Salmon Fishing Scotland 2013 Salmon Season on Tay, Perthshire about to close.

Salmon Fishing Scotland 2013 Salmon Season on Tay, Perthshire about to close.

Tomorrow signals the last day of the Salmon season on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland. The river has settled back to a reasonable height and catches have improved with now over 200 salmon registered for the week. Let us hope the last day is a good one as well.

A fading light on the river as the season ends.


Kenny Scott playing a salmon on the Benchil beat just below Stanley.


A coloured male salmon prior to release.


Robin Reid with a salmon caught at Dalguise.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Final Week on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland 2013.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Final Week on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland 2013.

The weather at last has calmed down after last weeks torrential rain and the river is falling back to a reasonable height. The catches have improved with approaching 150 salmon registered so far this week and there is evidence of good fresh salmon running the river.

The autumn colours at Dunkeld.


A fresh autumn salmon caught at Stanley.


Ian Kettles with a fresh salmon caught in front of Stanley Mills on a Devon.


A lovely fresh salmon caught by John Morrison on the fly from Horsey on the Pitlochrie beat.


The light starting to fade on a short autumn day on the river.


The sun sets on a cold autumn day in late October.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Report for week ending 26th October 2013.

Salmon Fishing Scotland river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Report for week ending 26th October 2013.

The conditions on the Tay in Perthshire, Scotland were not good this past week with very heavy rain and very high water but catches were still achieved throughout the week but it must be said it has not been easy for many beats on the Tay. Hopefully a distinct autumnal feel and more settled weather for the last 4 days of the season will give us the conditions to encourage better sport on this marvelous river and spread it throughout the whole river. The fresh water will hopefully encourage a good run of fresher salmon to benefit all.

Some scenes from the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland in late October 2013.
Autumn is here with more water and better conditions this week hopefully to improve sport as has proved this season so far with some outstanding catches and numerous spring salmon registered in the Tay system above expectation, a few areas have had great summer and autumn catches so far due to excessive low water. Let us hope the sport can be maintained for the last 4 days of the season then it will go out with a positive note. The Tay is currently fishing reasonably well with slowly improving conditions after low warm water; salmon run this mighty river every day of the year due to its vast volume of water and is certainly a good destination to catch a salmon. The river offers a variety of possibilities for all standards of anglers with ghillies’ only too keen to teach the novices and this mighty river can produce a memorable salmon for the keen fly fisher. Levels have now risen and temperatures dropped to hopefully encourage more salmon to run the river and spread out. Pools can be easily covered from bank and boat with modern technology. Why not have a go and sample this magical river. The fishing is supreme and the scenery is not bad either. Currently the autumn colours on the trees are a sight to behold especially when you get a bit of sun. The Ospreys are long gone south but the Geese are arriving from the north and you could see an Otter or a Kingfisher darting past while you are in mid cast! It is true what they say, “ a salmon is a bonus!”

Beat catches reported
(week ending 26th October)
SALMON & GRILSE: Almondmouth 25, Waulkmill 9, Lower Redgorton 13, Luncarty Summer and Autumn 5, Catholes Summer and Autumn 1, Upper Redgorton 12, Fishponds 9, Benchil and Pitlochrie 11, Upper Scone 7, Catholes 2, Burnmouth 1, Stobhall 3, Taymount 13, Ballathie 18, Cargill 25, Islamouth 9, Lower and Upper Islamouth 5, Upper Islamouth and Meikleour House 6, Meikleour House 7, Kercock 8, Murthly 1 17, Murthly 2 17, Newtyle 4, Dunkeld House 6, Dalmarnock 10, Dalguise 8, Upper Aberuthven 2.
Total: 253 Largest: Kercock 45lbs
SEA TROUT: Waulkmill 2, Upper Redgorton 2, Upper Aberuthven 3, Lower Aberuthven 3.
Total: 10 Largest: Upper Aberuthven & Lower Aberuthven 3lbs

Salmon have been caught throughout the system this past week including some autumn monsters encouraging everyone after rain and cooler temperatures.

