Salmon Fishing Scotland Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 24th May 2014.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 24th May 2014.

The river Tay in Perthshire Scotland continued to catch spring salmon last week as water levels eased even further. Catches were maintained but disappointing as the river dropped steadily and the weather continued to improve but it was another quieter week for the time of year with Saturday showing an improvement. A reasonable run of spring salmon continued on the river and there was the continued sign of some more bigger multi sea winter fish with more mid twenty pounds salmon landed. The catches on the lower river have eased as temperatures rise but there were continued signs of fish spreading up river as catches were maintained in the middle and Upper River giving renewed optimism for the coming week.
This past week saw water levels drop below 2’ most of the week due to better weather and improved conditions with spring salmon being registered from the river with others caught as well but not registered. Sea trout continued to appear as well in better numbers that was very encouraging. The fishing is supreme and the scenery is not bad either. Currently the Blue bells are out along the river with also numerous other wild flowers. Ospreys visit the river on a daily basis 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 24th May)
SALMON & GRILSE: Fishponds 1, Stobhall 5, Taymount 6, Ballathie 1, Cargill 3, Islamouth 17, Upper Islamouth and Meikleour 7, Kercock 2, Murthly 1 1, Glendelvine 1, Murthly 2 5, Newtyle 3, Dunkeld House 4, Dalmarnock 2, Lower Kinnaird 3, Farleyer Upper 5, Farleyer Lower 1, Portnacraig Pitlochry 4, Loch Faskally 5, Ruan Ruarie 2.
Total: 78 Largest: Murthly 2 & Farleyer Lower 25lbs
SEA TROUT: Lower Redgorton 11, Fishponds 2, Benchil 2, Catholes Stanley 1, Stobhall 1, Taymount 2, Newtyle 1.
Total: 20 Largest: Lower Redgorton & Newtyle 4lbs

Lower Tay.
The summer fishing is well underway on the lower river for the coming weeks as most of the boats are off the river below Stanley for May and June but reasonably priced bank fishing is still available. Sea Trout have been an added bonus with more caught this past week on the lower river yet again. Salmon catches below Stanley have been limited but sea trout continue to be caught in reasonable numbers especially on Lower Redgorton.

Fishponds caught a 10 pounds sea liced fish on Saturday. Just above Stanley Stobhall and Taymount worked away with 11 salmon between them. Stobhall averaged nearly a fish a day and on

Taymount Vince Sibley caught 7 and 9 pounds fish plus a sea trout in one day. Cargill and Ballathie continue to find it hard going but falling water levels should help them this coming week.

On Cargill G Campbell and Justin Symborski both had success during the week. Islamouth had a much better week as water levels dropped with 17 for Angus Johnsons party which included 7 landed on Saturday.

The Meikleour beats also figured fairly well with reasonable catches.

Middle Tay.
The catches further upstream have been steady this past week but disappointing compared to last year as conditions have eased and the water temperature has climbed up a bit. Over the weeks to come this will hopefully improve as the salmon run freely up the river with water levels easing. Kercock had 2 for their week and the Murthly and Glendelvine beats accounted for 7 including a fish of 25 pounds from Murthly 2.

Newtyle caught 3 in the week with Peter Noble landing a superb 14 pounds fish on Wednesday, Peter Bowling caught his first ever fish on the fly at the Dean’s Burn and Craig Carter caught his first ever salmon weighing 8 pounds from the Ferry Pool. Just upstream from there on the Dunkeld and Birnam angling club water odd fish have been caught, Billy Davidson landing a 12 pounds fish and loosing another good fish in the high teens covered in sea lice!

On Dunkeld House some good fish were landed with John Cranston catching a fresh 14 pounds beauty in the Rock Pool on a Toby and Andrew Smiths landing a lively 10 pounds fish on the fly in the Cathedral Stream.

Dalmarnock had a better week now under the guidance of Callum McRoberts. Fish were landed up to 15 pounds with

Billy Matthews from the borders catching an 8 pounds fish on the fly from the Inch Stream on Saturday. Lower Kinnaird had 3 for the week.


