Salmon Fishing Scotland June Salmon Fishing on the Tay 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland June Salmon Fishing on the Tay 2012.

Salmon have been a bit harder to come by this week so far with the continued unsettled weather. There have still been some good success stories however.

This was a delighted Australian visitor to the Tay, Gary Johncock catching a lovely fresh 7 pounds salmon fly fishing on the Lower Kinnaird beat in the famous Ash Tree pool.

Kenny Milne Snr. with an 8 pounds salmon caught on the Kercock beat on Tuesday.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for the Week ending 23rd June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for the Week ending 23rd June 2012.

The catches were good last week until torrential rain on Thursday spoiled the end of the week virtually wiping out catches with a dirty spate. The quality of salmon remained high with fish up to 21 pounds in weight, this was again encouraging and hopefully will continue with good prospects for the coming week.

Settled conditions form the start of the week saw good catches on most days with cooler temperatures following the success of the previous week. The water levels remained at summer level but this did not stop salmon running this mighty river and a few grilse are now appearing in the catches. The river rose rapidly from very heavy rain on Thursday and curtailed sport at the end of the week. The river should settle nicely for the start of the coming week and the fresh water should spice things up for some good sport. The quality was again exceptional with lots of sea liced fish caught and more multi sea winter salmon landed. Salmon continue to be caught from top to bottom in the river with others caught and not registered meaning fish are running through rapidly and progressing upstream which encourages everyone.

There were 110 salmon and 17 sea trout reported with the largest salmon of 21 pounds caught on the Dunkeld House beat. Two areas of the river yet again dominated the catches with Islamouth landing 30 and Coupar Grange 32, which really shows the importance of a junction with another river and lower river levels holding salmon back. Salmon were landed throughout the system from the Lower River to the Upper River. Sea trout catches have improved as June progresses.

Beat catches reported
(week ending 23rd June)
SALMON & GRILSE: Ballathie 2, Cargill 5, Islamouth 7, Lower and Upper Islamouth 23, Kercock 7, Newtyle 7, Dunkeld House 12, Dalmarnock 2, Dalguise 8, Lower Kinnaird 2, Findynate 1, Farleyer Lower 1, Coupar Grange 32, Portnacraig Pitlochry 1.
Total: 110 Largest: Dunkeld House 21lbs
SEA TROUT: Lower Redgorton 1, Luncarty 3, Benchil and Pitlochrie 8, Stobhall 1, Cargill 2, Lower Kinnaird 2.
Total: 17 Largest: Luncarty & Benchil and Pitlochrie & Cargill & Lower Kinnaird 3lbs

On the Lower River 37 salmon were landed. The catches from the lower river were disappointing apart from Islamouth that continues to enjoy fantastic sport. Unfortunately the spate at the end of the week wiped out catches on Friday and Saturday. Hopefully with some fresh water sport will pick up this coming week and extend throughout the whole lower river.

The Middle River registered 28. Most beats caught last week. Kercock, Newtyle, Dunkeld and Dalmarnock all caught in the week. Kercock landed 7 fish for the week with Donald Cameron catching 6 for his two days up to 12 pounds in weight. Newtyle had reasonable sport from fresh salmon running up the river with Bruce Campbell landing 2 up to 15 pounds on Monday and

Andy Gunns father landing a 6 pounds fish on a devon on Wednesday. Scott Gordon had a 13 pounds beauty from the Trap and Vic Harvey caught a 15 pounds fish both fly fishing on Thursday. Further up river at Dunkeld House there continues to be good sport. That was certainly the case on Thursday with a red letter day for Donald Cameron landing 4 salmon for his day up to 19 pounds on various methods. The beat finished with 6 for the day.

On Saturday Jim Ferrie landed a superb 21 pounds salmon when the rest of the river was struggling.

The Upper River produced 13. Dalguise had a reasonable week catching 8 until the rain came and unsettled the river. The other areas were disappointing but hopefully the extra water will improve sport for the coming week.

Paul Carter landed one of the few from Pitlochry fly fishing from the town bank on a self tied shrimp pattern. Salmon continue to stream through the ladder with over 2200 counted so far.

The Isla registered 32 all from Coupar Grange, which continues to enjoy tremendous sport.

The Earn registered 0.

The Tay Conservation Dinner will be held at the Dunkeld Hilton Hotel on Saturday 20th October 2012.

