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

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.