Upper Tay.
This area is fishing steadily and seeing fish with Farleyer beats picking up 6 fish including a fish of 25 pounds last week.

Tummel.
It has been much quieter on the Tummel this past week with odd catches but fish have been running through Pitlochry Dam with the count up to around 900. 4 fish were caught last week on Portnacraig including a superb 21 pounds fish for Gordon Nichol on the fly, Lee Thompson with an 8 pounds fish on a Flying C, Alan Atkins with a 6 pounds fish again on Flying C and

Brian Holmes landed a fine 16 pounds fish on his third days fishing on the beat which was well worth waiting for! Loch Faskally have continued to catch with 5 fish last week now that salmon are running freely through the dam. Even further up the system, the Pitlochry Angling club Ruan Ruarie stretch accounted for 2 fish including a 12 pounds fish for Barry Ward on Saturday. The beats below have been catching as well but they do not register their fish on fishpal unfortunately to see the true picture.

Isla & Ericht.
Salmon are now freely running the Isla with rising water temperatures and nosing up into the Ericht however nothing was reported last week.


The Tay Ghillies Association has launched a FISH OF THE MONTH AWARD to encourage good catch and release practice on the Tay. Each month the winner will receive 2 personalised crystal Whisky glasses engraved with details of the catch and they will automatically be entered into the fish of the year competition for a Stylish Crystal Engraved Decanter.
• Catch a good Tay Salmon
• Weigh it carefully and photograph it with as little handling as possible.
• Verify with Ghillie
• Safely return the fish with a minimum of handling
• TGA Committee decision is final
Send entries with a photo and verification details to:-
Mike Hay, Sec of Tay Ghillies Assoc.
Mobile: 07762 464407
Email: tayhayurg@gmail.com

The Spring Salmon fishing has been good so far despite the big water levels early in the season with some notable catches, let us hope this is a taste of what is to come for the Summer and Autumn as the weather remains reasonable to maintain it all.

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 Tay, Perthshire, Scotland week commencing 26th May 2014.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Prospects for the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland week commencing 26th May 2014.

The Salmon fishing season is now nearing the end of May on the mighty Tay in Perthshire, Scotland and we are getting good water conditions for late spring fishing with a continued reasonable salmon run which is now spreading throughout the river as temperatures have risen. The weather was settled for last week making life better as river levels receded making the pursuit of that magical spring salmon a bit easier and catches were achieved in reasonable numbers with some larger multi sea winter spring salmon caught as well.

Currently the river is falling back after last week (approx 1’ on the Ballathie gauge). Lower river levels in the coming days should enable the river to produce more top quality spring fishing and as temperatures rise the fish will run further and the catches will continue to spread. The weather is be reasonably settled over the next few days, which should benefit the river and give a great chance of producing some more sport and some "Bars of Silver”.

The weather is looking reasonably settled with only a small chance of some rain in the week with reasonable temperatures and this should continue to settle the river back to a lower level for everyone. The milder weather will certainly continue to give us more settled water levels and encourage salmon to run the river. The water temperature is creeping up to around 55 degrees Fahrenheit or 12.5 degrees Celsius. These are now normal temperatures for the time of year and the conditions have seen salmon running throughout the system with milder weather which has resulted in fish being caught well up the system, the milder weather and increased river levels will continue to encourage spring salmon to run. Hopefully there might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the river.

As to methods, in settled conditions fishing by any method should enable you to catch the elusive Tay Springer. The water temperature has warmed up slowly enabling floating lines to come out with the addition of a sink tip being a favoured tactic and using normal dressed flies. It is still worth a go with sinking lines as well depending on water heights and stripping a Sun Ray Shadow is always worth a go. 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 policy for January - May 2014 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.

The Tay Ghillies Association has launched a FISH OF THE MONTH AWARD to encourage good catch and release practice on the Tay. Each month the winner will receive 2 personalised crystal Whisky glasses engraved with details of the catch and they will automatically be entered into the fish of the year competition for a Stylish Crystal Engraved Decanter.