Celebrate a Tay spring salmon with a Dalmore Tay Dram and contribute to the future of this mighty river. Dalmore distillery have created a unique expression of their single malt whisky and a generous donation from each bottle sold will be gifted to the Tay Foundation to support their work to protect and improve the river.

Many thanks for all the pictures everyone is sending of salmon and thanks to all who have sent me their individual fishing experiences on the river. I would be most grateful if you would continue to do the same by emailing robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in this report.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Prospects for week commencing 25th June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Prospects for week commencing 25th June 2012.

The river is settling back after torrential rain at the end of the week. The catches were good up until Thursday but the unsettled river wiped out sport virtually for the last 2 days. The good news for this coming week is that the forecast is fairly settled with the chance of a little rain until Thursday. The fresher weather should encourage salmon and sea trout to run and should still give the river a great chance of producing more good sport.

The Tay at Dunkeld.

The weather will be settled this week with a little chance of rain until Thursday and hopefully will maintain excellent prospects of sport on the river. The forecast from Thursday is more unsettled with more rain predicted but hopefully not enough to unsettle the river. There might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the river and hopefully the run will be maintained after fresh water to give us even more success.

Lower Tay at Stobhall and Taymount.

Multi sea winter spring salmon continue to be caught as well which is very encouraging and the prospect of a large salmon is a real possibility after a few bigger fish appeared over the last few weeks and June was always a big fish mouth on the Tay over the years.

As to methods, in settled conditions and warmer river temperatures fishing by any method will be varied to catch the elusive Tay salmon. Fly fishing with a floating line and a sink tip is recommended with smaller tubes or a dressed fly. It is always worth a go with a Sun Ray as well. Spinning from the bank with Devons and Tobies are a good bet. It is even worth a go with a flying C or an upstream Toby as the fish become more active in warmer water.

Summer Salmon fly fishing on the Tay.

Finally you are reminded that the Tay's catch and release policy for 2012.
From 1 June to end of Season:
• All hen fish of any size and all cock fish over 10 pounds should be released.
• All coloured and gravid fish to 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
Please adhere to these recommendations and help preserve the long term future of the river and your sport.

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. When taking a picture, lift the fish from the water with wet hands, quickly take the picture and return it immediately back to the water.
“Whatever the method, care combined with speed, will give the fish the best chance of survival.”

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 Salmon Fly Fishing June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing June 2012.

There has been a good start to this week on the Tay and fly fishing seems to be the preferred method with good conditions prevailing. That may not be the case after the terrible weather today with torrential rain hitting Tayside.

This was some action from Cargill yesterday as a salmon is played on the fly from the Cradle.


Greg Pryce with a cracking 17 pounds beauty caught from the Cradle on the lower Cargill beat.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for the Week ending 16th June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for the Week ending 16th June 2012.

The catches were much improved last week with settled water and we achieved the best weeks catch for the season so far. That is now the best week on week catch three weeks in a row, which is excellent news for the river. The quality of salmon remained high with fish up to 22 pounds in weight, this was again encouraging and hopefully will continue with good prospects for the coming week.

Settled conditions form the start of the week saw good catches on most days with cooler temperatures following the success of the previous week. The water levels remained at summer level but this did not stop salmon running this mighty river and a few grilse are now appearing in the catches. The quality was again exceptional lots of sea liced fish caught and more multi sea winter salmon landed. Salmon continue to be caught from top to bottom in the river with others caught and not registered meaning fish are running through rapidly and progressing upstream which encourages everyone.

There were 186 salmon and 19 sea trout reported with the largest salmon of 22 pounds caught on the Lower Kinnaird beat. Two areas of the river dominated the catches with Islamouth landing 46 and Coupar Grange 43, which really shows the importance of a junction with another river and lower river levels holding salmon back. This can also be seen in a smaller way at Kinnaird as they landed 14 below the junction with the Tummel. Salmon were landed throughout the system from the Lower River to the Upper River. Sea trout catches have now improved as June progresses.
This week also saw the Olympic torch pass along the banks of the river Tay at Perth and carried by a Tay Ghillies wife.

Well done Jane Campbell from Stanley.

