon back to the river.

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Spring Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 16th April 2011.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Spring Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 16th April 2011.

River Tay Spring Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 16th April 2011.
The second week of April on the Tay was more encouraging with settled water and ideal conditions for spring fishing. After a marked improvement in conditions the river is now yielding better catches and some top quality salmon throughout the river. Also the settled river will give us good prospects for this coming week.

The river remained settled for the entire week, and the river temperature remained around 46 degrees Fahrenheit or 7 degrees Celsius.

70 spring salmon were reported last week, with the best spring salmon of 30 pounds being caught at Ballathie by a young lady on Wednesday. There is also a report of an estimated 32 pounds spring salmon caught fly fishing at lower Murthly in the famous boat pool. This is all superb news for the Tay with more confirmation of multi-sea winter salmon running the river.

On the lower river 30 fresh spring salmon were caught. The river temperature is coming up now encouraging the salmon to run hard. The lower part of the Tay is certainly witnessing that with limited catches however above Stanley catches are improving.
Ballathie had a superb spring salmon of 30 pounds on Wednesday caught by 14 years old Louise Brown from the lower Ballathie beat. This was Louise's first ever salmon and what a way to start! Under the experienced eye of legendary Tay ghillie George McInnes, they caught this beauty harling in the boat towards the tail of the famous Ballathie beat, which over the years has seen several big salmon. Another keen young fisherman, Peter Gifford had a lovely 7 pounds salmon from the Catholes on Friday. Young anglers should be given every encouragement to continue in our sport especially on a large river such as the Tay.
Catholes also figured earlier in the week with John Lessels catching a 10 pounds salmon on Monday and then John Cook caught 2 lovely fish from the same beat on Wednesday in the space of half an hour on a Toby Salmo. All the fish were lande from the bank in the Erics pool. Neil Gordon had a fresh 10 pounds salmon from Neils Head on Benchil under Upper Scone on Monday. Stobhall and Taymount continue to have a good spring. John Morris landed a 17 pounds salmon on Stobhall at Upper Eels Briggs on a Copper Tay Lure harling, Bill Samuel had an 18 pounds spring salmon on Upper Stobhall in the Killmou harling, and Betty Jarvis caught a lovely 9 pounds springer harling in the Red Rocks on the Taymount beat.
At the end of the week Islamouth accounted for half a dozen salmon with Patrick Gordon landing a lovely 9 pounds fish fly fishing and John Garnett catching a 12 pounds springer on his first cast in the morning again on the fly.
Hopefully the river will remain settled this coming week, which should make for excellent prospects.

The middle river reported 13. This is a conservative total as the Murthly and Glendelvine beats are not reporting. After the temperature has come up the spring salmon are now running freely into the middle Tay with encouraging numbers being seen on a daily basis. Peter Philips caught an estimated 32 pounds salmon fly fishing in the Boat pool on lower Murthly this week which should be a contender for the Malloch Trophy.
All of the Tay middle beats are having success and this should continue over the next few weeks. More information from this area would be welcome to expand on this report in the future.

On the upper river 21 were reported, which is a marked improvement due to the high water levels, last week and increasing temperatures. Findynate, Farleyer and Edradynate all caught this past week but Portnacraig was the place to be with 14 salmon being landed at the Dam on the Pitlochry Angling club stretch. The club also had the Lower Tummel this past week and a few were landed there as well. Robert Parry and Donald Noble both landed salmon from the Rock pool.
Pitlochry angler Davy Stewart had a memorable week landing a 16 pounds salmon at Portnacraig on Wednesday and a 20 pounds fish on Friday evening. Steven Watt from Perth also had success with 3 fly caught salmon on Friday. Bigger salmon were also reported from the Sawmill stream with estimated 28 pounds and 25 pounds spring salmon caught by Ally Gowans and Jim Kennedy respectfully.
There has not been anything officially reported from Loch Tay but I understand there have been quite a few spring salmon landed. Hopefully some details will filter through.

The Isla reported 6 all from Coupar Grange.


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.

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