• Catch a good Tay Salmon
• Weigh it carefully and photograph it with as little handling as possible.
• Verify with Ghillie
• Safely return the fish with a minimum of handling
• TGA Committee decision is final
Send entries with a photo and verification details to: -
Mike Hay, Sec of Tay Ghillies Assoc.
Mobile: 07762 464407
Email: tayhayurg@gmail.com

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. Guidance on good Catch and Release practice.

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 Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 17th May 2014.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 17th May 2014.

Disappointing week but hopefully things will pick up soon.
The river Tay in Perthshire Scotland continued to catch spring salmon last week as water levels eased further. Catches were maintained but disappointing as the river dropped steadily and the weather continued to improve but it was another quieter week for the time of year. A reasonable run of spring salmon continued on the river and there was the continued sign of some more bigger multi sea winter fish with more mid twenty pounds salmon landed. The catches on the lower river have eased as temperatures rise but there were continued signs of fish spreading up river as catches were maintained in the middle and Upper River giving renewed optimism for the coming week.
This past week saw water levels drop below 3’ most of the week due to better weather and improved conditions with spring salmon being registered from the river with others caught as well but not registered. Sea trout continued to appear as well in better numbers that was very encouraging. The fishing is supreme and the scenery is not bad either. Currently the Blue bells are out along the river with also numerous other wild flowers. Ospreys visit the river on a daily basis 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 17th May)
SALMON & GRILSE: Lower Redgorton 3, Benchil 1, Stobhall 3, Taymount 2, Ballathie 2, Cargill 3, Islamouth 10, Upper Islamouth and Meikleour 7, Kercock 2, Murthly 1 5, Glendelvine 2, Murthly 2 10, Newtyle 6, Dunkeld House 5, Dalmarnock 1, Dalguise 1, Lower Kinnaird 6, Farleyer Upper 2, Keithick Mains 1, Portnacraig Pitlochry 9, Loch Faskally 3.
Total: 84 Largest: Murthly 2 20lbs
SEA TROUT: Lower Redgorton 15, Luncarty 6, Upper Redgorton 1, Benchil 3, Stobhall 2, Taymount 2, Cargill 3, Newtyle 3, Keithick Mains 1.
Total: 36 Largest: Lower Redgorton & Keithick Mains 4lbs

Lower Tay.
The summer fishing is well underway on the lower river for the coming weeks as most of the boats are off the river below Stanley for May and June but reasonably priced bank fishing is still available. Sea Trout have been an added bonus with more caught this past week on the lower river. Lower Redgorton had a successful week catching 3 salmon and several Sea Trout. The lower areas are benefiting from a healthy run of sea trout and odd summer salmon with John Lessels landing a 4 pounds salmon on Benchil. The catches above Stanley continued to be hard earned last week as temperatures rose further enabling salmon to travel further upstream into the middle Tay before stopping for a rest. Stobhall and Taymount accounted for 5 fish during the week and the odd sea trout. Ballathie and Cargill caught odd salmon as well. The Islamouth area had a quieter week also but still had some good days with 5 landed on Wednesday by the McIntosh party.


Middle Tay.
The catches further upstream have been steady this past week but disappointing compared to last year as conditions have eased and the water temperature has climbed up a bit. Over the weeks to come this will inevitably improve further as the salmon run freely up the river with water levels easing. Kercock had 2 for their week and the Murthly and Glendelvine beats accounted for 17, which was a reasonable catch. Newtyle worked away with

Tony Sheehan catching is first Tay salmon on the fly weighing 10 pounds and later in the week

Sandip Datta caught a fine 9 pounds fish from the Cotter on a spinner. At Dunkeld House Sandra Robins enjoyed a few days with great success catching fish on the spinner and fly. Jim Ferrie also had success from the Cathedral stream earlier in the week. Dalmarnock and Dalguise had odd fish with Mike Stanners landing an 8 pounds fish from the Island on the fly. Lower Kinnaird had a better week with 6 fish.


Upper Tay.
This area is starting to see fish with Farleyer beats picking up fish last week.

