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This past week started off with the height at 1ft 1ins and we were still needing a change in conditions for things to improve and we got it on Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning the river had risen to 3ft on Cairnton Gauge and it paid off with a fish of roughly 14lb from the Middle Salt Vats and a liced 7lb er from the Old Garden, both fish were on an Ice Maiden variant on a full floater with a fast polytip. It was also good to get a look at the pools with the height being the lowest and the clarity being the best since the flood a month ago and I have to say that apart from some bank erosion our pools look pretty good, some have been scoured out and others have filled in slightly but nothing that will stop fish lying in them. The height this evening was 1ft 2ins so another lift would not go a miss to keep one or two trickling in.

We have rods available over the next few weeks on both Middle Blackhall and Cairnton so please contact Sarah to enquire or book. sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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This past week was very quiet on the catches front and very little interest other than from the odd Kelt that was still lying about, mainly down at the Malt Steep area, and I hate to say it but a lift in water would probably help our cause as a change in conditions should get a few fish on the move whether it be fresh fish or fish that are lying about.

Cheers Brian.

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The third week of the season saw us having pretty good condition's on Cairnton and Middle Blackhall with the height between 1ft 5ins to 3ft 2ins and the water temperature from 31f to 35f, so it should have been enough to slow any fish up for a while but we had to be content with a few kelts for the first three days of the week however on Thursday Ghillies, Cohn O'Dea and Callum King, had a change of scenery from the Tay and paid Cairnton a visit which saw Cohn land a lovely 8lb fish in the Old Garden on a Monkey. Condition's for the coming week look pretty good weather wise so hopefully we can add a fish or two to that.

If you fancy getting your feet wet and having a cast contact Sarah to book. Availability can be viewed on the Fish Dee website. Email Sarah with your enquiries or to book sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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The second week of the season started off looking really good with the river at a nice height but we were still looking for our first fish of the season. However it took until Saturday with the river sitting around 1ft 11ins on our gauge when Sean Rennie landed his first Springer at 6lb from the Upper Ferroch on Cairnton bank on a Dee Sheep. The fish was very fresh with lice marks and hopefully marks the start of a good season for Sean.

Next on the scoresheet was well known angler Graham Reid with a lovely 10lb er on a Willie Gunn tube from Kelpie on the Middle Blackhall bank. Both Fish were quickly photographed and safely returned.

Regular Cairnton & Middle Blackhall angler Allan Gowers sent me some lovely flies of his own tying this week and I look forward to using them in the coming weeks.

Condition's for the coming week look promising so hopefully I will be reporting a fish or two next Sunday.

Cheers Brian

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The start of the 2016 season got underway with Graeme Caton's party being piped down to the river by retired Cairnton Ghillie Dave Cowie and after some light refreshment it was Ian Clarke who made the first cast in the Grey Mare and although we had a lovely fishing height for the beat we had to settle for a couple of Kelts but it was good to get started again. The rest of the week fished really well and the only thing that hampered us was the wind on occasions but with clean fish being landed on beats either side of us I don't think it will be long before we are on the scoresheet.

Cheers Brian

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The 2015 season came to an end on Thursday with three Salmon, two Grilse and three Sea Trout being landed in the last four days with a fish of 8lb being landed in the Middle Ferroch on Monday on a Brown Pot Bellied Pig and on Tuesday evening regular Middle Blackhall and Dee fisher Mark Paterson landed a 14lb hen fish in the Rock Heads on an Orange Francis. Well known local fly tyer Phil Glendinning managed to break his Cairnton duck by landing a 3lb Grilse in the Garden Run, then on Wednesday Keith Collins landed a 5lb coloured Grilse in the Middle Ferroch. The finale belonged to Steven Moir who landed a fish of about 9lb in Kelpie on Thursday.

This has been a good first double bank season for us with the addition of Middle Blackhall which has fished very well this season. Well done to all of our anglers this year who have contributed to our catches and we look forward to seeing you all again next year.

Availability for February and March, up to the week before Easter is now showing on Fish Dee. The prices for fishing on Cairnton bank have been held for the 2016 season but we are pleased to announce that we have reduced the price for fishing on Middle Blackhall bank. Please contact Sarah to book your early 2016 fishing by contacting her by email sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk. Although availability for later in the season has not been published yet please email Sarah at your earliest convenience with your party's fishing and accommodation requirements.

Thank you again,

Cheers Brian.

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We started off with our lowest height of the season on Monday at 2ins which is incredible for October, we then rose to over 4ft on Wednesday but the river remained at a good fishing height for the best part of the week with some coloured fish showing here and there but they weren't very keen apart from Friday when Christopher Harris landed a fish of about 12lb in the Middle Ferroch plus a few lost mainly in the Ferroch's and the Grey Mare but I was glad we didn't blank. Anyway, that's us down to the last 4 days of the season and I would like to think we'd get a grip of one or two albeit the coloured variety as the forecast is for very little rain and pretty settled. The last report will be at the end of next week and I hope we add a few to the count.

Cheers Brian