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This was a productive week with 7 salmon & 3 grilse.  Majority of them were coloured. 

On Monday I met with James Cheers & his party who were fishing on Cairnton for the 1st 3 days. The river was reading 1’3 and 52°f.  James started in the cottage pool, we seen a handful of fish splashing around.  James hooked a 12lb hen fish in the cottage run with a floating line and fast sink tip with a Willie Gunn copper tube from my box.  Sadly the river started rising and it killed the sport. 

Tuesday the river was reading at 2’2 but dropping fast.  I suggested we fish a lot deeper than what we had been.  Bob Sanderson caught a 5lb grilse from Glisters using a 10ft extra fast sink up with a tungsten conehead.  We fished blackhall but no joy. 

On Wednesday James caught a fish from the tail of the cottage pool with a black & yellow copper tube with a 7ips sink tip. It was great catching up with friends from my time on the Tyne. 

Thursday I had new faces to the beat  John Wallace & Mike Mawhinney. We discussed tactics over coffee. John also mentioned he would be grateful if I could get Mike a fish as it was his 60th birthday.  John started  in the cottage pool & Mike started the Grey mare, the 2 promising pools.  Sadly no fish to be reported over lunch. I suggested that we would  leave the Grey mare to rest and that’s where Mike would  fish the pool at last light.  I personally believe you can hammer pools too hard especially with a few residents that can be hard to get a hold of. 

I set up Mike up with a fast sink tip with a sunray shadow. I was delighted to receive a pictures of his personal biggest fish an 18lb, what a way to end this birthday! 

On Friday I caught up with Mike in the cottage pool on his Second run down the pool. He offered me a cast as he needed to head back to his vehicle for his sunglasses. On my 1st cast I landed a 7lb cock fish.

Saturday  I had Juan Santamaria and Craig Fleming fishing the beat. Sadly the other rod I had organised couldn’t make it. So I would fit in with a cast at some point. 

Juan started in the Grey Mare heading down into the Cottage Pool, Cottage Run and Potters 

Craig started in  Glisters heading down to the end of the beat. 

I was on Juan shoulder for most of the morning. we seen a good number of fish but nothing would show any interest.  I had a cast before lunch in the Upper Ferroch and landed a 6lb cock fish on a 8ips tip and the favourite sunray, with a slow retrieve.  Craig got onto the scoresheet with a 6lb hen from the Glisters. Using a  s1/s2 line & a sunray.

Juan started in Upper Ferroch after lunch, had no interest but seen plenty of fish splashing around. I met up with Juan at 5 and he wanted to fish the Cottage pool. I suggested he left the Grey mare until the sun was off the water, then strip a Sunray through the pool at last light. My plan was to do the same  in the upper Ferroch  after a hour rest. I caught two fish one at the head of the pool and the other from the tail-end  5lb and 7lb again on the same method. 

On my way my home I caught up with Juan who looked disappointed with my news. So I give him my rod with the set up that did the damage

& off he shot for the last 40 min in the Grey mare  he returned at my house with a big smile he caught one & lost one. 

A big hand shaking and smiles to end a good week. 

Let’s hope next week we have good sport. 

Tight lines

Terry

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This coming week we have 1 or 2 rods available each day on Middle Blackhall at £63.60 per rod per day.

You can view all availability for both Cairnton and the Middle Blackhall bank for the rest of the season including prices on the fishing availability page on the Cairnton website.

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

Bookings taken 7 days a week. Card payments accepted.

For all enquiries or to book please contact Sarah Brogan.

sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk
01224 872702

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This was a week with two halves. The first part of the week was disappointing with a rising river, carrying a lot of colour. But we had one salmon on the Wednesday from the Middle blackhall caught by Graham Westgarth in the floating bank with a fast sink tip & a size 8 cascade.  

This week at Cairnton i caught up with the two teams John Marshall with his two friends Mark and Jane who have fished the beat before. 

And the other 2 rods were new fishers too the beat David & Patrick Coote. 

John Marshall caught a cracker of a salmon on Friday from the Grey mare using a floating line with 10ft 7ips & a size 10 cascade. 

On Saturday the beat gauge was at the good height 1’7 with a little peat stain. 

Jane started in the Grey Mare with a floating spey with a size 8 Willie Gunn. She was rewarded with a 10lb salmon. Sadly her phone was in her vehicle. But she kept a scale that was on the rocks from  being landed by herself. 

Saturday afternoon I spent time with Patrick  who wasn’t getting on with this Spey casting. I give Patrick a shooting head system with a 10ft fast sink tip and a cascade from my fly box & off we set for Grey Mare. After a few pointers he was casting well. I explained the wading line and the taking places. Then off I set for middle blackhall. I was delighted as I returned to the malt steep hut, Patrick was standing with a smile from ear to ear.  He landed a salmon at the tail of the pool. His 1st salmon this season. A fresh salmon, around the 15lb mark. Sadly with the excitement he dropped his phone in the river. But the salmon was returned safely. 

The water is looking promising for the week ahead.  It will be good to catch up with friends from down south who are fishing the 1st part of the week. Let’s hope the fish play co-operate. 

Tight lines Terry

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This coming week we have rods available each day on Middle Blackhall at £63.60 per rod per day and have 4 rods available on Cairnton at £86.40 per rod on Saturday 14th September 2019.

You can view all availability and prices on the fishing availability page on the Cairnton website 

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

Bookings taken 7 days a week. Card payments accepted.

For all enquiries or to book please contact Sarah Brogan.

sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk
01224 872702
www.cairnton.co.uk

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It was with great sadness to hear yesterday that retired Cairnton ghillie Dave Cowie had passed away after his fight with cancer. Dave was a huge part of the history at Cairnton as well as his father before him and we are sure many of you who fished with Dave will have a tale or two to tell about your time on the river with him over the years. The Taylor family and all the staff at Cairnton Estate send our sincere condolences to his wife Janet and his family at this difficult time.

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This was a good week for the  Danish team. Fishing with old school fly patterns from back in the days of A.H.E Woods. The Blue charm on singles & size 10 ,12 doubles with long tapered leader on floating line & casting at 45 degrees then letting it swing. 

Once that become ineffective the team would switch to size  10,12 Hairy Marys with a sunray close by just in case of emergences.  The Cairnton bank landed 5 salmon and 7 Grilse for the week with the same again lost at the net. With a hand full of clean fish being hooked & landed. 

This week I met with kim Michelson and his two friends Peter Jensen and Per Larsen at the Upper Ferroch hut. The beat was at a perfect height 1’1 on the the beat’s gauge.  Water temperature 58f. The weeks forecast was dry with rain towards the latter part of the week. The week looked promising especially with the numbers of fish I seen throughout the beat at the tailend of the week before. 

I pointed out a few pools that would fish then we decided to split the beat into three. 

Kim started in the old garden heading down Stream. Peter started in the Cottage pool & Par started in the Grey mare.  Monday was a slow day with only 1 fish being landed by Kim in the old garden with a size 10 blue charm on a long tapered leader. 

The star of the week was Per Larsen who caught 6 fish and landing the biggest being 18lb, from the Grey mare on a Blue charm. 

A big well done to the 3 fisherman. 

Saturday afternoon the river started rising and sadly it killed the sport. 

Fingers crossed this rise will pull in a few fresh salmon. 

Tight lines 

Terry

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