The Lower River caught approximately 170 salmon for the week. The conditions over the last week made catches hard earned. Despite the water coming up Ballathie and Cargill still faired well during the week landing several salmon. Taymount and Stobhall also did well with Taymount adding to their excellent catch for the year. At Stanley Tim Greenfield’s party enjoyed reasonable success. Charles Savage landed a couple of sea liced fish in his visit. Guy Smedley landed his first ever salmon and Tim Greenfield caught a fish at 17 pounds.

On Saturday Mr and Mrs Bailie enjoyed success on the Pitlochrie beat landing a fish a piece. Upper Redgorton caught salmon up to 27 pounds with Bob Brittain and Steve Walker enjoying success. On Fishponds the Stormonts had enjoyable fishing under the guidance of Ian Kirk. Mrs Braithwaite-Exley caught a lovely fresh 10 pounds fish and

Louisa Stormont caught her first ever salmon weighing 14 pounds. Lower Redgorton and Waulkmill had good catches on some days and Almondmouth did well with a Sweedish party fairing well at the end of the week catching several salmon on the fly. The Stormont Angling Club continued to have success landing mostly fresh salmon being on the tidal limit.

On the Middle River around 77 salmon were registered and some good fresh salmon have been caught as well including fish up to over 30 pounds. This was the Dalguise report for the week made by Ghillie Stan Pelc. “The week started with rising water on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, then more settled during Thursday and Friday and rising again on Saturday. The high water brought with it a lot of debris, including those dreaded autumnal leaves. Never the less, the hard effort paid off with a cracking 14lb fresh hen caught by Mike Stanners, Thursday it was Toni Kakkuri from Finland lands a 7lb coloured cock fish,

Friday brings 2 fish a 18lb coloured cock fish caught by Stephen Bett and an 8lb coloured hen caught by Steven Coll. Saturday was the most productive day, with 4 fish landed. Andy Kerr does it again, with fish of 16lb and 14lb caught in the morning from the Guay Pool, this was followed up by Simon Rutherford landing an 8lb hen, again from the Guay Pool. To round of the week, Dalguise Fishings photographer Chris Plank lands a cracking coloured cock fish of 20lb in the Bridge Pool. While out and about this week I certainly saw plenty of fish throughout the beat, both coloured and some very fresh fish that looked as if they were running hard.” Thanks Stan. Dalmarnock enjoyed a good week with salmon caught up to 27 pounds.

Belgium visitors caught their first ever salmon. Alan Dorrian caught 2 in a day and Jim Fisher landed a 14 pounds fish on the fly. On Dunkeld fish were landed up to 22 pounds including some fresh ones. Ian Strachan caught on the fly from the Ivy Tree pool.

Adrian Parr caught a lovely fresh fish in the same pool with Neil Turner landing a 21 pounds in the same area. Newtyle caught their share as well during the week. The Murthly beats also faired well having some notable days for the time of year. On Kercock Gary Harkin reported, “eight for the week, Mr Robin Batchelor had a 15lbs fish, Duncan Cambell had one at 17lbs, Dougie Mclean 22lbs, Scott Ramage, Mark Thomson also caught and the high light of the week was

Kenny Milne Jnr catching a 45lb fish.”

The Upper River is now closed.

The Tummel system is closed.

The Isla is closed.

The Earn registered 2 salmon from Aberuthven.

It was certainly a hard week for most with difficult conditions and reasonable catches on some beats, the river must hope for settled conditions to encourage salmon to run over the last few days and spread throughout the entire system. Please maintain the Catch and Release code for the river to protect our sport for the future.

If you have any news or pictures of catches or experiences on the Tay and you would like to share them please email me on robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in the reports.


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Salmon Fishing Scotland Prospects for the river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland week commencing 28th October 2013.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Prospects for the river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland week commencing 28th October 2013.

The Tay in Perthshire, Scotland has autumnal conditions with at last more rain and consistent high water, dare I say too much water now! Catches have remained steady but generally everyone has had to work very hard to gain results. The weather has been extremely unsettled but hopefully will calm down for the last 4 days of the season and draw in a better run of fresher autumn salmon. The catches have spread maintaining sport in the river.