Tummel.
It has been much better week on the Tummel with reasonable catches and fish running through Pitlochry Dam. 9 fish were caught last week on Portnacraig and some fish are going through the ladder with the count up to above 500 now. Successful anglers included Callum Imray with 2 fish up to 18 pounds on Devon, Les Dargie with one on fly, Graeme Stewart with a 16 pounds fish on the fly, 2 fish fell to the fly on Thursday for Gordon Nicoll and Ally Gowans and the end of the week saw David Andrew landing a 12 pounds fish on a flying C while club members

Alec Cruikshank and

Jim Fisher caught fish up to 19 pounds on the fly before the sun went down on Saturday evening. Loch Faskally have started to catch odd fish now that salmon are running freely through the dam. The beats below have been catching as well but they do not register their fish on fishpal unfortunately to see the true picture.

Isla & Ericht.
Salmon are now freely running the Isla with rising water temperatures and nosing up into the Ericht. Keithick Mains had 1 fish for their week.


The Tay Ghillies Association has launched a FISH OF THE MONTH AWARD to encourage good catch and release practice on the Tay. Each month the winner will receive 2 personalised crystal Whisky glasses engraved with details of the catch and they will automatically be entered into the fish of the year competition for a Stylish Crystal Engraved Decanter.
• Catch a good Tay Salmon
• Weigh it carefully and photograph it with as little handling as possible.
• Verify with Ghillie
• Safely return the fish with a minimum of handling
• TGA Committee decision is final
Send entries with a photo and verification details to:-
Mike Hay, Sec of Tay Ghillies Assoc.
Mobile: 07762 464407
Email: tayhayurg@gmail.com

The Spring Salmon fishing has been good so far despite the big water levels early in the season with some notable catches, let us hope this is a taste of what is to come and the weather continues to be reasonable to maintain it all.

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 Tay, Perthshire, Scotland week commencing 19th May 2014.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Prospects for the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland week commencing 19th May 2014.

The Salmon fishing season is now in May on the mighty Tay in Perthshire, Scotland and we are getting better water conditions for late spring fishing with a continued good salmon run in reasonable numbers which is now spreading throughout the river as temperatures rise. The weather was settled for most of last week making life better as river levels receded making the pursuit of that magical spring salmon a bit easier and good catches were achieved in reasonable numbers with some larger multi sea winter spring salmon caught as well.

Currently the river is falling back after last week (approx 2’ on the Ballathie gauge). Lower river levels in the coming days should enable the river to produce more top quality spring fishing and as temperatures rise the fish will run further and the catches will continue to spread. The weather is be reasonably settled over the next few days, which should benefit the river and give a great chance of producing some more sport and some "Bars of Silver”.

The weather is looking reasonably settled with a chance of some rain towards the end of the week with reasonable temperatures and this should continue to settle the river back to a good fishing height for everyone. The milder weather will certainly continue to give us more settled water levels and encourage salmon to run the river. The water temperature is creeping up to around 55 degrees Fahrenheit or 12.5 degrees Celsius. These are now normal temperatures for the time of year and the conditions have seen salmon running throughout the system with milder weather which has resulted in fish being caught well up the system, the milder weather and increased river levels will continue to encourage spring salmon to run. Hopefully there might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the river.

As to methods, in settled conditions fishing by any method should enable you to catch the elusive Tay Springer. The water temperature has warmed up slowly enabling floating lines to come out with the addition of a sink tip being a favoured tactic and using normal dressed flies. It is still worth a go with sinking lines as well depending on water heights and stripping a Sun Ray Shadow is always worth a go. 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 policy for January - May 2014 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.

The Tay Ghillies Association has launched a FISH OF THE MONTH AWARD to encourage good catch and release practice on the Tay. Each month the winner will receive 2 personalised crystal Whisky glasses engraved with details of the catch and they will automatically be entered into the fish of the year competition for a Stylish Crystal Engraved Decanter.

• Catch a good Tay Salmon
• Weigh it carefully and photograph it with as little handling as possible.
• Verify with Ghillie
• Safely return the fish with a minimum of handling
• TGA Committee decision is final
Send entries with a photo and verification details to: -
Mike Hay, Sec of Tay Ghillies Assoc.
Mobile: 07762 464407
Email: tayhayurg@gmail.com

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. Guidance on good Catch and Release practice.