Beat catches reported
(week ending 16th June)
SALMON & GRILSE: Benchil and Pitlochrie 1, Stobhall 11, Taymount 5, Ballathie 9, Cargill 13, Islamouth 25, Lower and Upper Islamouth 21, Upper Islamouth and Meikleour House 1, Kercock 5, Newtyle 8, Dunkeld House 6, Dalmarnock 6, Dalguise 6, Lower Kinnaird 14, Upper Kinnaird 1, Edradynate 1, Findynate 2, Farleyer Upper 4, Coupar Grange 43, Portnacraig Pitlochry 2, Loch Faskally 2.
Total: 186 Largest: Lower Kinnaird 22lbs
SEA TROUT: Lower Redgorton 6, Benchil and Pitlochrie 5, Taymount 1, Newtyle 6, Dalmarnock 1.
Total: 19 Largest: Lower Redgorton 4lbs

On the Lower River 85 salmon were landed. This was another good week for the lower river due to the lower water levels and a settled river. The lower parts did not figure in salmon catches but still had a few sea trout as the run improved. Warmer weather would help. James McKay landed the only salmon below Stanley from the Skellies on the Benchil beat. Stobhall and Taymount had much better weeks as the first Grilse make their appearance. Cargill and Ballathie also did well this past week landing salmon up to 19 pounds. Islamouth continues a superb spell of consistent weeks with 46 salmon for the week and all caught fly fishing. Earlier in the week the Meikleour party had good success with Steven Hogg from Edinburgh landing 2 on Monday and Jane Mercer Nairne enjoying a good day on Wednseday landing 2 from the boat in Donnits and the Long Head. At the end of the week Martin Deacon landed a 17½ pounds beauty also in Donnits and other members of the party including Jim Ferrie and Simon Furniss caught fish up to 20 pounds.

The Middle River registered 26. Most beats caught last week with Saturday seeing a good run going through the river and the middle part benefiting from it. Kercock, Newtyle, Dunkeld and Dalmarnock all caught in the week. Kercock had 5 fish, which included Alex Hendery with a 7 pounds salmon, and Ian Bain landed 2 up to 14 pounds in weight. At Newtyle James Holder had a lovely 10 pounds salmon fly fishing the Cotter on Saturday. Dunkeld House had a reasonable week with Sandra Robins being successful with the fly.

The Upper River produced 32. Dalguise had a reasonable week and further upstream Lower Kinnaird continued their previous successes landing 14 salmon for the week.

The story of the river came from Kinnaird with John Mackie landing not one but 4 salmon on his first days salmon fly fishing on the Tay. Apparently salmon were jumping everywhere and John did the rest with the aid of Jock Monteith. Fantastic result and the envy of a few that have still to achieve a first fish on the fly. Charles Brown also caught a fresh 15 pounds salmon from the Junction pool. The beats further up river still enjoyed success despite the low water with Farleyer, Edradynate and Findynate all catching. Activities on the Tummel have slowed down with the lack of water but there is now over 2000 salmon through the Pitlochry fish ladder. Andrew Williamson however did catch a 10 pounds salmon on the fly at the dam and odd fish came off the Angling clubs Sawmill Stream.

The Isla registered 43 all from Coupar Grange.

The Earn registered 0.

The Tay Conservation Dinner will be held at the Dunkeld Hilton Hotel on Saturday 20th October 2012.

Celebrate a Tay spring salmon with a Dalmore Tay Dram and contribute to the future of this mighty river. Dalmore distillery have created a unique expression of their single malt whisky and a generous donation from each bottle sold will be gifted to the Tay Foundation to support their work to protect and improve the river.

Many thanks for all the pictures everyone is sending of salmon and thanks to all who have sent me their individual fishing experiences on the river. I would be most grateful if you would continue to do the same by emailing robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in this report.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Prospects for week commencing 18th June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Prospects for week commencing 18th June 2012.

The river was settled last week and continued at summer level despite some rain and this gave the river its best recorded catch for the season so far. The catches have now improved week on week for three weeks in a row, which is tremendous for the river. The good news for this coming week is that the forecast is again fairly settled with the chance of a little rain. The fresher weather should encourage salmon and sea trout to run and should still give the river a great chance of producing more good sport after last week produced the best registered catch of the season so far.

The Tay at Dunkeld.

The weather will be settled this week with a little chance of rain and hopefully will maintain excellent prospects of sport on the river. There might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the river and hopefully the run will be maintained after fresh water to give us even more success.

Playing a salmon on the fly at Islamouth.

Multi sea winter spring salmon continue to be caught as well which is very encouraging and the prospect of a large salmon is a real possibility after a few bigger fish appeared over the last few weeks and June was always a big fish mouth on the Tay over the years.