Currently the river is high but should start falling back after heavy rain on Saturday (approximately 6’ on the Ballathie gauge on Sunday). The weather has been colder with fresh water making the river temperature fall back to 50F or 10C at the end of the week. More water should help to maintain the chance of producing some better sport for everyone and improve catches further this coming week.

Autumn scenes from the river last week.
The weather is looking a lot more settled over the coming few days. Hopefully we will get a settled water and good height to hopefully encourage more salmon to run up the river in larger numbers as we enter the last 4 days on the 2013 season. Salmon were running last week but not in the numbers expected for the time of year. Hopefully there might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the river with improving conditions.

As to methods, in settled conditions fishing by any method should enable you to catch the elusive Tay Salmon. The water temperature is cooling making floating lines with the addition of a sink tip being a favoured tactic and using normal dressed flies. It is also worth a go with sinking lines with cooling conditions depending on water heights and trying some larger flies. When spinning, Tay favourites include Toby Salmos, weighted and floating devons, flying C’s and Visons or Rapalas. Harling is also a favoured method at this time of year on many beats.

Finally you are reminded that the Tay's catch and release policy for 2013.
Extension Period 16th to 31st October- ALL SALMON TO BE RETURNED.
Please adhere to these recommendations and help preserve the long term future of the river and your sport the recommendations. We have had a superb run and catch this season, which may just be down to the majority of anglers returning salmon over the past seasons. Thank you to all anglers who have this season so far returned their spring salmon to maintain our sport for the future, it is vitally important and is a great contribution by individuals who care for their sport and the river. Well done!

When releasing salmon please try to keep the fish in the water as much as possible to give them every chance to recover prior to release. Releasing fish from boats in the river is not recommended.

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 the reports.


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Salmon Fishing Scotland Large Autumn Salmon on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Large Autumn Salmon on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland.

The Tay, in Perthshire, Scotland has finished the weeks salmon fishing off with around 250 salmon registered. Conditions have not been favorable due to continued excessive rain but hopefully this will calm down for the last 4 days next week.

Big salmon continue to be caught on the river. This was a monster from Kercock yesterday caught on a Devon by Kenny Milne.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Late Autumn Fishing on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland 2013.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Late Autumn Fishing on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland 2013.

The Tay in Perthshire, Scotland settled back slowly after all the recent rain and catches improved. There has now been over 150 salmon registered for the week in fairly difficult conditions.

A superb sunny Autumn day on the river showing all the autumnal colours. A panoramic view of Horsey at Stanley.


Bob Brittain playing a good fish on the fly at Upper Redgorton.


A first ever Salmon for Guy.


a lovely late run fresh salmon caught by Steve Walker which was one of three he landed on Upper Redgorton.


The sun sets on a late October day at the Wash House.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Good Salmon Catches on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland 2013.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Good Salmon Catches on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland 2013.

The Tay salmon season is shaping up to be one of the best for decades.

This was a STV report on local television yesterday by Susan Nicholson.

http://news.stv.tv/tayside/245067-river-tay-salmon-season-has-enjoyed-best-run-for-many-years/

Around 10,000 fish have been landed since January, though the summer heatwave took its toll on some stretches of the river.

The figure is around 1000 more than last year — and well above the five-year average.

Dr David Summers of the Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board said: "We have also seen much bigger salmon this year than for a number of years. For example, if you take the Pitlochry fish ladder you've actually got to go back to the late 70s to get a similar number of big salmon ascending through the counter, not grilse, but what we would call multi-sea winter salmon.

"It's the best run for many years."

One theory to explain the improvement is that the salmon are spending longer at sea and the catch-and-release policy is also thought to be helping.

The season officially ends on October 31.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Late October Fishing on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland 2013.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Late October Fishing on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland 2013.

The rain has never stopped in recent days and we certainly have plenty water in the river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland. Salmon will be running up the burns now and some fresh fish are running the river.

An autumn scene today as the rain relents.


A fresh salmon caught at Benchil yesterday.


Charles Savage releasing a small grilse in Horsey that was carrying sea lice.


The light starts to fade on another wet day but perhaps over the next couple of days sport on the river will improve and we will see more late run fresh fish caught.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Report for week ending 19th October 2013.