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 Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 10th May 2014.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 10th May 2014.

Quieter week on the Tay but still some good salmon caught.
The river Tay in Perthshire Scotland continued to catch spring salmon last week as water levels eased further. Catches were maintained as the river dropped steadily and the weather continued to improve but it was a quieter week. A reasonable run of spring salmon continued on the river and there was the continued sign of some more bigger multi sea winter fish with more mid twenty pounds salmon landed. The catches on the lower river have eased as temperatures rise but there were continued signs of fish spreading up river as catches were maintained in the middle and Upper River giving renewed optimism for the coming week.
This past week saw water levels stay around 3’ most of the week due to better weather and improved conditions with spring salmon being registered from the river with others caught as well but not registered. Sea trout are starting to appear as well. The fishing is supreme and the scenery is not bad either. Currently the Blue bells are out along the river with also numerous other wild flowers. Ospreys visit the river on a daily basis 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 10th May)
SALMON & GRILSE: Fishponds 1, Benchil 1, Stobhall 4, Taymount 6, Ballathie 2, Cargill 1, Islamouth 9, Upper Islamouth and Meikleour 5, Kercock 3, Murthly 1 1, Glendelvine 5, Murthly 2 4, Newtyle 6, Dunkeld House 3, Dalmarnock 1, Lower Kinnaird 2, Upper Kinnaird 1, Findynate 1, Farleyer Upper 1, Coupar Grange 6, Portnacraig Pitlochry 6, Loch Faskally 2.
Total: 71 Largest: Islamouth 24lbs
SEA TROUT: Lower Redgorton 4, Upper Redgorton 1, Benchil 5, Stobhall 1.
Total: 11 Largest: Benchil 4lbs

Lower Tay.
The summer fishing has now started on the lower river for the coming weeks as most of the boats are off the river below Stanley for May and June but reasonably priced bank fishing is still available.

Sea Trout have been an added bonus with a few caught this past week on the lower river. The catches above Stanley dropped off last week as well as temperatures rose further enabling salmon to travel further upstream into the middle Tay before stopping for a rest. Stobhall and Taymount accounted for 10 fish during the week and the odd sea trout. On Taymount the toby Salmo seemed to be the favoured bait accounting for a 12 pounds fish for Robert Lewis and a superb 22 pounds cracker for Graham Allan. Ballathie started the week well with 2 fish on Monday and Cargill caught one on Friday, a lovely 12 pounds fish caught by Stewart Scott. Islamouth had a reasonable week with Alan Parker landing a superb 24 pounds fish on the fly from the New Shot being the high point after some help from Alistair Scott. Meikleour had a great day on Tuesday landing four fish up to 11 pounds on the fly.

Middle Tay.
The catches further upstream have continued to improve this past week as conditions have eased and the water temperature has climbed up a bit. Over the weeks to come this will inevitably improve further as the salmon run freely up the river with water levels easing. Kercock had 3 for their week and the Murthly and Glendelvine beats accounted for 10 that will hopefully improve this coming week.

Newtyle faired a bit better with Robert Moore catching a 13 pounds fish from the Deans Burn, Martin Moran landing 2 fish including a superb 21 pounds fish from the Steps, French angler Raymond Poggia also caught at the Steps and Patrick Ingram caught a 9 pounds fish in the Ferry pool later in the week.

Dunkeld House had a quieter week with 3 fish that included David Mitchell with a 9 pounds salmon, John Cranston with a superb 17 pounds beauty covered in sea lice fly fishing from the boat and Jonathan Landale with an 11 pounds fish from the Cathedral stream.

The Kinnaird beats also had odd fish including a first fish for Martha Sankey weighing an impressive 16 pounds.

Upper Tay.
This area is starting to see fish with Farleyer and Findynate beats picking up fish last week.