As to methods, in settled conditions and warmer river temperatures fishing by any method will be varied to catch the elusive Tay salmon. Fly fishing with a floating line and a sink tip is recommended with smaller tubes or a dressed fly. It is always worth a go with a Sun Ray as well. Spinning from the bank with Devons and Tobies are a good bet. It is even worth a go with a flying C or an upstream Toby as the fish become more active in warmer water.

A salmon recently caught fly fishing a Sun Ray Shadow.

Finally you are reminded that the Tay's catch and release policy for 2012.
From 1 June to end of Season:
• All hen fish of any size and all cock fish over 10 pounds should be released.
• All coloured and gravid fish to 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
Please adhere to these recommendations and help preserve the long term future of the river and your sport.

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. When taking a picture, lift the fish from the water with wet hands, quickly take the picture and return it immediately back to the water.
“Whatever the method, care combined with speed, will give the fish the best chance of survival.”

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 Salmon Fly Fishing on the Lower Tay June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing on the Lower Tay June 2012.

It has been another good week on the Tay and we are heading for the best recorded catch for a week for the third week in a row. Great news and hopefully this will continue with top quality summer salmon.

This was a superb sea liced 17.5 pounds summer beauty caught fly fishing on Islamouth by Martin Deacon from the Donnits pool anchored in the boat. Martin also landed a 5 pounds Grilse earlier in the day. Pity the weather did not reflect the top quality fish. It feels still like early spring!

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing on the Lower Tay June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing on the Lower Tay June 2012.

The Islamouth beat on the Tay continues to be the top beat on the river with 3 excellent days so far this week.

Jane Mercer Nairne was successful on Wednesday landing 2 salmon on the fly from the boat.


She landed her salmon from Donats and the Long Head on a Cascade fly cast from the anchored boat.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland First Ever Salmon on Tay.

Salmon Fishing Scotland First Ever Salmon on Tay.

More exciting salmon fishing news from the Tay this week and again on the Upper Tay at Kinnaird.

Lower Kinnaird is getting a monopoly on first ever salmon caught. This was Charles Brown with a lovely fresh 15 pounds salmon making it another first on the upper Tay beat. Well done Charles.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing on the Upper Tay June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing on the Upper Tay June 2012.

The Tay got off to a good start this week with settled water levels and ideal fly fishing conditions.

This was an incredible story that came from the lower Kinnaird beat on the upper Tay yesterday. John MacKie was out for his first days salmon fishing and what an experience it turned out to be. John had never cast a line but took up an offer to be taught by Jock Monteith for the day. Apart from mastering spey casting for the first time he then proceeded to catch not one salmon but 4 in a day! Fantastic day John and well done Jock. The salmon weighed 12, 11, 10 and 7 pounds coming from the Ash Tree and Guay pools on the famous Kinnaird beat.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for the Week ending 9th June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for the Week ending 9th June 2012.

The catches were good last week despite unsettled water on Friday due to some heavy rain. The quality of salmon remained high with fish up to 21 pounds in weight, this was again encouraging and it was the best reported catch of the season so far for the second week in a row.

Settled conditions form the start of the week saw good catches on most days with cooler temperatures following the success of the previous week. There was a bit of water from very heavy rain on Thursday and Friday unsettling the river and curtailing catches but by the end of the week the water levels still remained at summer level. The quality was again exceptional with more multi sea winter salmon landed. Salmon continue to be caught from top to bottom in the river with others caught and not registered meaning fish are running through rapidly and progressing upstream which encourages everyone.

There were 134 salmon and 12 sea trout reported with the largest salmon of 21 pounds caught on the upper Tay Edradynate beat. Salmon were landed throughout the system from the Lower River to the Upper River. Sea trout catches should now improve as June progresses.

