A running diary of events on the river.
Had a very pleasant time on the middle river with Paul from Kidderminster today. The main intention was to fish for salmon as there are fish in the pools, but the water is getting a little thin that far up at present with the dry weather we have had (never thought i would be asking for […]
With the water temperature at 14 oC, the air temperature at 9 oC, wind from the north-east and low water, it is not always a great combination for ideal fishing conditions. But some days the fish and invertebrates think otherwise, good hatches of olives and fish activity on the surface was good to see. The […]
Warmer weather has arrived at long last! It was a good time to look at the river to see what was what. After all the high water over the winter and early spring, there does not seem to be that much damage to the invertebrate and fish life as there was first expected. Kick samples […]
The annual SGAIC spring assessment weekend held on the Fishponds beat of the river Tay was once again a great success. The candidates over the weekend were relatively young, which was great to see, and included some experienced gillies with a refreshing approach to their casting. With six assessments, one trout Master class and various […]
Sometimes when you have organised a day on the river with three novices who want to try both salmon and trout fishing, the weather forecast is atrocious for that day and all have no kit, it can get a little anxious! As it happened I need not have worried, the weather predicted of high winds and copious […]
