Salmon Fishing Scotland Autumn Scenery in Perthshire, Scotland.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Autumn Scenery in Perthshire, Scotland.


Autumn colours at Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland overlooking the river Tay.


The Horseshoe Weir on the river Almond above Almondbank in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Autumn Salmon Fishing on the Earn October 2010.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Autumn Salmon Fishing on the Earn October 2010.

These are some recent pictures sent to me by a colleague of Autumn Salmon Fly Fishing on the Earn in Perthshire, Scotland. The Earn is part of the Tay system but their season does not end until the the end of October. The Earn is far more dependent on water, unlike the mighty Tay, however this river has had some good sport recently. The Earn can often produce very big autumn salmon which has been proved in the past.

Jim Fisher from Glasgow with a lovely fresh hen autumn salmon caught from the lower Earn fly fishing.


A sea liced autumn salmon from the Earn in Perthshire, Scotland caught fly fishing in October 2010.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Outside Catering.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Outside Catering.


This is a picture of the Scruton party fishing Murthly 1 with Donald Tritton.
They were the delighted winners of the riverside lunch prepared by Sandra Kinloch and auctioned on behalf of the Tay Ghillies.
Sandra produced a delicious meal and, in contrast to the popular and wise catch and release code now being followed by Tay fishers, in this instance nothing was returned!
Sandra's catering comes highly recommended.
Thank you Ian for this contribution.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Leaping Autumn Salmon.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Leaping Autumn Salmon.


This was a video recently shot at the Horseshoe Weir just above Almondbank, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland Autumn in Perthshire, Scotland 2010.

Salmon Fishing Scotland Autumn in Perthshire, Scotland 2010.

Glorious autumn sunshine on the river Tay in Perthshire, Scotland.

The view to Stanley Mill on a typical autumn day.


Autumn colours on the trees looking down on the Horsey pool of the Pitlochrie beat at Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.


Last light looking down towards Benchil below Stanley.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for the final week in October 2010.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Salmon Fishing Report for the final week in October 2010.

The final 5 days of the 2010 season on the river recorded 583 salmon, which was another good week for the river. A good few other salmon were caught as well this week but not registered.

Spectacular Autumn scenery on the last days of the Tay Salmon season.

The river was running at about 3 feet at the start of the week on the lower river and gently dropped back as the week progressed. There was a consistent daily catch of around 100 fish every day but the salmon proved harder to catch in the last few days as the water dropped away.

A salmon about to be landed on the Fly on the lower Tay.

This week the lower river dominated the catches and the middle river faired reasonably after the rises in river levels the previous week. There was a consistent run of grilse and autumn salmon. Thank you all who adhered to our catch and release policy to return as many salmon as possible over the season to preserve what we have for the future.

A typical late run grilse caught on the last day of the Tay season on the lower river at Stanley.

The lower river produced 454 out of the 583 salmon caught. All the lower beats caught as the salmon ran up the river with favourable river levels. The salmon seem to be continuing to run through the lower stretches as they have done all autumn. Even up to the last day fresh sea liced salmon were caught. There are resident salmon in all the pools as well, which was great to see. Let us hope there is a successful spawning securing a good run for the future. All the lower beats had good returns for the past week with a more spread out catch and all posting very good results. All the lower beats have enjoyed a good autumn with catches well above the 5 year average. Quite a few bigger salmon were caught as well with fish in the upper teens and twenty’s regularly reported.

The best salmon reported was a 34 pounds hen fish from the lower Cargil beat landed by Alistair Sheach from Kirkcaldy.

The middle Tay caught 87 salmon for the week, which was much better, but this was missing catches from the Murthly area, which would add at least another 50 or so. All the beats in this area of the river have been catching.

The Upper River and Loch reported 36. Kinnaird and Dalguise finished well with a good few days. There are now over 4400 salmon through the Pitlochry fish ladder which is on a par with the 5 year average.

The Aberuthven water on the Earn reported 6 last week. There is a good run of salmon and grilse in progress on this river with all the recent rain. Hopefully the Earn will have a good end to the season, which ends at the end of the month.


Many thanks for all the pictures and information everyone sent me the season (ghillies and anglers) and also to all who have sent me their individual fishing experiences. I would be most grateful if you continue to send me information by emailing me at stanley.fishing@ukonline.co.uk to be included in this report.

The sun goes down on another Tay season.

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Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Season closes October 2010.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Season closes October 2010.

The Tay season drew to a close yesterday with some good catches. It has been a very good autumn on the Tay with excellent catches which has been heartening. The returns have been above the 5 year average however one swallow does not make a summer! Salmon fishing is very valuable to our economy so let us all hope this trend will continue into 2011.

This was a 34 pounds salmon landed by Alistair Sheach on the Cargil beat on the last day of the season. The salmon took a flying C at the Cobble Croy on the lower beat. This magnificent hen salmon was safely returned to the river to spawn.


The Tay offers some superb late season fly fishing.


Superb autumn colours on the last day of the Tay season. This was the view looking down to the lower Tay Benchil beat yesterday with the boat in Todd Holes.


The sun goes down on another salmon season on the mighty Tay. This was a sea liced grilse caught on the fly from the Horsey pool. Fresh salmon continue to run the Tay right up to the end of the season.

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