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Quite a difficult week with low water and the fish being very dour. On some days the weather was very hot with a bright blue sky but I think we did reasonably well considering with 5 fish and 1 sea trout landed.  Andy Ashcroft had a grilse of 3.5lb from Floating Bank on Monday on a Cascade followed by a 3lb grilse in the Grey Mare on Thursday on a Sunray. Alan Catney had a 2.5lb sea trout from the Spout the same day in blazing sunshine and it was looking like that was the way the week would end up however Brandon Bryant had a brace of 8lb a piece late on Saturday afternoon, one from the Upper Ferroch and the other in the Spout, both were on a deeply fished on Red Francis. There was also a 15lber landed later on, again on a Red Francis in Potters.

This coming week looks as though there's a light band of rain coming from the west tonight then fairly dry for a few days until Thursday when there is the potential of some rain in the latter stages of the week.

Anyone wishing to book their last days of fishing for the 2021 season should get in contact with Sarah as soon as possible. sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk. A few rods available on Cairnton at £91.20 per day inc vat and a few more dates to offer on Middle Blackhall at £68.40 per day inc vat. All availability listed on our website www.cairnton.co.uk.  Also enquiries for 2022 are already starting to come in so if you are new to the beat and are thinking of fishing with us next season please get in contact with Sarah as soon as possible so that she can try and accommodate you.

Cheers Brian

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It was a promising looking week ahead last Monday with good water heights between 1' 7" down to 6" by Saturday, not bad water temperatures, between 56f to 59f, a bit bright on occasions but not too bad and there were a few fish about but they were not very keen. The first 4 days of the week were very quiet for us on the catches front with not even a half hearted offer although we were seeing fish showing in all the pools. It was Friday before anything was landed with Steve Kettlewells' party accounting for 4 grilse in the morning, 2 were on small conehead Red Francis patterns and the other 2 were on a size 12 Cascade and size 12 Ghillie fly. On Saturday Andy Ashcroft landed an 8lber on a Red Francis in Cairnton pool on Middle Blackhall, so at least the week finished up not too badly.

The coming week looks to be a bit cooler with winds coming from a Northerly direction and cloudy with sunny spells.

We have a couple of rods available on Cairnton on a number of days through September and also some rods on Middle Blackhall. You can check all our availability on our website and then get in contact with Sarah to book.

www.cairnton.co.uk/fishing-availability.php

sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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Conditions over the past week couldn't have been much better for the beat with water heights starting off at 1' 4" on Monday and gradually dropping away as the week went on and after a few inches rise on Friday night it was back up to 1' 3" on Saturday with most days being cloudy apart from a couple of brighter afternoons. Paul Mason landed the largest at 8lb and was quite fresh from Floating Bank on an Aurora Cascade, the other 4 were Grilse between 3.5 to 4lb and a few others lost throughout the week. A few more coloured fish were appearing as the days went on with only the odd fresher fish being seen.

Another two anglers who fished this week were Benny Johansson and his friend Anders from Sweden who have been our first over seas fishermen for quite some time and after plenty of paperwork and covid testing it was good to see them back again. They had a great week on Deeside on various beats and managed to catch a couple of fish.

This coming week looks to be fairly dry and settled with high pressure dominating. We have had another rise of just over a foot so it should give us good fishing for most of the week.

With only 8 weeks of the season left, now would be a great time to get your last days fishing booked in. Check the rod availability on our website and then get in touch with Sarah and she will be able to sort everything out for you. sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk  www.cairnton.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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Another good week for us with 5 Salmon and 10 Grilse landed with fairly equal sport coming from both banks and a few liced ones among them also. The first half of the week was more productive with 11 being landed and quite a lot being seen. Ross MacDonald got the week going on Monday with a fresh 6lb er from the Long pool on a Brown Pig and followed that up with a fresh 4lb Grilse from the Malt Steep on a Monkey.  John Webb had the largest from the Middle Blackhall side at 13lb from Invercannie on a Cascade tube and Ron Henderson had the largest from the Cairnton bank, also 13lb, from the Colonel on an Under Ghillie tube. Conditions changed a bit mid week with a rise of just over a foot by Wednesday night into Thursday morning and although the pools were in good fettle we only managed 4 for the last half of the week and only the very odd fish being seen. Cascades, Ally's and Park Shrimp patterns on tubes and doubles accounted for the rest of the fish.