Salmon Fishing Scotland river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Report for week ending 19th October 2013.

The conditions on the Tay in Perthshire, Scotland changed yet again this past week with at last a reasonable spate on Saturday and reasonable catches throughout the week but it must be said it has not been easy for many beats on the Tay. Hopefully a distinct autumnal feel and a more water will give us the conditions to encourage better sport on this marvelous river and spread it throughout the whole river. The fresh water will hopefully encourage a good run of fresher salmon to benefit all.
Autumn is here with more water and better conditions to improve sport as has proved this season so far with some outstanding catches and numerous spring salmon registered in the Tay system above expectation, a few areas have had great summer and autumn catches so far due to excessive low water. Let us hope the sport can be maintained for the remainder of the season then it will go out with a positive note. The Tay is currently fishing reasonably well with improving conditions after low warm water; salmon run this mighty river every day of the year due to its vast volume of water and is certainly a good destination to catch a salmon. Cooler temperatures and rain will spice up the river and help encourage some salmon to run, however it must be said everyone has to work extremely hard to gain results under the current conditions. The salmon gods are hopefully going to bless us with an improved run of autumn salmon over the last 10 days of the season. The river offers a variety of possibilities for all standards of anglers with ghillies’ only too keen to teach the novices and this mighty river can produce a memorable salmon for the keen fly fisher. Levels have now risen and temperatures dropped to hopefully encourage more salmon to run the river and spread out. Pools can be easily covered from bank and boat with modern technology. Why not have a go and sample this magical river. The fishing is supreme and the scenery is not bad either. Currently the nature along the river is tremendous with numerous wild flowers. The Ospreys have now gone south but the Geese should be arriving from the north and you could see an Otter or a Kingfisher darting past while you are in mid cast! It is true what they say, “ a salmon is a bonus!”

Beat catches reported
(week ending 19th October)
SALMON & GRILSE: Almondmouth 56, Waulkmill 33, Lower Redgorton 18, Luncarty Summer and Autumn 5, Upper Redgorton 10, Fishponds 10, Benchil and Pitlochrie 8, Upper Scone 14, Burnmouth 2, Stobhall 17, Taymount 51, Ballathie 24, Cargill 31, Islamouth 4, Lower and Upper Islamouth 27, Upper Islamouth and Meikleour House 7, Meikleour House 2, Kercock 24, Murthly 1 Low Water 20, Glendelvine 8, Murthly 2 High Water 29, Newtyle 9, Dunkeld House 7, Dalmarnock 5, Dalguise 5, Lower Kinnaird 5, Upper Kinnaird 1, Farleyer Upper 5, Farleyer Lower 15, Upper Aberuthven 3, Lower Aberuthven 2, Portnacraig Pitlochry 1, Ruan Ruarie 1.
Total: 459 Largest: Murthly 1 Low Water 30lbs
SEA TROUT: Waulkmill 1, Taymount 3, Murthly 1 Low Water 1, Lower Aberuthven 4.
Total: 9 Largest: Taymount 4lbs

Salmon have been caught throughout the system this past week including some superb fish from just below 30 pounds in weight encouraging everyone after rain and cooler temperatures.

The Lower River caught approximately 330 salmon for the week. Islamouth had a good week catching on most days and having a few days in double figures. Ballathie and Cargill continue to do extremely well as does Taymount and Stobhall. This part of the river is holding a good stock of resident salmon and any fresh salmon running stop as well giving the beats very good sport. At Stanley fish continued to hard earned but Gary Perks enjoyed a good week on Upper Scone landing several salmon up to 25 pounds.

Also on the Stanley water Simon Harrops party had fish on most days with Simon landing a long tailed sea lice fish from Horsey. Rupert Abbott and Luke Barnett also caught on fly and spinner. Philip Walker caught a 14 pounds fish on the fly from the Woodside on Thursday.

Fishponds and Upper Redgorton also had to wortk hard for success but were catching some lovely fresh salmon with tide lice. Waulkmill and lower Redgorton had good weeks being just above the tide. Almondmouth had another good week with over 50 salmon. The Stormont Angling club continued to fish well due to the river conditions. Danny Fulton landed a superb fresh salmon estimated at over 28 pounds.