Beat catches reported
(week ending 9th June)
SALMON & GRILSE: Lower Redgorton 2, Luncarty 2, Fishponds 1, Stobhall 5, Taymount 3, Ballathie 3, Cargill 5, Islamouth 13, Lower and Upper Islamouth 17, Upper Islamouth and Meikleour House 4, Kercock 3, Dunkeld House 8, Dalmarnock 9, Dalguise 7, Lower Kinnaird 13, Edradynate 1, Farleyer Upper 3, Keithick Mains 3, Coupar Grange 23, Portnacraig Pitlochry 7, Loch Faskally 2.
Total: 134 Largest: Edradynate 21lbs
SEA TROUT: Lower Redgorton 1, Luncarty 1, Fishponds 4, Benchil and Pitlochrie 1, Ballathie 2, Cargill 1, Lower Kinnaird 1, Lower Aberuthven 1.
Total: 12 Largest: Luncarty & Ballathie & Cargill 3lbs

On the Lower River 51 salmon were landed. This was another good week for the lower river due to the lower water levels despite the unsettled river on Thursday and Friday. Islamouth again caught throughout the week accounting for 30 of the lower rivers fish and all on the fly. It continues to be the Tay’s most productive beat landing 9 on Tuesday. On Friday Peter Gifford caught a lovely 8 pounds salmon from the Castle pool on the fly in his half term break. There was a better spread of catches this week with more fishing from the lower reaches at last which is encouraging. Lower Redgorton, Fishponds and Luncarty caught fish during the week. Further up river Stobhall and Taymount had better weeks. Ballathie and Cargill continued their recent success in the low water.

The Middle River registered 24. Kercock had a quieter week but

Jeff Jukes caught a lovely 10 pounds fish and

Douglas McIntosh landed a 9 pounds salmon both fly fishing earlier in the week. At Dunkeld House Ray Baileys party had a successful week landing several fish up to 14 pounds on fly and spinner.


Salmon from the Dunkeld house beat.
Dalmarnock had a good week as well landing fish on most days.

The Upper River produced 33. The upper river continues to enjoy good sport. Edradynate produced the largest salmon for the river at 21 pounds this past week. Lower Kinnaird had another productive week landing several salmon and Dalguise did well particularly at the start of the week. Salmon continue to stream through the fish ladder at Pitlochry with the total over 1700 now. Despite the very low water at Portnacraig salmon were still caught there this past week. Successful anglers included Robert Spiers, David Cronshaw and Lee Thompson landing fish up to 13 pounds.

The Isla registered 26 from Coupar Grange and Keithick Mains.

The Earn registered 0.

The Tay Conservation Dinner will be held at the Dunkeld Hilton Hotel on Saturday 20th October 2012.

Celebrate a Tay spring salmon with a Dalmore Tay Dram and contribute to the future of this mighty river. Dalmore distillery have created a unique expression of their single malt whisky and a generous donation from each bottle sold will be gifted to the Tay Foundation to support their work to protect and improve the river.

Many thanks for all the pictures everyone is sending of salmon and thanks to all who have sent me their individual fishing experiences on the river. I would be most grateful if you would continue to do the same by emailing robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in this report.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Prospects for week commencing 11th June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Prospects for week commencing 11th June 2012.

The river was reasonably settled last week and continued at summer level despite some rain. The forecast is again fairly settled for the coming week with the chance of a little rain. The fresher weather should encourage salmon and sea trout to run and should still give the river a great chance of producing more good sport after last week produced the best registered catch of the season so far.

Video of the Islamouth beat of the lower Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. A truly outstanding part of Scotland a breath taking fly fishing water anywhere.

The weather will be settled this week with a little chance of rain improving prospects of sport on the river. There might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the river and hopefully the run will strengthen after fresh water to give us even more success.
Multi sea winter spring salmon continue to be caught as well which is very encouraging and the prospect of a large salmon is a real possibility after a few bigger fish appeared over the last few weeks and June was always a big fish mouth on the Tay over the years.

As to methods, in settled conditions and warmer river temperatures fishing by any method will be varied to catch the elusive Tay salmon. Fly fishing with a floating line and a sink tip is recommended with smaller tubes or a dressed fly. It is always worth a go with a Sun Ray as well. Spinning from the bank with Devons and Tobies are a good bet. It is even worth a go with a flying C or an upstream Toby as the fish become more active in warmer water.

A salmon recently caught fly fishing a Sun Ray Shadow.

Finally you are reminded that the Tay's catch and release policy for 2012.
From 1 June to end of Season:
• All hen fish of any size and all cock fish over 10 pounds should be released.
• All coloured and gravid fish to 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
Please adhere to these recommendations and help preserve the long term future of the river and your sport.

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. When taking a picture, lift the fish from the water with wet hands, quickly take the picture and return it immediately back to the water.
“Whatever the method, care combined with speed, will give the fish the best chance of survival.”

