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Conditions this week were far from ideal with the low water and a lot of sunshine, however we did manage to land 7 fish for the week with the first 3 days being the better and the latter being pretty hard going.  All the fish were 5/7lb with Jerry Oddie being the top rod with 3 for his 3 days . Flies that did the trick were small Cascades and tiny black tube flies. Water heights were 2.5" to 4" all week and water temperatures were 55/59 Fahrenheit. 

Rods available during the last few weeks of the season if you fancy a last cast for 2026. Availability listed on our website then book with Sarah directly. 

Cheers Brian. 

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A mixture of sunshine and overcast days this week with a westerly wind to start with, then swinging more into an easterly direction. Conditions for the most part of the week were quite good. There were fish about but really not switched on unfortunately. A couple of fish landed, with Graheme Reid managing a 5lb grilse from Canary and we had another 5lb grilse from the Spout, both on small Cascades. 

Heights were 5" on Monday and by Saturday we were down to 2". Water temperatures were 57/60 Fahrenheit .

Cheers Brian

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A much better week all round with cooler temperatures, mostly over cast skies and a wee drop of fresh water plus a few more fish about which all helped to give us a pretty good week. George Goodchild had the honours with 5 fish to 9lb and a 4lb sea trout for his week on a variety of tactics from hitches to sunrays and conventional. Stephen Goodchild had a fresh 7lber in the Cottage on Friday.  Our visiting Swedish double act Benny Johansson and Anders Olovsson had a 7lb fish a piece, one from Floating Bank and one from Cairnton Pool.

Flies that did the trick were Sunrays, small hitched, Editor and small Banana flies. 

Water heights were 1" on Monday, 6" on Wednesday and 9" on Saturday and the water temperatures were 55/60 Fahrenheit.

Cheers Brian

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This was quite a tough week for us due to the bright sunshine and humidity but things did cool down slightly towards the end of the week and we picked up some fish. There were fish in some of the pools but really they were not interested in much, although we did have a few offers on Mon/Tues, then the sunshine and humidity really kicked in and switched the fish off completely. Thursday however we did manage a 5lb grilse from the Spout on a tiny Crathie. Friday was a good day for Louis Middleton when he managed a 5lb grilse from the Cottage on a small Crathie. On Saturday Mark Blair had two to the hitch, a 9lber from the Spout and a 4lb grilse from Cottage Stream.  Water heights were 4.5" on Monday and by Saturday down to 1.5". Water temperatures were 58/65 Fahrenheit. 

This coming week looks to be cooler with some much needed rain.

As ever, please contact Sarah to book your fishing for the rest of the 2026 season. Availability listed on our website. 

Cheers Brian

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A real mixture of weather and water conditions this week with sunshine, cloud, rain and westerly winds. On Monday/Tuesday we were sitting at 0" on the gauge & by Wednesday 2". Thursday we had the first decent rise for a good while rising from 7" to 1' 6" in the morning but with that brought blankets of Algae and the river resembling a bowl of green salad but nice to see the river with some water in it. Friday/ Saturday we had lovely settled water with a very slight peat stain. All week we were getting interest from fish with offers etc but just not hanging on but great to see fish in the pools. We ended the week with 1 salmon and 4 grilse with small Ally's Shrimps & Cascades working well.

Water heights were 0" Monday/Tuesday. Wednesday 2". Thursday 7" rising to 1' 6". Friday 1' 1". Saturday 8".

Water temperature were 57/59 Fahrenheit 

Cheers Brian

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At last a few inches of fresh water, the water temperature below 60 Fahrenheit,  mostly  overcast and more importantly some fish about however it was looking like a repeat of the previous two weeks with the river bone low on Monday but Andy Northeast got the week started with a fresh grilse of 4lb from Glister so the pressure was off a bit. Tuesday the river had risen half an inch but still pretty quiet.  We had another half inch rise on Wednesday which did waken some fish up and David Jacobs landed his first of the week in the Spout, a 4lb grilse. On Thursday we had another 1 inch rise which flicked the switch and David Jacobs landed 3 grilse from Invercannie and Sarah Tetley landed a grilse in Grey Mare. Rob and Sarah Tetley had a grilse a piece on Friday (Spout and Glister) with Sarah landing another on Saturday in Upper Ferroch. As usual with grilse we did lose quite a few over the week but all fish were in fantastic condition. A fair mixture of flies were doing the trick, Stoat Tails, Cascades, Munro Killers, Black Boars and Willie Gunns.

Water heights were 0.5" on Monday. 2" on Thursday/Friday and 1" Saturday. 

Water temperatures were varying from 57/62 Fahrenheit.

If you would like to visit us yourself for a cast have a look at our rod availability on the Cairnton website and then book directly with Sarah. 

www.cairnton.co.uk

email - sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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Another hard week but it started off looking more positive with a fish lost within the first 5 mins on Monday but that was it until Thursday when another one was lost at close quarters.  The low warm water and uncomfortably hot sunny days played a big part and it did appear that there were no fish in the pools but some drone footage proved that there were fish about but clearly not interested and lying doggo. Saturday however we had the nicest conditions of the week with more cloud and cooler temperatures which did briefly waken a few up with an odd one or two showing. 

Water heights were 0.5" on Monday and 0" the rest of the week.  Water temperatures were 63/65 Fahrenheit. 

Cheers Brian