Some video action from last week.
On the Middle River around 120 salmon were registered and some good fresh salmon have been caught as well including fish up to 30 pounds.

Lower Kinnaird had their share of salmon for the week with Rob Hargreaves catching a 13 pounds salmon on the fly from the Junction pool. This was the Dalguise report from Stan Pelc. “Last week was a very strange week, lots and I mean lots of salmon showing daily in all the pools, including some big fish well into their twenties. Catching them was a very different story all together, this made following the previous weeks haul of 21 a near impossible task. It would however, be fair to say that the river never really settled, at the start of the week it was dropping, then come Saturday a perfect rise, but it brought with it all the autumn leaves and debris, no sheep this time. However, we managed 5 fish for the week, nothing outstanding, but still good sport for the Dalguise Fishings anglers. The first fish of the week arrived on Tuesday, a 10lb coloured hen courtesy of Martin Jones, a 5lbs coloured hen quickly followed this for Uli Dorfner, on the fly in the Croy Stream. Wednesday brought the third fish of the week, an 8lb coloured hen caught by Gordon Stewart from Rothesay on a Stinchar Stoat Bottle Tube in the Guay Flats.
Thursday was an important day, with Elaine Mather hooking and landing fish number 119, equaling last years total, a coloured hen of 6lb caught at the Tail of the Island. Elaine would kill me if I never mentioned this again, but her fish was caught on her new Guideline Rod and Line (one of our bank Ghillie’s would approve of this). Friday and Saturday were both hard, hard days with the rise on Saturday came a deluge of debris down the system, thousands on leaves and the odd tree. But, Roddy Crosbie stuck it out and the well known Cree angler managed to winkle out a very small coloured hen grilse of 2lb.” Great report Stan, many thanks.

On Dalmarnock Mr St John achieved a MacNab thanks to a 21 pounds fish from the beat taken on a Tay Lure from the boat. There were also good notable fish salmon for Colin Booth and Douglas.

Dunkeld House had their share with 14 year old Lewis McDonald landing his first ever fish on a Rapala from the Cutty with his Grandfather looking on. Peter Karni landed an 18 pounds fish on the fly from the Lady Pool and

Bernard Summerfield landed a good salmon earlier in the week. Newtyle had a reasonable week. The Murthly and Glendelvine beats enjoyed good success throughout the week with fish up to 30 pounds. Kercock “had some nice fish this past week, Jim McEwan had four fish his biggest 15lbs, Norrie Mcloud had three including a 23lbs fish, Adam Bennett, Simon Rutherford, George Maitland, all had fish and Brian Taylor had two, his biggest 20lbs caught on a G.P tube fly.” Thanks Gary.

The Upper reaches have now improved after prolonged low water levels. The Upper River registered 21 salmon last week from Farleyer beats and Upper Kinnaird.

The Tummel system registered 2 salmon from Ruan Ruarie. Salmon are still running through the Dam in numbers. Currently there is now over 6000 salmon through the ladder, which is now a good increase on last year. This was the report from the Angling Club. “A last throw over the closing days saw Gordon Nichol finish his season with a fish around 6 pounds in Sawmill. Peter Rejner had a fish just over the 4lbs at the Dam beat and also had two come off. William Wilson finished our season with a fish estimated at 16 pounds from Ruan Ruarie. This beat on the River Garry has hardly been fished in the past two seasons. We have one rod who fishes fairly regular (Barry Ward ) and again he has been successful with 8 fish recorded between 4lbs and 10lbs. P.A C. fishing on the Tummel has had another great year with 170 recorded from the Dam beats and 52 from Sawmill. The club would like to take this opportunity to thank all our visiting anglers for their continued support of Pitlochry Angling Club.” Many thanks.

The Isla registered 0 salmon. The Earn registered 5 salmon from Aberuthven.
It was certainly a hard week for most with good conditions and reasonable catches on some beats, the river must hope for yet more rain to encourage salmon to run over the last weeks and spread throughout the entire system. Please maintain the Catch and Release code for the river to protect our sport for the future.