This coming week is looking to be much cooler with winds coming from the North West and maybe the odd shower but plenty of cloud.

We have a few rods available across both banks over the next few weeks so please get booked in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Email Sarah with your fishing requests and she will do her best to accommodate you. sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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A very mixed week with the start being quite hard going and just two landed from the Spout on Tuesday at 10lb and 4lb on a Ghillie fly size 14. Although there were fish about and conditions were fairly good we couldn't manage to land anything further until Friday when Susie Hill landed her very first fish in the Grey Mare and was a lovely liced 5lb er on a size 12 Cascade and not to be outdone her husband David also landed a liced 5lb er in the Salt Vats again on a size 12 Cascade. Heavy rain on Friday gave us a good rise in levels and by Saturday it was 3' 8" on the Cairnton gauge and carrying a bit of peat stain but dropping steadily. We finished the week on a good note with 5 being landed on Saturday and the largest at 14lb from the Malt Steep on the Middle Blackhall side. Small Cascade tubes and Orange Pot Bellied Pigs did the trick with a couple being liced and the other 3 being very fresh.

This coming week is looking quite promising with the height at 2' 5" at the moment and light to heavy rain forecast most days up to Thursday with Friday and Saturday looking to be the driest of the week.

Cheers Brian

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Last week started off with the river still very low and very warm and not looking very promising but that was going to change with torrential rain on Tuesday night into Wednesday resulting in the river starting to rise and by 7pm was just under 4ft on Cairntons gauge and running quite coloured. By Thursday the river had settled down to 2' 6" and carrying a bit of peat stain making the last 3 days of July a memorable one for Julian Bertie's party with them landing 3 Salmon and 11 Grilse and a fair few lost also but Julian started it off with a lovely 5lb grilse from the Malt Steep. Ally's shrimps, Cascades and Flamethrowers were doing the trick but Nathaniel Jani landed a fresh 4lb grilse on his favourite fly the Junction Shrimp. Digby Taylor had the largest for the week from Glister at 14lb on Saturday and Sam Fox not only landed his first Salmon of his fishing career on Friday, he then went on to land a further 3 the same day with 2 grilse from the Middle Ferroch, 1 from Floating bank and his 4th from Kelpie. Jack Taylor had his personal best at 11lb from the Grey Mare. A fantastic effort all round.

This coming week looks fairly settled with some patchy light rain showers, some cloud with sunny spells.

We have some rods available in August, September and October so please check our availability page on the Cairnton website and then get in touch with Sarah to book.

www.cairnton.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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A very tough week for our anglers with the low clear water, very high water temperatures ranging between 66f & 70f and a few of the anglers suffering with a bit of sleep deprivation due to the hours they were all putting in but needs must as they say. Monday started off fairly promising with a 4lb grilse from the Cottage on an Ally's and quite a few lost between both banks with the usual grilse on for a few minutes before departing company. On Tuesday Mike Richardson had a 4lb grilse in Upper Ferroch on a small Tosh and quite a few were seen lying in certain pools. On Wednesday Chris Notman had a 3lb Sea Trout in the Cottage and that was it until Saturday when a few more were lost but the conditions we were experiencing were as hard as you'll get for Salmon fishing anywhere with the high water temperatures playing the biggest part so we need some cooler daytime/night temperatures and rain soon and plenty of the latter.

This coming week is looking slightly more favourable with some rain forecast along with sunshine and cloud so fingers crossed.

Due to some of our overseas anglers not being able to visit us once again due to Covid travel restrictions we now have 1 week available for 4 rods on Cairnton 23rd to 28th August 2021 at the rate of £91.20 per rod per day inc vat. We also have some rods available on both banks throughout at other times in August, September and October so please email Sarah to enquire. All availability is listed on our website.

www.cairnton.co.uk/fishing-availability.php

sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk

Cheers Brian