Tummel.
It has been quieter week on the Tummel with reasonable catches and fish running through Pitlochry Dam. 6 fish were caught last week on Portnacraig and some fish are going through the ladder with the count up to around 500 now. Successful anglers included Duncan Webster with a 14 pounds fish on a Devon, Alex Mitchell and Ally Gowans catching on fly, George Renwick with a 7 pounds fish on a Cascade and the week finishing with

John Downie and Gary Waugh landing fish on Saturday. Loch Faskally have started to catch odd fish now that salmon are running freely through the dam. The beats below have been catching as well but they do not register their fish on fishpal unfortunately to see the true picture.

Isla & Ericht.
Salmon are now freely running the Isla with rising water temperatures and nosing up into the Ericht. Coupar Grange had 6 fish for their week.

The Tay Ghillies Association has launched a FISH OF THE MONTH AWARD to encourage good catch and release practice on the Tay. Each month the winner will receive 2 personalised crystal Whisky glasses engraved with details of the catch and they will automatically be entered into the fish of the year competition for a Stylish Crystal Engraved Decanter.
• Catch a good Tay Salmon
• Weigh it carefully and photograph it with as little handling as possible.
• Verify with Ghillie
• Safely return the fish with a minimum of handling
• TGA Committee decision is final
Send entries with a photo and verification details to:-
Mike Hay, Sec of Tay Ghillies Assoc.
Mobile: 07762 464407
Email: tayhayurg@gmail.com

The Spring Salmon fishing has been excellent so far despite the big water levels with some notable catches, let us hope this is a taste of what is to come and the weather continues to settles down further to maintain it all.

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 Tay, Perthshire, Scotland week commencing 12th May 2014.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Prospects for the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland week commencing 12th May 2014.

The Salmon fishing season is now in May on the mighty Tay in Perthshire, Scotland and we are getting better water conditions for late spring fishing with a continued good salmon run in reasonable numbers which is now spreading throughout the river as temperatures rise. The weather was settled for most of last week making life better as river levels receded making the pursuit of that magical spring salmon a bit easier and good catches were achieved in reasonable numbers with some larger multi sea winter spring salmon caught as well.

Currently the river is falling back after last week (approx 3’ on the Ballathie gauge). Lower river levels in the coming days should enable the river to produce more top quality spring fishing and as temperatures rise the fish will run further and the catches will continue to spread. The weather is be reasonably settled over the next few days, which should benefit the river and give a great chance of producing some more sport and some early "Bars of Silver" if you are prepared to brave the elements.

The weather is looking reasonably settled with a chance of some rain initially but high pressure will dominate at the end of the week with reasonable temperatures and this should continue to settle the river back to a good fishing height for everyone. The milder weather will certainly continue to give us more settled water levels and encourage salmon to run the river. The water temperature is creeping up to around 52 degrees Fahrenheit or 11 degrees Celsius. These are now normal temperatures for the time of year and the conditions have seen salmon running throughout the system with milder weather which has resulted in fish being caught well up the system, the milder weather and increased river levels will continue to encourage spring salmon to run. Hopefully there might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the river.

As to methods, in settled conditions fishing by any method should enable you to catch the elusive Tay Springer. The water temperature has warmed up slowly enabling floating lines to come out with the addition of a sink tip being a favoured tactic and using normal dressed flies. It is still worth a go with sinking lines as well depending on water heights and stripping a Sun Ray Shadow is always worth a go. 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 policy for January - May 2014 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.

The Tay Ghillies Association has launched a FISH OF THE MONTH AWARD to encourage good catch and release practice on the Tay. Each month the winner will receive 2 personalised crystal Whisky glasses engraved with details of the catch and they will automatically be entered into the fish of the year competition for a Stylish Crystal Engraved Decanter.

• Catch a good Tay Salmon
• Weigh it carefully and photograph it with as little handling as possible.
• Verify with Ghillie
• Safely return the fish with a minimum of handling
• TGA Committee decision is final
Send entries with a photo and verification details to: -
Mike Hay, Sec of Tay Ghillies Assoc.
Mobile: 07762 464407
Email: tayhayurg@gmail.com

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. Guidance on good Catch and Release practice.

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 Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 3rd May 2014.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Tay, Perthshire, Scotland Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 3rd May 2014.

