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A lovely start to the week with really good conditions with the height at 1' 6" on Monday. It was great to see the return of Adrian Brightly's party who have fished the beat for many years. Tuesday and Wednesday were a similar height to Monday and we did manage a 9lb er on Wednesday afternoon in the Old Garden on a single 1/0 Editor . Thursday things were changing a bit with the river up a couple of feet along with a strong Southerly wind blowing but still fishable. Friday was the same but by Saturday morning the river was up to 9ft and carrying plenty of colour and debris and unfishable. Today the river is back down to 4ft and running fairly clear again and with the week ahead looking more settled the river should drop away nicely. 

Please check our availability on the Cairnton website and get in contact with Sarah to book. 

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Cheers Brian

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A good finish to February for the beat with Andy Ashcroft landing a 10lb fish in the Malt Steep (Middle Blackhall) on Monday morning on a Monkey fly. It was Andy's first run through the pool and his second off the beat so far this season.

March began with like a day you would see in May with bright sunshine and very little wind plus a lovely water height. The rest of the week was again looking favorable with pretty good water levels and over head conditions but we didn't manage to get on the score sheet. There is still the very odd kelt to be seen but it looks as though most have moved on.

The week ahead looks quite settled until mid week then some rain and wind returning for the latter half.

We have some rods available over the next few weeks so please get in contact with Sarah to book.

Cheers Brian

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A reasonable week water height wise for us apart from Thursday when it was up a couple of feet but it was still fairly clear and dropping and apart from the wind that appeared to never ease off and a few heavy showers here and there conditions were fairly good so no complaints. No fresh fish landed this week although a couple were seen on Friday and one lost. We are still getting a few well mended kelts & Sea Trout kelts and we also saw our first Oyster catchers of the year which is a few days later than normal but always good to see.

The week ahead looks fairly mixed with a few rain bands coming from the west with some over night frosts and winds from a westerly direction at the start of the week which swings round to the east for the second half.

We have rods available over the next few weeks so please check our availability listing on our website and contact Sarah to book. www.cairnton.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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A really good start to the week, helped by the rise over the weekend with two fish being landed on Monday. Andy Ashcroft landed his first of the season in the Middle Ferroch on an Alistair and was 8lb then over on the Middle Blackhall side John Webb landed his second of the season in the Malt Steep on a Gold Willie Gunn and was 9lb. Conditions were pretty good for the first half of the week and John Webb did it again late on Wednesday afternoon on Middle Blackhall with an 8lb er in same pool and on the same fly as Monday. As forecast the wind on Thursday was a pain to deal with but not impossible. Fridays heavy snow forecast was pretty accurate but it wasn't too bad with the milder air temperature making it quite pleasant to fish in for the dedicated fisher! An overnight frost Friday into Saturday and bright sunshine all day made Saturday the nicest day of the season so far. 

Currently the forecast for the coming week is a mixture of sunshine and rain showers for the first part of the week with some higher winds forecast midweek, clearing to a more settled end to the week.

We have some rods available over the next couple of weeks. Check availability on our website www.cairnton.co.uk and details on how to book.

Cheers Brian

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Through a lot of hard fishing effort, some nice conditions and some not so nice with mainly the strong westerly winds hampering us, well known Dee angler John Webb managed to land our first fish of 2022 on Wednesday in the Floating Bank on the Middle Blackhall side on a Gold bodied Willie Gunn. John's fish was 9lb and very fresh. There are still a few kelts about but most seemed to have moved on compared to what had been there the previous week.

Although the water conditions have been pretty good we could do with a good rise to see if that stirs anything up. We have had a bit of a rise overnight which should help us a bit for start of the week. Weather for the week ahead looks to be getting colder with the chance of some snow but the winds being quite changeable.

We have rods available on both banks over the few weeks so if you fancy a go please get in touch with Sarah and she will get you booked in. All availability and details on how to book are on our website.

www.cairnton.co.uk/fishing-availability

Cheers Brian

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The expectations of the first fish of the new season are always pretty high after what feels like a long closed season and probably more so this year due to the horrendous gales that have swept the country causing devastation and the continued ups and downs from the pandemic, so it was very nice to have reasonable fishing conditions with some days seeming more like April, apart from being a bit gusty on occasions, but we did not have much to complain about. Both banks were covered extremely well by our anglers and although there were no fresh fish landed we did get a good number of Kelts on the usual spring patterns of Willie Gunn's and Black & Yellow tubes and the anglers left happy and wanting more so we look forward to seeing them back some time in the future.

This coming week looks to be dry and cold with some wintery snow showers with north west to westerly winds.

We have 3 rods available on Cairnton on Thursday and Friday of this coming week (10th & 11th Feb) and rods available each day on Middle Blackhall so please take a look at our website for details on how to book as well as availability for the rest of the season.

We look forward to welcoming you to Cairnton & Middle Blackhall this season.

Cheers Brian

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Well the last 5 days of the 2021 season were reasonably good with 7 Salmon to16lb and 1 Grilse of 5lb caught. Six of them were caught on JJ's and one was on a Sunray. Regular Cairnton angler Mark Blair had three with the largest from Rockhead with Marks son Lewis landing a couple to 12lb. Steve Kettlewell also did well with three to 12lb, the largest being one of the nicest I've seen this backend, which came from Glister.

Overall our season wasn't too bad with the spring to the end of May producing 55 fish. The seasons largest fish for us was 19lb for Derek Wright (in May).

For the summer months, June to end of August, we had 98 fish. June was down on the five year average but July was back to the monthly average and August slightly up.

For the autumn we had 26 fish. September was pretty disappointing with only 9 caught, this was mainly due to the low water and heatwave we were all experiencing.

Sea Trout numbers were well down in the months we would expect them (May/June) although we did get a few stale ones into the Autumn.

To sum the 2021 season up I would say we had a fairly good one considering the continued Covid restrictions and the prolonged lack of water and high temperatures. We would like to thank all the anglers who fished with us in 2021 and we look forward to seeing everyone again, old and new in 2022.

Sarah is currently sending out offers for 2022, however if you know you need to change dates or you are new to the beat and would like to book, please contact Sarah as soon as possible so that she can see what we can offer you. sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk.

Cheers Brian