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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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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

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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.

Cheers Brian

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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

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Another really good week for us with 15 landed up to 16lb, a few being lost and the usual pecks and pulls which didn't hang on. Again this week fish were fairly well spread throughout the beat and all in really good condition and mostly all fresh with a couple being in for no more than a week. Worthy mentions are Tom Turnbull with 3 fish to 16lb on Tuesday. Cairnton veterans(distinguished) Mike Richardson 4 to 14lb and James Madden 4 to 14lb for their week plus William Thompson landing his very first, a 5lb grilse from Invercannie.  Flies that were doing the trick were Ghillie's, Flamethrowers, Monkeys and small Phatagorva bottle tubes.

Water heights were 1' 9" on Monday and finishing at 9" on Saturday.  Water temperatures were 56f/60f.

Cheers Brian

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Another fantastic week with 22 Salmon/grilse and 3 sea trout landed with the usual ones lost and plenty of offers. Arthur Wright's party on Middle Blackhall had 1 salmon, 6 grilse and a sea trout for their week with a couple of 1st fish for Tom England and Jack Binner. On Cairnton there were 5 salmon, 10 grilse and 2 sea trout with the largest at 14lb for Charlie Robertson on Saturday. Usual patterns were Ally's shrimp, Cascade variants and Gledswood blue's. River heights were 9" on Monday, Tuesday was 3" 2" and running absolutely filthy but dropping and clearing as the week went on and finishing at 1' 1" on Saturday and still with a slight tinge of peat. Water temperatures were 56f/60f all week. 

A good week. 

Cheers Btian