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A pretty good week for us with 4 fish landed, 2 from either bank with Andy Ashcroft landing 3 of them and all on a Gold Willie Gunn, the largest  was a 12lber coming from the Grey Mare. The 4th fish landed was a 7lber in the Garden Run by well known young angler Lewis Blair and was on a Blue Angel. Lewis has had quite a few fish off the beat but it was his first February one which is a great achievement. Fishing conditions for this time of year were pretty good most days with the wind being slightly problematic for short spells. The week a head looks to be similar as last with winds coming from the West, South West with cloud and some brighter spells. 

If you fancy a cast please do not hesitate to get in touch. All availability listed on our website and then contact Sarah to book. 

Cheers Brian

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A great start to the 2023 season on Wednesday with Colin and David Craik from Somers Fishing Tackle hosting the first few days of the season.  David did the honours of blessing the water and having the first cast then we were ready to get going. Although conditions were looking favourable, only kelts were landed on the 1st.  Thursday's conditions were again looking really good for a fish and it was Steph Monaghan who got us off the mark this season. Steph landed a beautiful 8lber from the Lower Ferroch on a black & yellow monkey pattern.  On Friday the river had risen a couple of feet but remained clear. Saturday the river was back down to 2' 8" and first time visitor to the Dee, Ghillie David Graham from the Spey landed a lovely 8lber in the Malt Steep on a black & yellow tube.  A good start to our season.

Cheers Brian

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Well another season has finished and although parts of the season were frustrating due to lack of rain in the spring and summer, as well as the weeks of endless sunshine which were hard going, I think over all it wasn’t too bad considering we are dealing with mother nature and other things that are out with our control but this wild animal, the salmon,  doesn't read the same books as we do. 

It was also good to see many of the familiar faces on the beat and new ones as well and we look forward to seeing you all in 2023.

The last full week of the season we had really good conditions with a steadily falling water all week and some lovely autumn days but the fish were a bit dour although we did land 10 salmon and 1 grilse.  Notable catches were Alex Penman on Monday with a 14lb er from the Lower Ferroch on a Red Francis. On Tuesday Ken Mackenzie landed two fish, a 12lb er from Upper Ferroch and a 9lb er from Grey Mare both on an OAP half inch tube and last bit not least Lewis Blair landing 2 for his few days, a 15lb er from Glister on Friday and a cock fish of 21lb on Saturday from the Cottage, both on a size 8 Cascade. The 21lb fish is the largest from Cairnton and Middle blackhall this season.

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This week saw the return of Will Shropshire and party for a few days and although conditions weren't the best due to unsettled water a few fish and sea trout were landed. Toby Randle landing the first of the week followed by his second on Tuesday. Peel Taggart landed his first ever salmon and Richard Pembroke landed the most.  The last 3 days of the week saw 1 salmon and 4 grilse landed, the largest at 8lb for John Stewart Gasit from the Grey Mare. Patterns that were successful this week were Red Francis, Cascades and Flamethrowers.

The last week of the 2022 season looks quite unsettled with some rain tonight into Monday then settled for a couple of days. Another band of rain moving eastwards on Wednesday. Thursday settled then Friday is to be wet and windy and a few showers on Saturday. 

Cheers Brian

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This week was a little quieter than expected as there were enough fish about and conditions were on the most part fairly good apart from a few stormy hours on Friday morning but the fish didn't seem to switch on at all for us, however we did manage 2 salmon and 3 grilse for our week. John Webb landed the largest at 14lb from the Malt Steep on Saturday. There seems to be a bit of a theme this season with anglers managing to land fish on their birthdays, so this week it was Jeff Hatton celebrating his 68th birthday on Friday and landing a 12lb er in Glister on an Orange & Purple (OAP). Happy birthday Jeff.

The coming week looks to be mixed with some rain most days, cloudy with an odd blink of sun and getting cooler from mid week.

Still chance to get a last throw before the season ends so get in contact with Sarah to book.

Cheers Brian

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The past week started off looking quite promising with an early morning frost and quite a few fish about. Success came on Monday after a few years of trying for Belinda Elliot Dawes who managed to get her first Dee fish, a 5lb grilse in the Cottage. The next fish landed was on Wednesday by Craig Lunn in Upper Ferroch and was also a 5lb grilse. It was then looking like we were going to have a quiet week but Saturday the fish did switch on and 7 were landed, all between 5lb and 10lb. Jon Robb landed his very first salmon, a 5lb grilse in Middle Ferroch with Harry Marshall landing another 2 from the same pool later in the day. The other 4 were split evenly between father and son duo Mark and Lewis Blair with Lewis landing the 10lb er. All fish landed were on Francis patterns. 

The week ahead looks to be getting a good bit colder with wind and some heavy scattered showers coming from a Northerly direction.

We have limited availability now until the end of the season so please get booked in as soon as possible to have your last cast before the season finishes on 15th October.

Cheers Brian

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A much more settled river this past week with the height on Monday sitting at at 1' 10" and finishing on Saturday at 1' 7". The water temperatures have been gradually falling and it seems to have helped our catches with 9 salmon and 6 grilse landed for the week with some good fish in the 16 to 17lb bracket. Mark Blair who had his 50th birthday fishing the beat landed the largest of the week at 18lb from the Cottage on a Red Francis. Other successful flies were Ally Shrimps, Cascades and Sunrays.

The week ahead looks to be mostly cloudy with showers but a band of rain is expected coming from the west late Wednesday into early Thursday.

We have limited availability now to the end of the season so please check our website for the latest availability and get booked in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. 

Cheers Brian