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

6lb & 8lb Tay Salmon

Mr Ron Fraser caught yet another 2 fish today. The first a 6lb fish from the Steps and another at 8lb from the Cotter. Both fish caught on the fly. he also lost 2 before catching the 1st fish.
Thats 6 of the 11 fish we have had this week landed by Ron....Outstanding effort sir....Hurry back!!

12lb Tay Salmon

Mr David Fraser caught this fine 12lb Salmon on a Toby from the Trap

8lb & 10lb Tay Salmon

Mr Ron Fraser is having a ball...2 fish today both from the Cotter. A 10lb fish and an 8lb sea liced fish...Both on the fly.....Outstanding effort Ron, well done.

14lb Tay Salmon

Paul Worsteling from ifish Australia is over in the UK filming for his latest tv show and came to the beat today looking to catch a Salmon and did just that. In fact he managed to land a 9lb and a 14lb fish from the Steps Pool and the Plain Tree.
Kinkuro 120 and Pink and Pearl Tomic were the winning lures.
Paul his wife Cristy their son Jet and camera man Sytse were all great company and excellent fun.
Mr Lawrie Hickman from Guideline UK landed a 14lb fly caught fish from the Trap.
Mr Ron Fraser landed a fly caught 7lb liced fish from the Steps giving us 4 for the day.

9lb Tay Salmon

Mr Paul Worsteling from ifish Australia landed this cracking fish from the Steps pool this morning ably supported by his 7 year old son Jet. The fish took a pearl and pink tomic

7lb Tay Salmon

Mr Ron Fraser with our 4th fish of the day and his 2nd fly caught fish in 2 days, this time a 7lb liced fish from the Boil...He had an 11lb fish from the Steps yesterday.....Well done Ron

18lb Tay Salmon

Mr Allan Rennie landed this fine Springer from the Steps Pool this afternoon

12lb Tay Salmon

Mr Elliot Bryant landed this fly caught 12lb Spring Salmon from the Steps Pool at midday. The fish took a Tummel Monkey.
Mr Andrew Fanning lost a fish at his feet in the Trap on a Salmo.

15lb Tay Salmon

On Tuesday Miss Leen Verhoeven from Belgium and fishing with her Dad (who lost a bigger fish from the Ferry Pool in the morning) landed this 15lb beauty spinning a Payo Aegis 110 Stardust Shad from the boat in the Plain Tree Pool..Her first Sottish Salmon..Well done Leen

16lb Tay Salmon

David Cronshaw from Moniaive nr Dumfries, caught this Spring beauty fly fishing the Cotter on Saturday afternoon. His fish was taken on a red conehead Cronart fly.
A good fish was lost on a Payo 110 in the Ferry Pool in the morning.

The Cronart fly was invented by David and his fishing associate also called David while living near the highlands and fishing the Findhorn. The Cronart fly had 65 fish between the two men in 2012 and over 30 in 2013 and has been successful in Scotland on the Tay, Tweed, Dee, Spey, Findhorn, Lochy and on the Ribble (Lancashire).

12lb Tay Salmon

Mr Paul McGeoch landed this fly caught 12lb Springer from the tail of the Trap on the 30th March. Paul's first fish of the season had a couple of sea lice on it. Well done.

Tay Springer

An angler who wishes to remain unamed landed this fine wee Springer late on Thursday. We spotted a few fish showing down in the Boil and Steps and went Harling for a while..Pearl and Pink Payo 110....Result

15lb Tay salmon

Mr Ian Hendry landed his first Spring Salmon of the year, a fine 15lb beauty from the Cotter on a harled pink and pearl Tomic.
The water dropped 3" today

12lb Tay Salmon

A big water this Saturday morning but it dropped 6" by 2pm so i took Calum McRoberts out for a wee harl for an hour. He had been at Dunkeld House for a few hours in the morning and he dropped in for a blether. We fished for the hour before Calum had to get home and as i was winding in the fish nailed a pearly pink Tomic.

18lb Tay Salmon

Mr Stephen Martin landed this stunning 18lb sea liced fish from the Ferry Pool this afternoon. The fish took a harled Pearl & Pink Tomic and was quickly returned with the minimum of handling.

10lb Tay Salmon

Mr David Gardiner landed this fine 10lb springer from the Steps Pool on a Vision 110 this morning. Well done David.

Rumours are rife throught the Tay that the Burnmouth beat in Stanley are still killing all the Springers they catch. The only difference this year is that beat owner Mike Smith is not posting the catches on Fishtay and the speculation is that they have had over 50 so far, all in the freezer awaiting the smokehouse!
If these rumours are true then it's a disgrace that they are getting away with it especially as every other beat on the Tay is making every effort to ensure that the Spring run increases in strengh in the future.
It boils the blood to think that all these fine fish are being ruthlessly despatched. Lets be honest, who can eat that much smoked Salmon?
Let your feelings be known please.
There is a Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board open annual meeting in the Birnam Institute on Tuesday 25th March at 18.45
All are welcome to this meeting to hear about the work of the Board and ask questions.

8lb Tay Salmon

Miss Sarah Hinchliffe fishing with her partner Roger Worth landed her 1st ever Springer today. It was Sarah's last day of a 3 day trip to Newtyle and her 1st foray into Spring Salmon fishing. Well done Sarah and sorry about the dodgy picture!

Hardy Jet SINTRIX

I had the good fortune to try out the new Hardy Jet SINTRIX 15ft 10 wt double hander today.
I tried it with a Rio iFlight Skagit, 30ft of T17 and a copper tube and it coped well.
Then tried the Rio AFS Hover, 10ft fast tip and an Alu. tube and it was excellent.
Next was the new Rio Scandi, again with a 10ft fast on it and the Alu. tube. Once again it was flying out.
It also handled a 65ft Spey line with a floating tip and a tube with ease.
Seems to me like an excellent all rounder and i thoroughly enjoyed casting it. Its light and feels more supple than the Zenith.
I will be adding one to the collection.
Thanks to Ian Gordon, speyonline.com and his very able assistant Tom Brown for leaving the rod with me for a few days..
Cheers