Conditions		Fish Caught in the Past Week		Fish Caught this Season so far
River Height: Water Temp: Wind:	1ft 11in	Salmon: Grilse: Sea Trout:	7	Salmon: Grilse: Sea Trout:	45

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Another good week for us on Cairnton & Middle Blackhall with 7 fish landed up to 19lb , our largest of the season so far. On Monday we had a height of 3’3” with good conditions when new visitor to the beat Christopher Jones landed a lovely 8lber in the Old Garden on a Cascade. Another first timer with us on Middle Blackhall but a regular Dee fisher, George Goodchild, landed a beautiful 14lber in the Malt Steep on a Sunray. Tuesday was surprisingly quiet, although it looked promising. On Wednesday it was looking pretty good until some thunder and lightning appeared, along with torrential hail and rain which caused the river to colour up and rise and it peaked at 6  1/2ft by 9pm on the Cairnton gauge. By Thursday the river had settled back to 4’1”and had cleared when Christopher Jones landed his second of the week, a lovely 12lber in the Grey Mare on a Monkey. Greville Cater also had an 8lb fish from the Lower Ferroch on a Cascade tube and connected with another couple. On Friday, Derek Wright landed  a cracking 10lber from Lower Ferroch on a 1” Tosh.  Saturday was looking like the nicest day of the week, with lovely settled conditions and the odd fish showing and a good fish was lost after 10 minutes on Middle Blackhall in the morning but the rest of the day there was not an offer until about 5pm when Derek Wright hooked an extremely strong fish in the Grey Mare and after ¾ hour landed a cracking 19lber on a 1”Black & Silver tube. We ended the day with an 8lber, landed late in the evening in the Malt Steep on a Ally’s Shrimp.

The week ahead looks like some outbreaks of rain most days with a light north to north easterly wind.

As always if you are interested in booking any fishing with us this season, on either bank, please get in contact with Sarah and she will be able to help, as well as details on our self-catering lodge which is located on the banks of the River Dee ( a 30 second walk from Middle Blackhall and just a short drive from Cairnton) on the edge of the Blackhall Forest which can be booked with or without fishing.

sarah@cairntonestate.co.uk or 01224 872702

Cheers Brian