If you have any news or pictures of catches or experiences on the Tay and you would like to share them please email me on robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in the reports.


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Salmon Fishing Scotland Prospects for the river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland week commencing 21st October 2013.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Prospects for the river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland week commencing 21st October 2013.

The Tay in Perthshire, Scotland has autumnal conditions with at last more rain and a large spate over the weekend. Catches have remained steady but generally everyone has had to work very hard to gain results. The weather is more autumnal with lower river temperatures but the weekend spate should help for this coming week and draw in a better run of fresher autumn salmon. The catches have spread maintaining sport in the river.

The river at Stanley on Sunday.
Currently the river is steady and falling back after heavy rain on Saturday (approximately 5’ on the Ballathie gauge on Sunday). The weather has been colder with fresh water making the river temperature fall back to 50F or 10C at the end of the week. More water should help to maintain the chance of producing some better sport for everyone and improve catches further this coming week.

Late October on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland. Salmon caught fly fishing and typical scenery from the river for the time of year.
The weather is looking cooler and unsettled with more rain over the coming week. Hopefully we will get a settled water and good height to hopefully encourage more salmon to run up the river in larger numbers as we enter the last week of October. Salmon were running last week but not in the numbers expected for the time of year. Hopefully there might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the river with improving conditions.

As to methods, in settled conditions fishing by any method should enable you to catch the elusive Tay Salmon. The water temperature is cooling making floating lines with the addition of a sink tip being a favoured tactic and using normal dressed flies. It is also worth a go with sinking lines with cooling conditions depending on water heights and trying some larger flies. When spinning, Tay favourites include Toby Salmos, weighted and floating devons, flying C’s and Visons or Rapalas. Harling is also a favoured method at this time of year on many beats.

Finally you are reminded that the Tay's catch and release policy for 2013.
Extension Period 16th to 31st October- ALL SALMON TO BE RETURNED.

Please adhere to these recommendations and help preserve the long term future of the river and your sport the recommendations. We have had a superb run and catch this season, which may just be down to the majority of anglers returning salmon over the past seasons. Thank you to all anglers who have this season so far returned their spring salmon to maintain our sport for the future, it is vitally important and is a great contribution by individuals who care for their sport and the river. Well done!

The river dropping back nicely fro the start of the week.
When releasing salmon please try to keep the fish in the water as much as possible to give them every chance to recover prior to release. Releasing fish from boats in the river is not recommended.

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 the reports.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland October Extension Salmon Fishing on the Tay 2013.

Salmon Fishing Scotland October Extension Salmon Fishing on the Tay 2013.

The extension period on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland is into day two with over 130 salmon registered and some big salmon caught as well. There is no doubt conditions are still difficult on the river with a lack of rain. Hopefully this is about to change with heavy rain forecast which may just bring in a good run of late fresh salmon.

Phil Walker with a 14 pounds hen salmon from the Woodside on the Pitlochrie beat at Stanley caught fly fishing.


Gary Perks with a 25 pounds male salmon from Benchil on the Lower Scone fishings caught on a Devon in the Todd Holes.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Autumn Fly Fishing on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland October 2013.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Autumn Fly Fishing on the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland October 2013.

The rain has started to fall and the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland enters the trial extension period for basically the last 2 weeks of the month. Hopefully we will get enough more water to encourage a late autumn run. It was not a bad start with over 70 registered on the first day and all are being returned.

This was a good story from yesterday. Young Cameron Davidson caught his first ever salmon on the fly from the Rome Croy stretch of the Stormont Angling Club at Perth. The fish weighed 23 pounds and Cameron is pictured with his proud father Billy. Well done and hopefully lots more to come for you.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Autumn Salmon on the Tay October 2013.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Catching Autumn Salmon on the Tay October 2013.

The Tay, Perthshire, Scotland has had a couple of successful days for the start of the week with over 250 salmon registered for the traditional end to the season. The river now enters the experimental extension period until the end of October where all salmon are returned. Few fresh salmon have been caught recently due to excessive low water, however rain is forecast over the next few days which may trigger off a better autumn run of fresh salmon.

