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This past week we welcomed Iain Ogden's party back to Cairnton albeit a slightly quieter week on the fishing front than it has been with 1 Salmon for Stewart Henderson and 3 Grilse being landed by other members of the party all on Cascades and Flamethrowers. We also lost a fair few Grilse at the net and plenty other offers and all spread throughout the beat. The condition's were pretty good apart from Tuesday afternoon when the river turned fairly filthy with Monday night rain but by the following morning it had cleared and running a bit peaty. The forecast looks reasonably settled for this coming week with a few showers floating about but condition's should be pretty good for a fish or two.

We have some rods available over the next few weeks to the end of the season on both Cairnton & Middle Blackhall so please contact my wife Sarah and she will be able to book you in even at last minute. Email sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk to book or if you have any questions. Availability can be checked on the FishDee page http://www.fishpal.com/Scotland/Dee/RodsFishery.asp?dom=Dee&btnm=CairntonAndMidBlackhall&btcd=DECN

Cheers Brian

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Another good week for us with 3 Salmon and 10 Grilse being landed, caught throughout Cairnton & Middle Blackhall. Noteable catches were Allan Gowers from Harwich landing 3 Sea Licers in a couple of hours to 15lb in the Rockheads, all on a size 10 Cascade's and regular Cairnton rod Graeme Caton also managing 3 Licers, all on a size 10 Ally's Shrimp. Graeme landed fish in each of the Ferroch pools. John Walne from Harrogate had a very successful trip landing 3 lovely Grilse for his three days and all on size 7 Flamethrowers. Other Fish landed were on Cascades and Ally's Shrimps. With this coming week looking fairly settled weather wise I expect we shall be down sizing on fly sizes but still have some good sport.

Remember to check on FishDee for the latest availability and contact Sarah for any enquiries and bookings. Bookings can be made the day/night before so please do not worry if it is a last minute thought. Email sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk and she will be able to help.

Cheers Brian.

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A very satisfying week with 7 Salmon and 8 Grilse landed. The best day was Friday when 6 were landed. During the week notable catches were Andy Ashcroft landing 2 Grilse and 2 fish to 13lb on Tuesday from the Middle Blackhall bank. All Andy's fish were on size 12 Ally's and very fresh or liced. Other notable catches were Andrew Morton landing not only his first ever fly caught salmon but Andrew managed to land his second too. Both were on a size 11 Cascade. John Shield from Durham on his first visit to Cairnton landed 2 salmon, one of 9lb in the Rockheads and one of 8lbs in the Grey Mare (picture below). We also had the Palmer family staying with us at Cairnton and they enjoyed a couple of days fishing where Luke Palmer hooked a fish in the Cottage and after seeing it a few times estimated it to be about 18lbs and as it was nearing being landed unfortunately for Luke it dropped off which was a shame as this would have been his biggest salmon. Luke's sister Josie, although being a very competent fisher did not manage to connect however the whole family hope to return next year.

Prospects for the coming week look reasonable as long as the river doesn't drop away too much and we keep a bit of cloud cover.

There is only 2 1/2 months of the fishing season left so please check FishDee for availability for your chance to have another cast. Please email sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk to enquire or book.

Cheers Brian

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A great week for us with 7 Salmon and 1 Grilse being landed. Monday was a great day for Gordon Robinson from the Royal Berkshire Shooting School who landed 3 liced fish on Cairnton bank, a 15lb and 3.5lb in the Middle Ferroch followed up by an 8lb er in the Malt Steep in the afternoon. Another two were landed, one 9lb er in the Grey Mare and another of 11lb in Sandy Bay, all were on size 8 Ally's Shrimp's. The days that followed were surprisingly quiet with the odd pull and a couple lost but John Lewis landed a nice 11lb er in the Rockheads, Middle Blackhall bank on Friday on a size 10 Willie Gunn. On Saturday Andy Ashcroft landed a lovely liced 9lb fish in the Grey Mare and Grahame Reid landed an 8lb licer in the same pool.

Prospects for the coming week are looking reasonable for a fish or two.

Cheers Brian

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This past week started off looking quite promising with the height at 1ft 4ins which suited most of the pools but it was Wednesday before we connected with anything which resulted in two Grilse being lost, one in the Cottage and one in the Long Jetty. Thursday was a blank albeit we did see one or two fish. Friday we saw quite a few fish in the morning when the river was sitting at 1ft 1ins which were probably getting the smell of the water that was to follow, going up to 9ft by 5pm but we managed a lovely long tailed liced Grilse on a size 11 Park Shrimp before the rise got underway. Saturday was looking really good with height sitting at 4ft 1in on Cairnton gauge, and although we did see a few fish they weren't interested.

Prospects for the coming week look favourable after the flood on Friday and the river dropping to a really nice fishable height.

Cheers Brian

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This past week looked fairly good for a fish or two with conditions quite favourable each day apart from Tuesday afternoon when thunder and lightning stopped play but I was happy with three fish for the week. Graham Reid landed a nice 7lb fish in Upper Ferroch, Cairnton bank, on Tuesday on a size 10 Cascade and on Thursday Alex Buchan from Sydney(Australia) landed a lovely fish of about 8lb in the Cottage, also on Cairnton bank, on a size 6 Cascade then on Saturday Andy Ashcroft landed a lovely liced Grilse of about 5lb in the Rockheads on a size 12 Ally's Shrimp on our Middle Blackhall bank.

Prospects for the rest of July should be good with the expected influx of Grilse to liven things up.

We have also started the grass/bank cutting and should hopefully have this finished in a couple of weeks.

Cheers Brian

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This week we had a party of regular fishers from Middle Blackhall, however this year they fancied a change and decided to stay and fish with us from the Cairnton side. Monday was looking very promising as the river had risen 10 inches overnight and was sitting at 1ft 8in on Cairnton gauge and running slightly peaty and although Mr & Mrs Tetley from Cornwall put in a very good early morning session nothing was landed however I did see an Osprey take a lovely fresh Sea Trout from the Colonel. The forecast for the next few days was to be very warm, with the odd thunderstorm, so early morning and evenings was going to be the best approach to adopt which the party did each day but only a couple of fish were hooked and lost through the week in the early mornings until Saturday which turned out to be the nicest of conditions for fishing, ie steady rain and lower temperature when Sarah Tetley, aka Mrs Saturday as she always lands a fish on a Saturday, hooked and landed a lovely 7lb fish in the Upper Ferrochs on a Triton Shrimp of her own tying. Thank goodness for Mrs Saturday as she saved the week.

Prospects for the coming week after a good rise over night and sitting at 2ft 5in today on the Cairnton gauge are promising and the forecast is looking good.

Cheers Brian