7lb Tay Salmon

Mr Jack Hopper landed this 7lb fish from the Boil yesterday afternoon. The fish took a C.F.C Park Shrimp

10lb Tay Salmon

Mr Stuart Oglesby landed this 10lb fish with his last cast of the day. C.F.C Orange Flamethrower from the Boil. Good work Stuart
The river rose slowly all day. It was 1ft 7" at 07.30
2ft 2" by 18.00

Freddie Flintoff & Rob Penn

Today we had a couple of special visitors, Freddie Flintoff and Rob Penn. They are touring the UK in a fish & chip van for their new TV series on SKY, visiting landmarks and famous places in general. They dropped into Newtyle for a few hours, had a cast or 2 then made us all a delicious fish supper..nice!

Tay Grilse

Mr Rob Crockart from Perth landed 2 Grilse yesterday. The 2nd, pictured, was caught from the Boil in the afternoon and he landed a fish of similar size from the Dean's burn in the morning, Rob's first Newtyle fish..Both caught on the fly. Also pictured is a fly caught Permit which Rob caught in Belize a  few years ago...Awesome!

Tay Grilse

A fine fly caught Grilse from the tail of the Cotter by Drew Wright on the 15th august

18lb Tay Salmon

Mr Jack Hopper who turned 89 this year landed this fine 18lb fish from the Plain Tree Pool before lunch.

13lb Tay Salmon

Mr Peter Dobson landed his 2nd fish of the season, a 13lb fish from the tail of the Boil this morning.

5lb Grilse

The youngest member of the Burniston clan got off the mark today with his 1st ever Salmon. 13 year old Jake landed this fine 5lb Grilse fom the Steps pool this afternoon..The milky bars are on you kid!!

7lb Tay Salmon

3 generations of anglers out in the boat today. Grandfather Harvey Burnston and his son Martin along with grandson Jake, all played fish. Alas we only managed to land the 1.
This fresh 7lb beauty from the Cotter was landed by Martin and is his 1st ever Salmon. Harvey lost a good fish from the Alders and Jake lost another from the Cotter.
The other boat also lost a fish from the Cotter....
The water was still very dirty and sitting at 3ft 8 this morning. It rose 2" during the day but cleared a little. Looking good for the rest of the week.....At last

3lb Grilse

Mr Damian Gunn landed this fly caught Grilse from the Trap on Saturday morning.

Seatrout

Mr Richard Johnstone who had not been fishing since childhood landed this fine Seatrout from the Cotter on a Salmo on Saturday afternoon

4lb Grilse

Wee Grilse yesterday on a hitched Sunray, right bank of the Steps and a 1lb Seatrout from the Cotter

6lb Seatrout

Young Stirling angler Steven McVean landed this 6lb Seatrout this afternoon from the Boil on only his 2nd trip to Newtyle. Steven works at Angling Active in Stirling and is also assistant coach to the Scottish Youth International Fly Fishing Team and has 3 caps to his name. The fish was taken on a stripped Sunray and was returned.
Well done Steven.
Yesterday we had a good day. Donny Brooks landed a cracking fresh 9lb fish from the Boil, Tim Gaunt Baker landed a fresh 8lb fish from the Boil in the evening and a fresh 4lb Grilse was caught in St Mary's also in the evening along with 2 seatrout from the tail of Fiddlers into the Trap.

10lb Tay Salmon

Here is an all to familiar image. Mr Ron Fraser holding a sea liced fish. 1 of 3 he had on the fly on the 12th of May.
Thanks to Linda Mellor for the pic.

12lb Tay Salmon

On the 17th of June Spanish angler Juan Martinez-Cubells landed his 1st Tay Salmon.
Juan who works in Angling Active in Stirling landed this 12lb fish from the Cotter using a Caledonia Fly Company Gold Bodied Willie Gunn,
Well done Juan

9lb Tay Salmon

On the 13th of June Mr Brian Cherry from the Emerald Isle landed his 1st Scottish Salmon on his 1st trip to Newtyle. This 9lb fish was caught on the fly from the Dean's Burn.
The angler who wishes to remain anonymous landed a fly caught 7lb fish from the Boil.
2 more fish were lost on the fly..

4lb Tay Salmon

On the 13th of June Mr John Young from Edinburgh who recently took up Salmon fishing and on his 1st trip to Newtyle landed his 1st ever Salmon...Caught in the Boil on a size 7 silver stoat...Well done John

12lb Tay Salmon

Mr Ron Fraser landed this 12lb Salmon from the Boil this morning. It's Ron's birthday today and the fish is his 30th of the season.
3 more fish were lost today...4 lost on Monday and 1 lost yesterday...All on the fly.......

