Comments

A much better start to the week than the one before with two fish landed on Monday for Dee regular Ian Wilson. One of about 6lb from Middle Ferroch and the other from Glister about 8lb, both fish were on a 1" Posh Tosh. Tuesday Vittorio Spasciani landed a lovely 11lb fish in Kelpie on Middle Blackhall side and lost another after a short time, both were on a 1" Dee Monkey. Condition's the rest of the week were very good but surprisingly we blanked although we did see the odd fish each day but they were not interested. This coming week looks fairly promising if the height doesn't fall away too much.

Other good news is that Fish Pal have now merged the Cairnton & Middle Blackhall pages so you can now see the information & availability of both banks on one page. http://www.fishpal.com/Scotland/Dee/CairntonAndMiddleBlackhall/?dom=Pal

Bookings for Cairnton & Middle Blackhall can be made 7 days a week by contacting Sarah Brogan - sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk

Cheers Brian

Comments

This past week produced the best catches on the river so far this season with fish being landed below and above us which by the law of averages might have happened sooner but it was not until Saturday that John Webb landed a very fresh fish of between 8 and 9lb in Lower Ferroch on a 1.1/2 gold bodied Willie Gunn. John, being a very experienced angler, did the right thing picturing the fish in the net in the water before releasing it. Condition's were pretty good most of the week apart from Friday with the river running quite big and dirty after Thursday's rain. There is a bit of light rain forecast tonight but hopefully the height will stay steady for the start of the week.

Cheers Brian

www.facebook.com/cairntonbeat

Comments

March got off to a good start on Middle Blackhall with two very fresh fish being landed by Dee regular Andy Ashcroft. On Tuesday Andy landed a 9lb fish in the Malt Steep and on Saturday he also landed an 8lb fish in Canary, both fish were on a Gold bodied Willie Gunn Tube. It was a good fishing height for both banks but favouring Middle Blackhall bank later in the week as the water rose. Although the odd fish was seen they were not hanging about. It's a fairly big water today and hopefully it's brought a few fish in.

Cheers Brian

Comments

Well that's the first month of the season over and it wasn't too bad for us with 7 fish being landed. 6 from Cairnton and 1 from Middle Blackhall which has been a learning process for myself and the rods but made a bit easier crossing over by boat rather than the 25min drive round. It's been really good to fish pools from either bank depending on water height and wind which the rods have been happy to try. Anyway back to last week which was surprisingly quiet considering the good water height but Lee Craig from Carham on the Tweed landed a lovely wee fish of 6lb in Sandy Bay on Friday and that was it for February. March would normally see things improve so hopefully with the rise today it shall get off to a good start.

Cheers Brian

Comments

The change in conditions I was hoping for did arrive on Monday with the river rising most of the day and the water temperature rose 4f and it payed off for Mike Clark who landed a 12lb fish in Lower Ferroch on a Black and Yellow tube. Our Middle Blackhall rods also had a quite a few kelts plus two fish being lost, one in Kelpie and the other in Floating Bank. Tuesday and Wednesday looked really good for both banks but surprisingly only a couple of kelts landed. Thursday the river rose to 7ft on Cairnton gauge and although we fished both sides, things were against us. Friday and Saturday looked good for a fish from either side but only a couple of light offers which were more likely kelts. As I said in last weeks report its early days.

Cheers Brian

www.facebook.com/cairntonbeat

Comments

The second week of the season was more like late spring than early February with some lovely warm days which gave us a slight rise in water height on Monday and Tuesday with the addition of snow melt but the frosts at night seemed to check this and by Wednesday the river was dropping away again but still looking good. Thursday the grue slowed things up for a few hours but apart from that it was a good fishing week with Phillip Wood landing a 12lb fish on Tuesday in the Garden Run on a large single Thunder and Lightning and Graeme Reid landing a very fresh fish of 9lb on Saturday in Lower Ferroch on a size 7 Cascade. It's early days but we could do with a lift in water or water temperature to ginger things up.

Cheers Brian

www.facebook.com/cairntonbeat

Comments

A good start to the 2015 season with Graeme Caton and his party fishing Cairnton and Middle Blackhall for the first three days. Monday Ian Clark landed our first fish of the season, a nice 9lb fish from Cairnton pool on Middle Blackhall side on a size 8 Cascade. Ian's first Dee fish and opening day fish. The party also landed a few kelts pretty much spread through the Beat. Tuesday was very quiet for us with the grue coming down. Wednesday morning was quiet because of Grue but it cleared about lunchtime and Graeme Caton landed a nice 7lb fish in Invercannie on a Willie Gunn tube. Thursday and Friday a few kelts were landed. Saturday Clive Williamson landed a nice 8lb fish in Upper Ferroch on a very simple Black and Yellow tube plus a few kelts being landed. The coming week looks fairly settled weather wise and as long as the height doesn't drop away to much we should pick something up.  

Cheers Brian