Cairnton's History

Some Catch records from Arthur Wood's years

  1922 1931
Total Spring salmon 526 753
Average weight 10lbs 15oz 9lbs 13oz
Number caught by AHEWood 286 202
largest spring fish 42lbs 4oz 29lbs 8oz
caught by: Brigadier Cran Sheriff Dalas
Total Summer and Autumn Salmon 41 74
Grand Total for the year 567 827
Of note: Wood caught 24 fish of over 20lbs in weight, and on four days, caught 10 or more salmon to his own rod. Among Wood's guests at Cairnton was Col. John Buchan, the famous author of such classics as "The thirty-nine steps", and "John McNab"