River Tay Spring Salmon Fishing Report for week ending 30th April 2011.
The last week of April on the Tay was again encouraging with settled water and ideal conditions for spring fishing however the lower river levels seemed to curtail catches but the river still produced some top quality salmon throughout the river. There has again been some top quality fly fishing throughout the river as well with superb conditions and enjoyable weather. The settled river will give us good prospects for this coming week but we could do with a freshen up with some rain and fresh water.
The river remained settled for the entire week, and the river temperature moved up to around 52 degrees Fahrenheit or 11 degrees Celsius.
57 spring salmon were reported last week, with the best spring salmon of the season being caught, a magnificent estimated 38 pounds being caught at Glendelvine by Andrew McAdam on Wednesday. This was again superb news for the Tay with more confirmation of multi-sea winter salmon running the river.
On the lower river 25 fresh spring salmon were caught. The river temperature is coming up now encouraging the salmon to run hard. The lower part of the Tay is certainly witnessing this with limited catches however above Stanley catches continue to improve.
Islamouth, Cargill, Ballathie, Stobhall and Taymount continue to catch throughout the week with some excellent sport. 13 salmon were caught on the Islamouth beat this week and all caught fly fishing. John McElroy’s party at the end of the week accounted for 8 fish.
Hopefully the river will remain settled this coming week, which should make for excellent prospects.
The middle river reported 14 which was encouraging. This is a conservative total as the Murthly and Glendelvine beats are not reporting. After the temperature has come up the spring salmon are now running freely into the middle Tay with encouraging numbers being seen on a daily basis.
All of the Tay middle beats including Meikleour, Kercock, Newtyle, Dunkeld House and Dalmarnock are having success and this should continue over the next few weeks. More information from this area would be welcome to expand on this report in the future.
On the upper river 15 were reported, with dropping river levels sport became a bit more difficult but there were still some good catches. Lower Kinnaird, Edradynate, Farleyer and Findynate all had success. On the Tummel the Pitlochry Angling stretch continued to produce especially at the Dam. There are now 707 through the Dam as of Sunday. John Veitch and Ian Horne both heavily involved with the fishings on the River Lochy caught two fish on Pitlochry bank of 9 and 6 pounds. John fished a Green bodied Willie Gunn. Ian a Willie Gunn Flamethrower Varient. Ian also lost a fish just out from the marker stone when his fly line went round a rock.
There has not been anything officially reported from Loch Tay but I understand there have been quite a few spring salmon landed. Hopefully some details will filter through.
The Isla reported 3 from Coupar Grange.
Many thanks for all the pictures everyone sent me of spring salmon and all who have sent me their individual fishing experiences this and last season on the river.
I would be most grateful if you to do the same this season by emailing me at
robert.salmonfishing@googlemail.com to be included in this report.
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