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Every day this week we had pretty good conditions for a fish or two but we had to settle for two kelts and a baggot which was strange considering what's being caught upstream. Some harder weather would help to slow a few up but this weeks going to be mild according to the forecast. Fishing is a funny game especially in the spring so we will just have to be patient.

Cheers Brian

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The first full week started off on a positive note for us with a fish of 7lb being landed by Derek Harris in the Colonel on Monday. Dave Cowie landed a cracker of 8lb in Lower Ferroch on Thursday and I was lucky enough to get one of 9lb in Grey Mare on Friday so quite a good start for Cairnton considering weather and water conditions. All fish were landed on floating lines with heavy sink tips and Cascade tubes.

Cheers Brian

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Another Opening Day but unlike the last two years we blanked but it was good to get started again and hopefully the season's better than last. Those that have been to Cairnton before will see a change in the landscape down at the bottom hut. This was caused by the gales in early December. (picture below)

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The last Monday of the season started off with fairly steady rain and that continued the whole day, the height was at 4ins so it was looking quite good but it was a slow start, however it was down to local tackle dealer David Craik to get us going with an 8lb fish from Glisters on a large Red Francis. Invercannie produced an 8lb fish again on a Francis variant and the Cottage produced a 12lb fish on an Ally's Shrimp. Today, the last day, also was looking good but the river had risen through the night with all of yesterday's rain and although we fished it hard we hardly saw a thing but it was a lovely day to end the season.

Let's hope next season is a little kinder to all our Cairnton rods. I wish you a good winter and look forward to seeing you again next year.

Cheers Brian.

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The last full week of the season turned out to be our best with 9 salmon & 2 grilse being landed . Monday a 14lb fish from Grey Mare & an 8lb fish from Rock Heads. Tuesday an 8lb fish from the Spout, a 4lb grilse from Invercannie & a 3lb grilse from Cottage. Wednesday we blanked. Thursday Richard Harris landed our biggest of the season a 20lb cock fish from Upper Ferroch in the same spot Richard hooked our biggest last season also, it weighed 22lb. Friday we blanked but Saturday we landed a 20lb & a 14lb er in Upper Ferroch. Grey Mare accounted for a 16lb and a first ever fish of 8lb for Swiss Angler Daniel Strabinger, picture below and a 7lb fish from the Cottage. Flies that did the job were Ally Shrimp & Red Francis. Two fishing day's to go and what ever happens it has been a very hard season but it would be nice to get the 100.

Cheers Brian

1. Daniel Strabinger, 8lb from Grey Mare

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The week started off with the height on Cairnton gauge at -3ins so it was going to be hard going but on Monday, a member of the Mattius Helde party from Sweden had four good offer's in Garden Run only for them to be short lived and another member of the same party to hook fish in Upper Ferroch and Grey Mare only for them to drop off after a short time so very unlucky not to land something and that was it until Thursday when a sea trout was landed in Invercannie in heavy rain which did bring a rise of just over a foot on Friday when another sea trout was landed in Grey Mare but the river didn't rise enough for it to make enough of a difference but the forecast is for some heavy rain this coming Wednesday so we might get a good couple of days yet

Cheers Brian

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After another slight rise last Sunday I thought Monday would have been better but we only managed a 4lb Grlise from Upper Salt Vat and that's all that we landed for the week and a few more were lost but nothing that was fresh. Again as I've mentioned in previous weeks that if we don't get the water we'll only pick up one or two old fish but maybe more if we get some frosts. The weather this last week has been exceptional and going into October it looks to be much of the same.

Cheers Brian