12lb Tay Salmon

Mr George Slater landed this 12lb fish from the Cotter this morning..20g Black and Silver Toby

10lb Tay Salmon

Mr Jon Wood landed this 10lb Springer from the Trap this morning...TS120
Last night Mr John Kelly caught an 11lb fish from the Cotter and lost a bigger one shortly after.

12lb Tay Salmon

Mr Alun Williams landed this fine 12lb Springer from the Cotter on a Salmo

17lb Tay Salmon

Mr David Porter with his 2nd fly caught fish of the day, 17lb from the Boil

4lb Tay Salmon

Mr David Porter landed his 1st ever Salmon on a double handed rod this morning(he's had a couple fishing for seatrout at night) and caught another 20 mins later. The 1st was this 4lb fish

17lb Tay Salmon

Mr Ian Gamble is holding the fish caught by Mr John Kelly. This fine 17lb Sea liced Springer was caught on Monday night, the fish was hooked in the Cotter on a dfc

8lb Tay Salmon

Mr Craig Carter from Kent landed this 8lb Springer, his 1st ever Salmon, The fish was taken on a UFC from the Ferry Pool.
Mr John Praill from Essex on his 1st ever fishing trip landed a 4lb Sea Trout on a TS120 from the Boil
9" on the gauge this Sunday afternoon.

14lb Tay Salmon

Mr Peter Bowling from Essex landed his first fly caught Tay Salmon on Saturday morning from the Dean's Burn.
Another fish was lost on the fly from the Boil

14lb Tay Salmon

Mr Peter Noble landed this cracking 14lb Springer on a TS120 on Wednesday.
Peter who was fishing for 3 days drove down to Angling Active in Stirling in the morning and bought some new kit and christened it before lunch.  
The Hardy Marksman Spin2 10ft is available new from Angling Active in Stirling for a knockdown £175....a saving of over £200...an absolute bargain for a stunning rod.

9lb Tay Salmon

Mr Sandy Datta landed this fihe 9lb Springer on a floating Devon from the Cotter on Saturday afternoon. His wife Sam did not catch, again..

10lb Tay Salmon

Mr Tony Sheehan landed his 1st ever Springer and his 1st Tay Salmon on Thursday. The fish was 10lb and caught on the fly

Many Salmon

2ft 2" on the gauge today.
Mr Ronnie Fraser landed 3 fish today, the 1st a 12lb sea liced fish from the Cotter in the morning and 2 fish of 8lb and 14lb both sea liced from St Mary's in the afternoon all on the fly. Outstanding effort Ronnie, well done.
Mr Steph Monaghan from Pure Fishing landed an 8lb fish from the Cotter with the last cast of the day on a Salmo.
Images to follow

9lb Tay Salmon

Mr Patrick Ingram landed this 9lb Springer from the Ferry Pool this morning.

Tay Salmon

Mr Martin Moran landed his 2nd Springer of the day on Monday evening from the Ferry pool...Payo 110 Kinkuro

13lb Tay Salmon

Mr Raymond Poggia from France landed this 13lb Springer from the Steps pool on Monday afternoon.. Payo 110 Stardust Shad

21lb Tay Salmon

Mr Martin Moran landed this big Springer on a TS120 Kinkuro from the Steps on Monday afternoon

13lb Tay Salmon

Mr Robert Moore landed this fine Springer from the Dean's Burn on a TS120 on Monday morning.

6lb Tay Salmon

Mr Malcolm Anderson landed this fine wee Springer from the Ferry Pool on Saturday afternoon on a 120
Mr Alastair Paisley landed his 2nd fly caught fish, this time a 5lb fish from St Mary's.
Mr Don Gow lost a fish from the Steps on a 120 and Mr Howard Jackson lost a fish on the fly from the Cotter

12lb Tay Salmon

On Saturday Mr Jamie Smith from Carlisle landed this cracking 12lb Springer from the Cotter on a TS120 and lost a much bigger fish in the afternoon. It was only Jamie's 3rd ever day Salmon fishing and he caught this and lost 2 other double figure fish...All on the 120

8lb Tay Salmon

Mr Calum McRoberts landed this 8lb fish from the Dean's Burn on Thursday afternoon

13lb Tay Salmon

On Friday morning Mr Alastair Paisley from Carlisle landed this fine fly caught 13lb Springer from the Steps. Mr Jamie Smith lost a fish from the Plain tree on a TS120

6lb Tay Salmon

On Thursday Mr Geordie Ewings caught this fine wee 6lb Springer from the tail of the Steps on a TS120 Kinkuro.
Mr Bob Robinson lost 2 from the Plain Tree on the same lure.
On Wednesday Mr Craig Duncan landed a 10lb fish from Fiddlers, also on a TS120