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It's unusual to see the river down to summer levels in October when last year at this time the rain just never seemed to ease off, but no complaints with the fine weather aswell as the amazing colours on the trees along the river bank at the moment, which are stunning.  There are good numbers of fish in the beat just now which in some of the pools are fairly visible as the clarity of the water is so clear. We finished up with 7 salmon/grilse to 12lb for the week with small Snaelda's, Black Allys, Red Francis and Sunray doing the trick. Water heights were 6" on Monday and finishing on Saturday at 3". Water temperatures were 45/50 Fahrenheit. 

Notable catch this week was Richard Pembroke with a couple of 5lb ers which keeps his fishing trip record to the beat intact.

Not long to go now to the end of the season. Fancy one last throw? We have a limited number of rods available this coming week if you fancy it. Contact Sarah to book. sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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The last full week of September already and it was very Autumn like weather with a couple of frosts, some sunshine and a few heavy downpours mixed in. The start of the week was certainly more productive with catches and fish being seen but we had a small rise on Wednesday which seemed to shift a few fish about as it was much quieter the rest of the week,  however we did end up with 7 salmon, 3 grilse and 2 sea trout . Mark Blair had the largest at 12lb. Flies this week were Flamethrowers, Ally's Shrimps and Black Ally's. 

Water heights were 3" on Monday and by end of Saturday 1'. Water temperatures were jumping around quite a bit 45f to 53f.

A few rods available for the last full week of the season, email Sarah to get booked in before you pack everything away until 2025. Check availability on our website. www.cairnton.co.uk.

sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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The river was in good fettle this week but the overhead conditions weren't that great with plenty of sunshine and clear sky's for most of the week. The last two days were overcast with har coming in from the east. There are fish which are mostly coloured in all the pools but they are switched off at the moment but an odd clean fish has been seen however we did have 3 coloured grilse for the week, all around the 5lb mark with small Ally's shrimps doing the trick - a few fish lost also.

Water heights were 1' on Monday with a gradual drop each day finishing at 4" on Saturday. Water temperatures were low to mid 50's Fahrenheit. 

The Middle Blackhall hut got a bit of a paint job this week also to keep everything looking in good order. 

Cheers Brian

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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. 

Cheers Brian

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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. 

Cheers Brian

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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

We have rods available over the last few weeks of the season, please email Sarah to get booked in. You can check availability on our website. 

Cheers Brian

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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. 

Cheers Brian