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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

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A better week with 5 Salmon, 2 Grilse and a Sea trout landed. Regular Dee fisher Will Shropshire and party who were fishing on both banks for the first 3 days had a few fish but some were luckier than others with Richard Pembroke landing two 16lb ers from the Upper and Middle Ferroch for his 3 days. Andrew Janaway had a 10lb er and James Scougall had a 7lb er both from the Malt Steep, the successful flies were JJ's and Collie dogs. On Thursday Mike Carnegie had his first ever Salmon and it was landed in the Malt Steep on a large Red Francis tube. On Friday Mike Kimber had a lively Grilse in the Grey Mare on a small Silver Grey and we also had a 5lb er in the evening from the Malt Steep on a Sunray.

Well we will be into the last 5 days of the 2021 season as of tomorrow and the forecast is looking reasonable with a bit of light rain most days, cloud and the odd sunny spell with winds from a North Westerly to Westerly direction.

We have 3 rods available on Cairnton on Tuesday 12th October if anyone is fancying a last throw of the season and we have rods available on Middle Blackhall 11th to 14th October. Please get in contact with Sarah to make your late booking. sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk or 01224 872702.

Cheers Brian

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Well we got a good rise in levels last Monday with the Cairnton gauge reading 1/2" at 7am and by end of play was running at 5' and very coloured which is really what we were needing for the catches to improve. The water temperatures gradually fell away also. Although we did land 2 salmon, 2 grilse and 2 sea trout for the week I was surprised we did not do slightly better as the conditions were pretty good for the rest of the week and there were enough fish showing to keep everyone interested. The highlight of the week was Steven Goodchild landing an 11lb er in the Grey Mare on a size 8 Tosh variant. Steven has landed plenty of Dee Salmon over the years but this was his first from Cairnton. Other fish and sea trout were landed on Francis patterns and Sunrays.

Weather for the week ahead looks fairly dry most days with heavy rain on Tuesday and winds from a south west direction. We have some Middle Blackhall rods available 8th to 14th October and 4 rods available on 12th October on Cairnton so please contact Sarah to book. sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk

Cheers Brian

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Well the week ahead looked quite promising last Monday morning with another small rise of over a foot and a much colder morning along with the water temperature dropping down to 51f, it's how you would like an autumn week to start but again it didn't last too long before it was like June again. By Wednesday the river was back down to 3" on the Cairnton gauge making fishing conditions fairly difficult however we did end the week with a Grilse of 5lb and 4 coloured Sea Trout between 2lb and 3lb. There are the usual residents showing in most of the pools but a good change in conditions is much needed to shift some fish around either with some frosts or a good flood. There looks to be a band of rain coming from the west late on Sunday and into Monday so hopefully it gives us a bit of water down the river.

We have very little availability now until the end of the 2021 season but we can offer a few rods on Middle Blackhall next week and the end of the next week and we have the last Cairnton rods of 2021 available - 2 rods on 7th Oct and 4 rods on 12th October. Please contact Sarah to book. sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk or 01224 872702. (for specific dates please look at our website - www.cairnton.co.uk)

Cheers Brian