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Well another season has finished and although parts of the season were frustrating due to lack of rain in the spring and summer, as well as the weeks of endless sunshine which were hard going, I think over all it wasn’t too bad considering we are dealing with mother nature and other things that are out with our control but this wild animal, the salmon,  doesn't read the same books as we do. 

It was also good to see many of the familiar faces on the beat and new ones as well and we look forward to seeing you all in 2023.

The last full week of the season we had really good conditions with a steadily falling water all week and some lovely autumn days but the fish were a bit dour although we did land 10 salmon and 1 grilse.  Notable catches were Alex Penman on Monday with a 14lb er from the Lower Ferroch on a Red Francis. On Tuesday Ken Mackenzie landed two fish, a 12lb er from Upper Ferroch and a 9lb er from Grey Mare both on an OAP half inch tube and last bit not least Lewis Blair landing 2 for his few days, a 15lb er from Glister on Friday and a cock fish of 21lb on Saturday from the Cottage, both on a size 8 Cascade. The 21lb fish is the largest from Cairnton and Middle blackhall this season.

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This week saw the return of Will Shropshire and party for a few days and although conditions weren't the best due to unsettled water a few fish and sea trout were landed. Toby Randle landing the first of the week followed by his second on Tuesday. Peel Taggart landed his first ever salmon and Richard Pembroke landed the most.  The last 3 days of the week saw 1 salmon and 4 grilse landed, the largest at 8lb for John Stewart Gasit from the Grey Mare. Patterns that were successful this week were Red Francis, Cascades and Flamethrowers.

The last week of the 2022 season looks quite unsettled with some rain tonight into Monday then settled for a couple of days. Another band of rain moving eastwards on Wednesday. Thursday settled then Friday is to be wet and windy and a few showers on Saturday. 

Cheers Brian

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This week was a little quieter than expected as there were enough fish about and conditions were on the most part fairly good apart from a few stormy hours on Friday morning but the fish didn't seem to switch on at all for us, however we did manage 2 salmon and 3 grilse for our week. John Webb landed the largest at 14lb from the Malt Steep on Saturday. There seems to be a bit of a theme this season with anglers managing to land fish on their birthdays, so this week it was Jeff Hatton celebrating his 68th birthday on Friday and landing a 12lb er in Glister on an Orange & Purple (OAP). Happy birthday Jeff.

The coming week looks to be mixed with some rain most days, cloudy with an odd blink of sun and getting cooler from mid week.

Still chance to get a last throw before the season ends so get in contact with Sarah to book.

Cheers Brian

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The past week started off looking quite promising with an early morning frost and quite a few fish about. Success came on Monday after a few years of trying for Belinda Elliot Dawes who managed to get her first Dee fish, a 5lb grilse in the Cottage. The next fish landed was on Wednesday by Craig Lunn in Upper Ferroch and was also a 5lb grilse. It was then looking like we were going to have a quiet week but Saturday the fish did switch on and 7 were landed, all between 5lb and 10lb. Jon Robb landed his very first salmon, a 5lb grilse in Middle Ferroch with Harry Marshall landing another 2 from the same pool later in the day. The other 4 were split evenly between father and son duo Mark and Lewis Blair with Lewis landing the 10lb er. All fish landed were on Francis patterns. 

The week ahead looks to be getting a good bit colder with wind and some heavy scattered showers coming from a Northerly direction.

We have limited availability now until the end of the season so please get booked in as soon as possible to have your last cast before the season finishes on 15th October.

Cheers Brian

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A much more settled river this past week with the height on Monday sitting at at 1' 10" and finishing on Saturday at 1' 7". The water temperatures have been gradually falling and it seems to have helped our catches with 9 salmon and 6 grilse landed for the week with some good fish in the 16 to 17lb bracket. Mark Blair who had his 50th birthday fishing the beat landed the largest of the week at 18lb from the Cottage on a Red Francis. Other successful flies were Ally Shrimps, Cascades and Sunrays.

The week ahead looks to be mostly cloudy with showers but a band of rain is expected coming from the west late Wednesday into early Thursday.

We have limited availability now to the end of the season so please check our website for the latest availability and get booked in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. 

Cheers Brian

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Well we finally got rain and plenty of it with the change that came last weekend and so the river was fairly dirty and unsettled at the start of the week, peaking at over 9ft early on Wednesday but gradually it started to drop as the day went on. It was to be Thursday before we landed anything with 6 landed up to 15lb. Friday a grilse and a sea trout were landed. On Saturday we landed 4 to 14lb and a seatrout. Notable catches were Grahame Reid with 4 fish on Thursday, Graham Lee landing his first Cairnton fish and Gary Craig also landing his first Cairnton fish. Favoured flies this week were Brown Pot Bellied Pigs, Cascades and Allys Shrimps. This coming week is looking pretty good but we do have another band of heavy rain coming through later this evening but once settled should have good conditions for the rest of the week. 

We have some availability over the last few weeks of the season so book now for your last cast on the Dee of 2022. 

Cheers Brian

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Last week saw the return of Kim Michelsens party from Denmark and they got off to a pretty good start on Monday as Kim landed a 9lb Salmon on a March Brown and Per Larsen landed 3 grilse on a Blue Charm. Per also managed a grilse on Tuesday and Wednesday also on Blue Charms. Kim's party were unlucky not to land a few more with other fish being lost but they also caught 4 sea trout for the week. Over on the Middle Blackhall bank saw Benny Johansson and his friend Anders from Sweden back on Deeside and although they fished hard and had a few fish on unfortunately none were landed  

The week ahead looks to be dry with a mixture of sunshine and cloud and an easterly breeze with some rain coming in by Friday and Saturday.

We have rods available this week and next so please get in touch if you would like to book. All availability is listed on our website with details on how to book. 

Cheers Brian