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A blank week in salmon fishing is not uncommon and unfortunately this past week we had one and the first so far this season.  Conditions were good apart from the wind, most days being bright with light cloud and the only rain falling on Saturday morning. On Monday we had a couple of offers and saw a few travelling fish with the following 4 days being very quiet. We did have a rise in water on Saturday by over a foot which did waken things up, most of the party getting good offers but just didn't hang on. Great effort by James Gilchrist's party (1st half) and Roald Meyer's (2nd half of week)

Water heights were 2' 8" Monday, and gradually dropping all week with Saturday morning at 1' 9" and by midday over 3ft. Water temperatures were 38/48 Fahrenheit. 

It was also nice to see the Sandpipers and Sand Martins arriving back for their summer vacation. 

Cheers Brian

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This week we had a fair mixture of weather conditions from strong winds to bright sunshine plus some wintery showers which is sort of expected for this time of year. By mid afternoon on Saturday the temperatures dropped quite dramatically marking the start of Storm Dave with sleet, rain & snow in the forecast aswell as strong winds from a westerly direction.  The fishing this week was surprisingly quiet considering we did see an odd fish or two each day but they did look like they were on the move. The first fish of the week came on Wednesday for Mark Blair in the Malt Steep and was 7lb on a Monkey. Thursday was a quieter day, then on Friday we had success at both ends of the beat with Alan Rankin landing a lovely 10lber in Upper Ferroch on a Snaelda and Euan Mellis landing a 10lber in Invercannie on a Willie Gunn. Saturday looked pretty promising until the afternoon when the storm started moving in. The river today is up a couple of feet and bodes well for the week ahead.

Water heights were 1' 8" to 2' 8" 

Water temperatures were sitting around 40 Fahrenheit apart from Wednesday when it jumped up to 46 Fahrenheit with the previous days sunshine and warmth. 

Cheers Brian

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British summer time begins today and noticeably a bit more light in the evening's and the days stretching from now on although last week felt like we wound the clocks back a month or two with the wind and proper wintery showers giving us some fairly challenging conditions. We did have a couple of fish on Tuesday with Andy Ashcroft managing a 9lb er from Malt Steep with Ian Ogden doing the netting and Arni Balderson managing a 7lb er from Mill Pool. We did have a hold of another couple but it was a bit quieter than previous weeks although on Friday we did see some fish coming through but they weren't entertaining us.

The fish this week were on a Monkey and a Willie Gunn. 

Water heights were 2ft Monday and 1ft 5" by the end of Saturday. 

Water temperatures were 38/43 Fahrenheit. 

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Spring certainly was in the air this week with more colour appearing on the riverbanks by the day, sunshine most days and Wednesday onwards almost cloudless skies with sharp early morning frosts.

We got off to a good start on Monday with Andy Ashcroft landing a 10lb er & Chris Macleod landing an 8lb er both in Malt Steep.  Ian Ogden landed his first of the season on Tuesday in the Grey Mare (8lb). Andy Ashcroft had his second of the week on Wednesday in Malt Steep (9lb). Thursday was a day to remember for Dale Gordon landing his first ever salmon on a fly he had tied the previous day, an 11lb er in Malt Steep.  Graheme Reid had a 9lb er in the same pool. Skjalg Lund from Norway always manages to land a fish when he fishes Cairnton, this time a 10lb er from the Plank and his friend Roar Velle managed a 7lb er in Middle Ferroch. Although we had a few offers and saw an odd fish Friday/Saturday nothing was landed. Flies that did the trick were Monkey patterns,  Ally Shrimps and Willie Gunns.

Water heights were 2' 4" on Monday. Tuesday 1' 11" and rising to over 3'. Wednesday 3' 7". Thursday 2' 8". Friday/Saturday 2' 2".

Water temperature were 38/43 Fahrenheit 

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Cheers Brian

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This week was fairly unsettled, the overhead and water conditions were quite challenging but we did have some very nice spells also. On Monday John Webb landed his first and second of the season from Malt Steep (8lb)and Floating Bank (9lb). On Tuesday Stewart Horne had a 10lb er from Grey Mare and Andy Ashcroft had an 8lb er from Malt Steep. Wednesday/Thursday were really unsettled with the river peaking at just under 7ft late on Thursday, then back down to 4' and fishable Friday morning. Saturday was the nicest day of the week, no wind and nice overhead conditions. Two fish were landed with Charlie Robertson (9lb) from Kelpie and John Webb (8lb) from Grey Mare. The usual go too spring patterns, Willie Gunns and Monkeys did the trick.

Water heights for the week were very unsettled - 1' 11" Mon. 2' 11" Tues. 3' 4" Wed.  2' 8"/ 7' Thur. 4' Fri. 2' 10" Sat.

Water temperatures were 37/41 Fahrenheit. 

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Cheers Brian

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A lovely week with plenty of early spring sunshine but still a chilly breeze most days and some hard overnight frosts giving us pretty good levels all week. Kent Harkansson's party from Sweden fished Cairnton all week and although they all had encounters and saw fish, Kent was the lucky one landing a 9lber on a Monkey in the Malt Steep on Wednesday afternoon and 10mins later Andy Ashcroft landed an 8lber on a Willie Gunn on the opposite side.

Heights were 4' 5" on Monday but settling back as the week went on. We did get a few inch rise on Thurs and finished on Saturday at 2' 5" and dropping. 

Water temperatures were 36/ 42 Fahrenheit. 

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Cheers Brian

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The first month of the season in already and the weather was kinder to us than normal with no gru etc. The easterly winds for the first couple of weeks weren't pleasant but luckily we had some fish landed each week which really did increase the early spring fishing enthusiasm. 

This week started off promising with a nice height and a couple of fish lost but a rise by midweek made it a little more difficult, however Andy Ashcroft managed a 9lb er from the Grey Mare on Thursday.  On Friday Andy Blundell had a 9lb er from Malt Steep and keeping his tally ticking over Charlie Robertson landed a 7lb er in Kelpie on Saturday. The usual Willie Gunn type patterns did the trick.

Water heights were 3' 9" on Monday, Midweek over 4' 6" and by Saturday back down to 3ft.

Water temperatures were 37/40 Fahrenheit. 

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Cheers Brian