Good week for the Tay as temperatures rise.
The river Tay in Perthshire Scotland continued to catch spring salmon last week as water levels eased further. Catches were maintained as the river dropped steadily and the weather continued to improve. A reasonable run of spring salmon continued on the river and there was the continued sign of some more bigger multi sea winter fish with more mid twenty pounds salmon landed. The catches on the lower river have eased as temperatures rise but there were continued signs of fish spreading up river as catches improved in the middle and Upper River giving renewed optimism for the coming week.
This past week saw water levels ease most of the week due to better weather and improved conditions with over 100 spring salmon being registered from the river with others caught as well but not registered. Sea trout are starting to appear as well. The fishing is supreme and the scenery is not bad either. Currently the Blue bells are out along the river with also numerous other wild flowers. Ospreys visit the river on a daily basis 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 3rd May)
SALMON & GRILSE: Stobhall 4, Taymount 4, Ballathie 1, Cargill 4, Islamouth 8, Upper Islamouth and Meikleour 6, Kercock 3, Murthly 1 16, Glendelvine 2, Murthly 2 18, Newtyle 9, Dunkeld House 2, Dalguise 1, Lower Kinnaird 4, Upper Kinnaird 1, Farleyer Upper 4, Farleyer Lower 1, Coupar Grange 5, Portnacraig Pitlochry 15.
Total: 108 Largest: Murthly 2 27lbs
SEA TROUT: Benchil 1, Taymount 3, Dunkeld House 1, Dalguise 1.
Total: 6 Largest: Taymount 7lbs

Lower Tay.
The summer fishing has now started on the lower river for the coming weeks as most of the boats are off the river below Stanley for the summer but reasonably priced bank fishing is still available. The catches above Stanley dropped off last week as well as temperatures rose further enabling salmon to travel further upstream into the middle Tay before stopping for a rest. Stobhall and Taymount accounted for 8 fish during the week and the odd sea trout. On Taymount Nick Dorrington caught a 6 pounds fresh fish from Upper Eels Brigs,

Corrin Roberts landed a superb 20 pounds fish from the boat in Kil Mou and Jonathan Birchell caught a notable 7 pounds sea trout. Ballathie and Cargill had odd fish and continue to look for lower water to suit the beats however

Pat Ingram enjoyed a good day on Cargill landing fish up to 15 pounds on the fly.

The conditions are now starting to suit Islamouth as the river drops encouraging fly fishing from the bank. Neil Tong and

Martin Ferrie both accounted for good fish on Sneldas. Meikleour and Upper Islamouth have been working away as well with fish on most days.

Middle Tay.
The catches further upstream have continued to improve this past week as conditions have eased and the water temperature has climbed up a bit. Over the weeks to come this will inevitably improve further as the salmon run freely up the river with water levels easing. Kercock are now having better success with more fish being seen and caught with the water dropping. Dougie McLean landed fish and

Jim Wotherspoon caught a superb 24 pounds cracker. The Murthly beats had superb weeks with over 30 fish landed including a 27 pounds salmon from Murthly 2. Newtyle have been having better success recently with several fish caught last week. Farquhar Murray, Warwick Ivill, Craig Duncan, Bob Robinson, Geordie Ewings all caught fish up to 12 pounds earlier in the week.

On Friday Alistair Paisley caught a 13 pounds fish from the Steps and Calum McRoberts landed an 8 pounds fish at the Dean’s Burn. Saturday saw 3 fish caught up to 12 pounds by Malcolm Anderson, Alistair Paisley and Jamie Smith. Dunkeld House had a quieter week but reported more fish being recaptured for the second time after being released on the beat earlier in the season. Malcolm Bennett caught a 7 pounds fish on the fly from the tail of the Bridge Stream on Dalguise. The Kinnaird beats have had fish last week as well.

Upper Tay.
This area is starting to see fish with Farleyer beats picking up fish last week.