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 Salmon Fly Fishing on the Tay 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing on the Tay 2012.


This is Peter Gifford with an 8 pounds salmon caught fly fishing on the Islamouth beat earlier this year. Great to see the young rising salmon fishing stars catching on the Tay with the fly.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Islamouth on the Lower Tay, Perthshire, Scotland.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Islamouth on the Lower Tay, Perthshire, Scotland.


Video of the Islamouth beat of the lower Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. A truly outstanding part of Scotland a breath taking fly fishing water anywhere.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing on the Tay June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing on the Tay June 2012.


Paul Little with a cracking fresh salmon caught on the Glendelvine beat at Murthly.


Brian Archer with his first Tay salmon caught on the fly at Dunkeld House at the Gary Scott fly casting clinic.


Adan Thomson with an eight pounds salmon caught on the fly at Pitlochry Dam. There is now over 1700 salmon through the ladder.


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Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing on Islamouth, river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Salmon Fly Fishing on Islamouth, river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland 2012.

Islamouth on the Tay continued its good start to the season this week by accounting for 38 of the lower rivers fish and all on the fly. It is currently the Tay’s jewel in the crown and is probably the most productive beat in Scotland. On the last 3 days of the week John McElroys party landed 25 salmon with fish up to 21 pounds in weight.

Ian Mitchell caught the 21 pounds salmon in the New Shot from the boat on Saturday and

John McElroy landed a sea liced beauty weighing 18 pounds.

Salmon covered in sea lice.

A fish being played to the net by Gordon Fleetwood.

Gordon Fleetwood, Steven Watt and Neil Tong also enjoyed great sport over the three days.




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Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for the Week ending 2nd June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for the Week ending 2nd June 2012.

The catches were good last week despite unsettled water on Friday due to heavy rain. The quality of spring salmon remained high with fish up to 29 pounds in weight, this was again encouraging and it was the best reported catch of the season so far.

Settled conditions form the start of the week saw good catches on most days with cooler temperatures after the tropical weather the previous week. There was a bit of water from very heavy rain on Thursday but by the end of the week the water levels had fallen back to summer level. The quality was again exceptional with more multi sea winter salmon landed. The river temperature was around 60F or 16C. Salmon continue to be caught from top to bottom in the river with others caught and not registered meaning fish are running through rapidly and progressing upstream which encourages everyone.

There were 128 salmon and 9 sea trout reported with the largest salmon of 29 pounds caught on the Cargill beat. There was also a salmon of 20 pounds caught on a regular basis throughout the river. Salmon were landed throughout the system from the Lower River to the Upper River. Sea trout catches should now improve as June progresses.

Beat catches reported
(week ending 2nd June)
SALMON & GRILSE: Fishponds 1, Stobhall 1, Ballathie 7, Cargill 10, Islamouth 25, Lower and Upper Islamouth 13, Kercock 6, Newtyle 4, Dunkeld House 10, Dalmarnock 2, Dalguise 4, Lower Kinnaird 12, Upper Kinnaird 4, Farleyer Upper 7, Coupar Grange 21, Portnacraig Pitlochry 1.
Total: 128 Largest: Cargill 29lbs
SEA TROUT: Luncarty 1, Benchil and Pitlochrie 3, Catholes 1, Stobhall 1, Cargill 3.
Total: 9 Largest: Benchil and Pitlochrie & Cargill 4lbs

On the Lower River 57 salmon were landed. This was a far better week for the lower river due to the lower water levels despite the unsettled river on Friday. Islamouth again caught throughout the week accounting for 38 of the lower rivers fish and all on the fly. It is currently the Tay’s jewel in the crown and is probably the most productive beat in Scotland. On the last 3 days of the week John McElroys party landed 25 salmon with fish up to 21 pounds in weight. Ian Mitchell caught the 21 pounds salmon in the New Shot from the boat on Saturday and John McElroy landed a sea liced beauty weighing 18 pounds. Gordon Fleetwood, Steven Watt and Neil Tong also enjoyed great sport over the three days. Ballathie and Cargill had good weeks as well benefiting from lower water. On Ballathie Fred and Dorothy Harrison caught on most days and on Cargill it was a similar story apart from Saturday when the ladies struck again!

Claire Wylie landed a stunning 29 pounds sea liced salmon from the boat at Clocksden. Alistair Ross was also successful on Saturday landing a 15 pounds salmon on the fly.