A typical autumn scene with all the colours.

Simon Harrop with a long tailed sea-liced salmon caught in Horsey at Stanley.

Rupert with a good salmon caught on the fly at Benchil.

Simon Harrop and Andrew Brown celebrate a good autumn salmon on the fly from Benchil.

Ian Scruton with a cracking salmon from Murthly caught on the fly.

The light fading as a Tay salmon is played on the Fly at Murthly.

The light goes down on another good day on the Tay.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Report for week ending 12th October 2013.

Salmon Fishing Scotland river Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Report for week ending 12th October 2013.

The conditions on the Tay in Perthshire, Scotland changed yet again this past week with much colder water temperatures and catch improved by 50% but it must be said it has not been easy for many beats on the Tay. The Indian summer at last disappeared with a few morning frosts. Hopefully a distinct autumnal feel and a more unsettled weather pattern will give us colder nights and more rain to encourage better sport on this marvelous river and spread it throughout the whole river. Most people are still looking for even more water to encourage a good run of fresher salmon to benefit all.
Autumn is here with hopefully cooler river temperatures and more rain making better conditions to improve sport as has proved this season so far with some outstanding catches and numerous spring salmon registered in the Tay system above expectation, a few areas have had great summer and autumn catches so far due to excessive low water. Let us hope the sport can be maintained for the remainder of the season then it will certainly be one to remember in years to come. The Tay is currently fishing reasonably well with improving conditions after low warm water; salmon run this mighty river every day of the year due to its vast volume of water and is certainly a good destination to catch a salmon. Cooler temperatures and more rain will spice up the river and help encourage some salmon to run, however it must be said everyone has to work extremely hard to gain results under the current conditions. The salmon gods are hopefully going to bless us with more rain and an improved run of autumn salmon over the last couple of weeks. The river offers a variety of possibilities for all standards of anglers with ghillies’ only too keen to teach the novices and this mighty river can produce a memorable salmon for the keen fly fisher. Levels have now risen and temperatures dropped to hopefully encourage more salmon to run the river and spread out. Pools can be easily covered from bank and boat with modern technology. Why not have a go and sample this magical river. The fishing is supreme and the scenery is not bad either. Currently the nature along the river is tremendous with numerous wild flowers. The Ospreys have now gone south but the Geese should be arriving from the north and you could see an Otter or a Kingfisher darting past while you are in mid cast! It is true what they say, “ a salmon is a bonus!”

Beat catches reported
(week ending 12th October)
SALMON & GRILSE: Almondmouth 91, Waulkmill 22, Lower Redgorton 32, Luncarty Summer and Autumn 10, Catholes Summer and Autumn 1, Upper Redgorton 15, Fishponds 18, Benchil and Pitlochrie 10, Upper Scone 4, Burnmouth 2, Stobhall 44, Taymount 47, Ballathie 45, Cargill 46, Islamouth 31, Lower and Upper Islamouth 32, Upper Islamouth and Meikleour House 9, Meikleour House 8, Kercock 32, Murthly 1 21, Glendelvine 12, Murthly 2 16, Newtyle 11, Dunkeld House 10, Dalmarnock 1, Dalguise 21, Lower Kinnaird 27, Upper Kinnaird 5, Farleyer Upper 10, Farleyer Lower 1, Upper Aberuthven 5, Lower Aberuthven 1, Islabank 3, Keithick Mains 5.
Total: 648 Largest: Ballathie 28lbs
SEA TROUT: Upper Aberuthven 3, Lower Aberuthven 1.
Total: 4 Largest: Upper Aberuthven 4lbs

Salmon have been caught throughout the system this past week including some superb fish from just below 30 pounds in weight encouraging everyone after some rain and cooler temperatures.

The Lower River caught approximately 450 salmon for the week. Islamouth had a good week catching on most days and having a few days in double figures. Ballathie and Cargill continue to do extremely well as does Taymount and Stobhall. This part of the river is holding a good stock of resident salmon and any fresh salmon running stop as well giving the beats very good sport. Stobhall had a much better week with local rods doing well.

