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A bit harder going this past week with the dropping river levels and the return of warmer weather. On Monday we were at 1" and by Tuesday/ Wednesday down to 0", then Thursday/Friday 1" & Saturday back down an inch. The water temperatures have varied  between 58f to 64f and creeping up by afternoons. However we did manage 1 salmon, 3 grilse and a sea trout plus a few others lost after a short time. Top rod this week was Tim Sperring who finally got a lovely liced grilse of 5lb to stay on to get a mention.  Successful flies were small Crathies and Executioner’s.

The week ahead looks to be warm and mainly dry with an odd isolated shower.

If you are looking to fish in a few weeks time we have rods available across both banks. Please check our website for full availability and booking details. www.cairnton.co.uk/fishing-availability.php

Cheers Brian

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We got the much needed drop of extra water to start the week off which made a better end result for us this week with 5 Salmon and 10 Grilse landed, some licers among them plus quite a few losses also. Water temperatures started off at 64f on Monday and dropped down to 58f by Tuesday and remained at that for the rest of the week . The water height was 1ft and rising to 1' 5" by Tuesday and gradually dropping away to finish at just under 3" by Saturday. Fish catches were spread between both banks with Mike Richardson being the top scorer with 7 to his rod and all on a small Posh Tosh tube. 

This coming week looks to be mostly dry with an odd shower floating about. 

We have rods available on Cairnton this week for £80.40 inc vat so please get in contact with Sarah directly to book. All availability can be viewed on our website www.cairnton.co.uk sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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Well what a week that was with the extremely high water temperatures of up to 70f and air temperatures up to 90f along with sunshine but things did cool down slightly by midweek and turn a little more favourable. However although there were fish hooked and fish showing a bit of interest each day it was Scott Morris who saved our week with a lovely 5lb grilse in Potters on a small Crathie on Wednesday.

This coming week does look better with a bit of a rise coming through today and a bit more rain forecast this evening and tomorrow followed by drier but cloudier days the rest of the week.

As always you can check our availability and details on how to book on our website  www.cairnton.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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Another good week for us considering the difficult conditions with 2 Salmon and 8 Grilse landed. The water temperatures varied between 62f to 66f with the river falling away each day. We had uncomfortably hot days but there were no complaints with the results. Brad Collis and party fished the first 3 days landing 2 Salmon and 3 Grilse then Steve Kettlewell and party on the second half of the week landed 5 Grilse with pretty much everything on Silver Stoats and Crathies size 14. Notable catches were by the familiar face of 14 year old Lewis Blair doing it again with a lovely 5lb Grilse, Michael Johnson landed his first at Cairnton and Roman Buczynsky also landed his first on Cairnton to finish the week off.

This coming week looks to be extremely hot the first couple of days but there will be a significant change to some cooler temperatures from Wednesday onwards with the prospect of some rain from the weekend. 

All rod availability for the season is listed on our website which can be booked directly with Sarah. 

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

Cheers Brian 

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Nice to see a few fish about this past week but it's never as easy as it reads. We had 3 salmon, 10 grilse and 1 sea trout landed and all fish being in really good condition. Some of the rods were luckier than others but all rods connected with one or two fish with some landed and some lost. Noteable catches were David Rybak landing 4 with the biggest being a 10lb licer from Rockhead. John Hickman landing his 1st Cairnton fish after a few visits, a 5lb liced grilse. Bob Seeber landed a couple of grilse and Peter Solomon also landed a couple of grilse. Favourite flies this week were small Cascades and Silver Stoats. 

Conditions this week started off nicely at 11" and gradually fell away over the week to 3" on Saturday. Monday to Wednesday was mostly overcast with some sunny spells but the last three days were very hot and sunny. Water temperatures were between 58f to 62f.

This coming week looks to start off warm and dry with an occasional shower from midweek but the temperatures cooling down slightly as the week goes on.

We have availability on Middle Blackhall this coming week and rods across both banks the following week so please check our website for full details and get in contact with Sarah to book. 

www.cairnton.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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Quite a changeable week with regards the weather and water compared to the previous few weeks. We had the rain returning at long last which has given us a much needed change in conditions with the river height on Monday at minus 1inch with a few reasonable rises as the week went on and finished at 2ft on Saturday evening. On Middle Blackhall, Martin Thompsons party had a fish of 10lb from Cairnton pool and a 4lb grilse from the same pool, both on Cascades, plus a few others were lost throughout the week. Over on the Cairnton bank it was a similar story for Tim Lawsons party with a fair few lost but Tim did manage a lovely 12lber and a liced 4lb grilse from the Middle Ferroch on his favourite fly, a Conon Cat, tied by his friend Derek Mair. 

The coming week should see good fishing with the freshen up of the river along with a bit of a mixture of cloud and sunny spells most days and a few scattered showers.

We are fully booked again this coming week but the following week we have some rods available on Middle Blackhall. You can check all availability for the rest of the season on our website and then book direct with Sarah. 

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

Cheers Brian

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Conditions weren't the greatest this past week from a fishing point of view with a lot of bright sunshine, a very low and dropping river and water temperatures between the high 50's.f to high 60's.f however we did land some grilse and sea trout and the usual losing a few also.  Bob Kenyon got off to a good start on Monday morning with a couple of 3.5lb grilse, one from the Spout and the other from Invercannie both on a small Cascade. Also a 2.5lb sea trout late on Monday evening for Paul West. The following four days were hard going with the weather against us so early mornings and late evenings were more comfortable but we couldn't land the ones that were hooked, then on Friday/Saturday saw the return of fish24 on the Dee with Middle Blackhall being added to the annual event. Matthew Will had a grilse of between 4 to 5lb from Invercannie and a sea trout from Rock Head, both on sunrays. Later in the the afternoon Robson Green had a grilse of between 3 to 4lb in Sandy Bay on a small blue Cascade.  

This coming week looks to be a bit mixed with some light rain here and there most days and some bright sunny spells plus strong South westerly's.

All rod availability can be viewed on our website and then booked through Sarah.

www.cairnton.co.uk/fishing-availability.php
sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk

Cheers Brian