The Middle River registered 22. At Kercock the week got off to a good start with John Taylor landing a 12 pounds salmon and on Wednesday

Ossie Johnstone caught a cracking 14 pounds fish. Also on Wednesday the beat had their first grilse weighing 4 pounds which is quite early considering the bulk of the grilse now run in August. Nick Parks had a good day as well landing 2 salmon. Newtyle had an excellent day on Thursday landing 4 fish with Calum McRoberts catching 3 of them on a devon weighing up to 17 pounds. Dunkeld House had a good week as well landing salmon on a regular basis. At the end of the week Gary Scott held a casting school that was well attended. Brian Archer, who attended the course, caught his first ever salmon weighing 7 pounds which was a great result.

The Upper River produced 28. At Upper Kinnaird the Llyod’s from South Africa had a good day on Tuesday landing 3 salmon.

Tim had a memorable first ever days salmon fishing landing 2 up to 16 pounds, but not to be out done, his father, Rob caught a 13 pounds fish on a Salmo. Lower Kinnaird also had a reasonable week.

Bernie Collett landed a lovely 15 pounds salmon fly fishing the Guay pool and S. Rutherford caught a lovely fresh salmon from the famous Junction pool. Dalguise had a better week further down stream. Farleyer continued to catch on most days keeping their good start for the season going. On the Tummel sport has tailed off for the mean time as salmon fly up through the ladder at Pitlochry and water levels drop away again. There are now over 1600 through the ladder, which is down slightly on last year, but the figure is catching up rapidly. One salmon was caught at the dam this week falling to Adam Thomson on the fly.

The Isla registered 21 all at Coupar Grange.


The Earn registered 0.

The Tay Conservation Dinner will be held at the Dunkeld Hilton Hotel on Saturday 20th October 2012.

Celebrate a Tay spring salmon with a Dalmore Tay Dram and contribute to the future of this mighty river. Dalmore distillery have created a unique expression of their single malt whisky and a generous donation from each bottle sold will be gifted to the Tay Foundation to support their work to protect and improve the river.

Many thanks for all the pictures everyone is sending of salmon and thanks to all who have sent me their individual fishing experiences on the river. I would be most grateful if you would continue to do the same by emailing robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in this report.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Prospects for week commencing 4th June 2012.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Prospects for week commencing 4th June 2012.

The river was settled by the end of last week and had dropped back to summer level after the wet weather on Thursday. The forecast is again settled for the coming week with the chance of a little rain. The fresher weather should encourage salmon and sea trout to run and should still give the river a great chance of producing more good sport.

Islamouth looking down to Ballathie and Cagill as the light goes.

The weather will be settled this week with a little chance of rain improving prospects of sport on the river. The water temperature is currently around 60 degrees Fahrenheit or 16 degrees Celsius. There might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the river and hopefully the run will strengthen after fresh water to give us even more success.
Multi sea winter spring salmon continue to be caught as well which is very encouraging and the prospect of a large springer is a real possibility after a few bigger fish appeared last week.

Finford Head on Lower Stobhall and Taymount.

As to methods, in settled conditions and warmer river temperatures fishing by any method will be varied to catch the elusive Tay salmon. Fly fishing with a floating line and a sink tip is recommended with smaller tubes or a dressed fly. It is always worth a go with a Sun Ray as well. Spinning from the bank with Devons and Tobies are a good bet. It is even worth a go with a flying C or an upstream Toby as the fish become more active in warmer water.

Finally you are reminded that the Tay's catch and release policy for 2012.
From 1 June to end of Season:
• All hen fish of any size and all cock fish over 10 pounds should be released.
• All coloured and gravid fish to 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
Please adhere to these recommendations and help preserve the long term future of the river and your sport.

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. When taking a picture, lift the fish from the water with wet hands, quickly take the picture and return it immediately back to the water.
“Whatever the method, care combined with speed, will give the fish the best chance of survival.”

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 Casting School on the Tay.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Casting School on the Tay.

Gary Scott held a casting school at Dunkeld House Hotel over the last couple of days.

Lunch time at the Dunkeld House casting school.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Salmon Fly Fishing with a Sun Ray Shadow.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Salmon Fly Fishing with a Sun Ray Shadow.

The Islamouth beat on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland has had some outstanding sport this past week.

This was a salmon being caught fly fishing a Sun Ray Shadow on the Tay at Islamouth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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