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A change in weather from the previous few weeks, we actually experienced some nice summer days with warmth, light cloud and sunshine.  River heights started on Monday at 2' 11" & gradually fell away as the week went on and finished at 8" on Saturday. Water temperatures were between 52f-58f. 

We finished the week with 1 salmon of 8lb for Graheme Reid from the Malt Steep. The 1st grilse of our season was landed in Invercannie by french angler Bernard Bimboes and that was quickly followed up with Luke Tomiak’s very first Salmon, a grilse of 3lb in Glister on a small Crathie. We also had 5 sea trout up to 3lb and the successful flies were Cascades , Crathie and Stoat Tails.

Cheers Brian

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Great to see the return of Iain Wilson's fishing party for the week. Iain’s team always fish hard and most importantly have a good time even when the fishing is slow going. We had 5 sea trout for the week, all around the 3lb bracket and all in mint condition, the Gledswood blue being the fly of choice, a few other fish lost and various offers here and there. Some fish were seen over the course of the week but they weren't keen on hanging around too long. Water conditions were on whole fairly good, Mon//Tues we experienced exceptionally cold air temperatures but warmed up slightly from mid week onwards.

Cheers Brian

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The first full week of June but it feels more like April with North westerly' s blowing most of the week with some fairly heavy showers mixed in with some sunshine. But no complaints as the same week last year it was blistering hot and the river was dropping away daily. This week saw the return of Charlie Perry's party who are all keen and put the hours in. Charlie managed a lovely 3lb sea trout plus a few offers which didn't hang on. We also had an 8lb er from the Spout on a Sunray and two other nice sea trout for the week. The temperature for this coming week is meant to stay chilly, unusual for June. 

Cheers Brian

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A slightly better week for us with 1 salmon and 2 sea trout caught and safely returned. Ross Macdonald landed a 7lber from Rock Head on a Calvin Shrimp on Thursday and we also had a couple of sea trout with James Madden managing the largest of about 2.5lb. There seems to be a few sea trout about with one or two being seen throughout the beat. Things were fairly quiet on the Salmon front but the water was very unsettled & peaty with the levels up and down which didn’t really help.  The odd fish was seen but again the pattern looks like they are not really hanging around for too long.

Cheers Brian

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Last week started off warm and bright for a couple of days then by Wednesday we saw a change, a bit of the wet stuff and a rise in water levels however the last two days of the week were mostly bright and warm with a breeze from an Easterly direction all week. We saw the return of Cairnton/Dee regulars the Goodchilds who know the beat intimately and were very unlucky to have a week of fish just not hanging on very long but at least we had a few chances. The week was saved by George Goodchild with our first Sea Trout of the season, a chunky 3lb er from the Rockhead 

Also good to see the swifts have returned this week which are the last of the summer visitors.

Cheers Brian

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Not the greatest of fishing conditions last week with daily highs of up to 18c plus and accompanied with bright sunshine, although the first few hours in the mornings and the evenings were the most likely it wasn't to be this week. We did see a few fish and we had a few offers and managed to lose two which were almost to the net but we didn't get the photo, it happens. 

Water heights were fairly good on Monday, sitting at 1' and by Saturday was sitting at 8" & water temperatures between 57f/60f. The good news is it is meant to be a bit cooler this coming week .

Cheers Brian

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The week started off with a water height of over 3' and carrying a bit of colour from the Sunday downpours, as the week went on the river fell away gradually and cleared each day with Saturdays height sitting at 1' 3". Water temperatures were low to mid 50 Fahrenheit all week. On the fishing side of things Holger Kurth from Sweden landed our only fish of the week on Thursday in the Cottage pool on a Phatagorva & was 8lb. Holger also had a few offers and lost a couple over the course of the week. We have seen an odd one or two showing this past few days but the mini heatwave we are experiencing is making the fishing challenging. 

Cheers Brian