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A week of much cooler air temperatures with a north westerly blowing for most of the week plus a couple of early morning frosts and a few skeins of Geese being seen making it really feel like autumn now .  Their looks to be a reasonable amount of fish in some of the pools with lesser in others which is encouraging to see.  Again the numbers about don't reflect in the catches of 4 salmon and 1 sea trout landed. Graeme Simpson landing the largest at 10lb on a small cone head Francis. 

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The first week of September pretty much started off the way August finished with rain and below seasonal average temperatures however by Friday we were complaining about the heat and sunshine,  lovely weather but not for fishing.  The height started at 4" on Monday, Tuesday up to over 4' and by Saturday was down to 11". Water temperatures were 53f to 57f.  Catches this week were 2 for Geoff Wright , both on a small Black & Yellow tube, with a 7lb er from Rockhead and a 5lb er from Kelpie. Ross Keeley had a 10lb er from the Garden Run on a Willie Gun . Again, enough fish about but they're not in the mood. 

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Another week of strong westerly winds, a mix of sunshine & cloud plus some rain, mostly at the beginning of the week, giving good water levels but a very strong peat stain to contend with which does seem to put the fish off a bit however we did manage 5 fish with a few lost. Ryan Maloney managed to land the 100th fish from the beat on Wednesday, a lovely 12lb er from Glister on a GP & followed that up with a fresh 4lb grilse on Friday.  Other fish landed were Andy Ashcroft 9lb in Rock head. Ben Perry 5lb in Glister. Grahame Reid 6lb in Kelpie. Water levels were 1' 2" on Monday, a rise midweek and dropping back to 10" on Saturday with water temperatures 53f/57f

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A bit of an autumn feel about it this week with fairly blustery winds from the west almost every day, some persistent heavy rain and a fair drop in air temperatures along with water levels being unsettled which made for a hard weeks fishing, however Kim Michelsen's party from Denmark did land 2 salmon and 3 grilse with a few others lost,  sticking with traditional patterns they were on Blue Charms and March Browns. Again the catches aren't reflecting the numbers of fish that are about with a good mix of coloured and fresh fish showing. Water temperatures were in the mid 50's Fahrenheit all week and water levels started at 4" on Monday/Tuesday followed with some peaty rises and finishing at 1' 7" on Saturday. 

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A really mixed week with thunder and lightening, bright sunshine, howling wind and an unsettled river however we did have 1 salmon and 3 grilse and unlucky not to land more with a few fish lost also. After the thunder/lightening cleared away on Monday, Jacquey Goodchild managed a lovely 4lb grilse from the Grey Mare. On Wednesday Andy Blundell had a 5lb grilse in Salt Vat. Thursday Andy Ashcroft had a 5lb grilse from Canary and not to be out done Stephen Goodchild landed a fresh 7lber in the Cottage on Friday. River heights were 3" on Monday and after a few rises mid week finished at 7" on Saturday.  Water temperatures were 55f/60f.

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It is strange how the fishing can change from consistently good catches to very few but we have seen it before and no doubt will see it again. We had fairly good water levels and temperature conditions this past week plus there were fish about but the fish were certainly switched off for some reason, we had a few fish lost over the week. However we did get off to a good start on Monday morning when Ray Doonan (The Orchy Oracle) managed to land a lovely fresh 4lb grilse in Upper Ferroch, then it was a long wait until Saturday evening when Hamish Allen landed a sea trout of roughly 3lb. 

Water heights were 3" on Monday, with a wee rise mid week to 10" and finishing at 5" on Saturday. Water temperatures were 58f/64f.

There is some rain forecast upriver tomorrow so hopefully that will freshen things up a bit for the coming week. 

Cheers Brian

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A very different week weather wise compared to what we experienced for most of July. We had a lot more sunshine, heat and humidity resulting in a gradually dropping river and water temperatures creeping up which isn't the best conditions however we did manage 10 grilse and a few lost. Great effort from the Jacobs party, landing 8 for their week and 2 more to other day rods. All fish landed were in really fantastic condition. Flies that were doing the trick were small Phatagorva's, black Snaelda's & small black Pigs. Water heights were 7" on Monday & 3" on Saturday with water temperatures 60f/61f.

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Cheers Brian