Tummel.
It has been another good week on the Tummel with good catches and fish appearing at the Pitlochry Dam. 15 fish were caught last week on Portnacraig and some fish are going through the ladder with the count up to 50. Successful anglers included George Falls, Colin Hyslop, Steven Watt, Dave Stewart and Jim Fisher catching fish up to 16 pounds mainly on Fly on Monday. Wednesday was another 6 fish day with Jimmy Ross, Gordon Hanslip,

Bruce Campbell, Gordon Nicol and Seven Watt all contributing fish up to 14 pounds. Thursday saw Finnish visitor Karl Manninen catching his first ever Scottish Salmon at 16 pounds on the fly. Not a bad start for Karl! The beats below have been catching as well but they do not register their fish on fishpal unfortunately to see the true picture.

Isla & Ericht.
Salmon are now freely running the Isla with rising water temperatures and nosing up into the Ericht. Coupar Grange had 5 fish for their week.


The Tay Ghillies Association has launched a FISH OF THE MONTH AWARD to encourage good catch and release practice on the Tay. Each month the winner will receive 2 personalised crystal Whisky glasses engraved with details of the catch and they will automatically be entered into the fish of the year competition for a Stylish Crystal Engraved Decanter.
• Catch a good Tay Salmon
• Weigh it carefully and photograph it with as little handling as possible.
• Verify with Ghillie
• Safely return the fish with a minimum of handling
• TGA Committee decision is final
Send entries with a photo and verification details to:-
Mike Hay, Sec of Tay Ghillies Assoc.
Mobile: 07762 464407
Email: tayhayurg@gmail.com

The Spring Salmon fishing has been excellent so far despite the big water levels with some notable catches, let us hope this is a taste of what is to come and the weather continues to settles down further to maintain it all.

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 Tay, Perthshire, Scotland week commencing 5th May 2014.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Prospects for the Tay, Perthshire, Scotland week commencing 5th May 2014.


The Salmon fishing season is now in May on the mighty Tay in Perthshire, Scotland and we are getting better water conditions for late spring fishing with a continued good salmon run in reasonable numbers which is now spreading throughout the river as temperatures rise. The weather was settled for most of last week making life better as river levels receded making the pursuit of that magical spring salmon a bit easier and good catches were achieved in reasonable numbers with some larger multi sea winter spring salmon caught as well.

Currently the river is falling back after last week (approx 2’ on the Ballathie gauge). Lower river levels in the coming days should enable the river to produce more top quality spring fishing and as the river levels ease the fish will run further and the catches will continue to spread. The weather is be reasonably settled over the next few days, which should benefit the river and give a great chance of producing some more sport and some early "Bars of Silver" if you are prepared to brave the elements.

The weather is looking reasonably settled for the coming week with a chance of some rain and reasonable temperatures that should continue to settle the river back to a more manageable fishing height for everyone. The milder weather will certainly continue to give us more settled water levels and encourage salmon to run the river. The water temperature is creeping up to around 50 degrees Fahrenheit or 10 degrees Celsius. These are now normal temperatures for the time of year and the conditions have seen salmon running throughout the system with milder weather which has resulted in fish being caught well up the system, the milder weather and increased river levels will continue to encourage spring salmon to run. Hopefully there might be a chance of a fresh fish anywhere in the river.
As to methods, in settled conditions fishing by any method should enable you to catch the elusive Tay Springer. The water temperature has warmed up slowly enabling floating lines to come out with the addition of a sink tip being a favoured tactic and using normal dressed flies. It is still worth a go with sinking lines as well depending on water heights and stripping a Sun Ray Shadow is always worth a go. 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 policy for January - May 2014 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.

The Tay Ghillies Association has launched a FISH OF THE MONTH AWARD to encourage good catch and release practice on the Tay. Each month the winner will receive 2 personalised crystal Whisky glasses engraved with details of the catch and they will automatically be entered into the fish of the year competition for a Stylish Crystal Engraved Decanter.

• Catch a good Tay Salmon
• Weigh it carefully and photograph it with as little handling as possible.
• Verify with Ghillie
• Safely return the fish with a minimum of handling
• TGA Committee decision is final
Send entries with a photo and verification details to: -
Mike Hay, Sec of Tay Ghillies Assoc.
Mobile: 07762 464407
Email: tayhayurg@gmail.com

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. Guidance on good Catch and Release practice.

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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