Simon Furniss landed a superb 21 pounds fresh salmon from the Twin Stones on the fly on Friday. Further down stream life is bit more difficult with the continued lack of water. At Stanley Charles Savage enjoyed some good autumn fishing landing a few fish for his 3 days.

On Saturday Rob Stewart caught his first ever salmon form Horsey which was dedicated to his father Fraser who was a keen angler on the Tay and sadly passed away. Fishponds and Upper Redgorton worked away with reasonable success during the week.

Rob Jaques was a successful angler on Fishponds. Luncarty saw some Norwegian visitors at the end of the week and they did well landing fish up to 20 pounds on the fly. Waulkmill and lower Redgorton had good weeks being just above the tide. Almondmouth had another good week with over 90 salmon. The Stormont Angling club is also fishing well due to the river conditions.

Graham Nicols landed a superb fresh salmon estimated at over 25 pounds.

On the Middle River around 170 salmon were registered and some good fresh salmon have been caught as well.

Lower Kinnaird had a good week landing 27 salmon up to 16 pounds mostly on fly. This was a report from Stan Pelc on Dalguise.

“The sunsets at Dalguise Fishings after a memorable weeks fishing, the week ended with 21 fish caught and not far of that lost as well. The fishing has been excellent this week with lots a fresh fish being caught as well as some notable coloured fish, Andy Kerr kicks starts off the 20 pounds plus group with a fine coloured cock on Monday, then finishes the week with a 27 pounder from the Guay Pool.

Fen Howieson picked up a 20 pounds hen on Saturday, rounding off the week.” Thanks Stan.

On Dalmarnock Paul Young had success landing a 13 pounds salmon from the boat. Dunkeld House had a reasonable week with fish up to 22 pounds. Newtyle saw veteran angler Jack Hopper back catching salmon on Tuesday. The fly did well with Owen Duff, Rodger Worth and

Tony Thomas landing salmon up to 18 pounds. French visitors Christian Lassiaille and Daniel Viry also had memorable experiences of salmon fishing on the Tay. The Murthly area also did well with Ian Scrutons party catching several salmon throughout the week including some good fresh fish. Kercock had a good week with 32 fish, Colin Chisholm had a 21 pounds salmon, Adrian Parry got three fish with the biggest being 20 pounds. Jim Dickson, Stephen Bain, Paul Hunter, Jamie Turner & Billy McInnes all had fish.

Brian Bayne got a 15 pounder on a cascade and

82 year old Malcolm Hume had an 8 pounds fish also on a cascade.

The Upper reaches are now struggling for salmon after prolonged low water levels. The Upper River registered 16 salmon last week from Farleyer beats and Upper Kinnaird. Kinnaird saw a couple of first ever salmon for

Ken Cairnduff and Ron Ryland that was superb news. Well done!

The Tummel system registered 0 salmon. Salmon are still running through the Dam in numbers. This was a report from The Pitlochry AC blog. “A lift in water height and we are back in business. On Friday morning Calum Mc Roberts had two fish in Sawmill at 4lb and 16lb on a Payo 110. Calum followed this up on Saturday with a fairly fresh fish of 9lb caught on a No 3 Mepps at Ruan Ruarie fishings on the Garry. Not to be outdone Gordon Nichol also had two on Saturday at 4lb and 5lb from Sawmill on a Sunrise Shrimp. This is another shrimp pattern using mainly yellow & orange combination ( Thorsten Struben ). Well done lads. This has been another great season on Tummel on all beats. Just heard of a reported fish of over 20lb to Matt Mitchell fishing West Haugh on Friday on fly. ” Many Thanks. Currently there is now over 6000 salmon through the ladder, which is now a good increase on last year.

The Isla registered 8 salmon from Islabank and Keithick Mains. The Earn registered 6 salmon from Aberuthven.
It was certainly a hard week for most with good conditions and reasonable catches on some beats, the river must hope for yet more rain to encourage salmon to run over the last weeks and spread throughout the entire system. Please maintain the Catch and Release code for the river to protect our sport for the future.

If you have any news or pictures of catches or experiences on the Tay and you would like to share them please email me on robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in the reports.


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