5lb Grilse

Mr Geoff Milligan fishing Newtyle for the first time, landed his 1st Tay Salmon and his 1st fish this year.
The fish was caught on the fly in the Boil.

10lb Tay Salmon

Mr Clive Mason landed this fine fly caught cock Salmon in the Boil this afternoon and Mr Steven Smiley landed a fly caught 4lb Grilse from St Marys in the morning.
On Monday morning Mr Malcolm Anderson landed a Grilse in the Ferry pool as did Mr Don Gow.
In the afternoon Mr Gordon Smith landed an 8lb liced fish in the Cotter and Malcolm landed another Grilse, again from the Ferry Pool.

3lb Grilse

Mr Gary Waugh landed this shiny wee Grilse from the tail of the Boil on Saturday morning and landed another identical fish 5 minutes later in the Steps Pool. In the afternoon Robert McFarlane landed a clean 9lb cock fish in the Steps and Andy Kerr lost 2 fish in Fiddlers in the early evening.
On Tuesday Bruce Hay lost a fish in the Cotter.

3lb Grilse

Mr Michael Henderson landed this clean wee Grilse from the tail of the Cotter on Monday evening and Mr Stuart Oglesby lost a good sized coloured fish from the same spot in the morning.

3lb Grilse

88 year old Mr Jack Hopper landed this fly caught Grilse from the Boil on Wednesday morning.
Mr John Mitchell also landed a 4lb Grilse from the St Marys stream the same morning also on the fly.
Mr Steven Norris landed 2 fly caught Grilse on Tuesday, the Deans Burn & St Marys producing.
7 fish were lost this week.

13lb Tay Salmon

Mr David Ritchie landed this 13lb salmon in the Boil on Monday evening.

3lb Grilse

14 year old Jamie White on his 1st ever Salmon fishing trip landed this 3lb Grilse on Thursday afternoon from the tail of the Boil.
On Monday Andrew Fanning caught his 1st Newtyle Salmon, a 5lb Grilse on the fly from the Boil, Ian Hendry landed another 5lb fish from the Cotter and lost 2.  Brian Knight landed a 9lb fish from the Ferry Pool.  David Ritchie lost a good fish on an evening ticket
On Wednesday, Andrew Fanning landed a 3lb Grilse from the Trap and Ian Hendry lost another in the Boil.
2 fish were lost on Friday, and on Saturday morning Walter Brown lost a fish in the Cotter and Nicky Greig landed a 6lb fish from the Tail of the Cotter on an evening ticket.
The 21 fish for July takes us to 151 for the year so far, which is the equivalent to the 5 year average to the end of the season.

3lb Grilse

Mr John Laybourn with his first Tay fish which was caught in the Boil on the fly. John also had another of similar size in the tail of the Cotter shortly after.
Mr Owen McGuiness landed a 10lb fish on an evening ticket, also from the tail of the Cotter.
Mr John Wood landed a fly caught 4lb Grilse from the Steps on Thursday
Mr Allan Rennie landed a fly caught 3lb Grilse from St Mary's on Monday.
Mr Matthew Peckford and Mr Garry McLellan both lost 4 fish between them at the beginning of the week.

Fishing Stories

Mr Jess Miller began fishing the Tay from the age of 9 and over the years he has encountered many fishy tales and tall stories, so, recently Jess wrote this book which has 90 true stories and 10 false. All you have to do is buy the book, read it and guess which 10 are false. Once you have the book you register online and you can have 20 free entries for the 10 stories you think are false. The prizes are excellent inc. fishing on Newtyle for 2 rods anytime to the value of £600. There are many similar prizes for various Tay beats, also fishing tackle, books etc. New prizes are being added all the time. The competition ends on 30th April 2014. A full list of prizes can be viewed at TrueorFalseFishingStories.com.
The copies i have, have been personally signed by the man himself and are available for £9.99

6lb Tay Salmon

Mr Calum McRoberts landed this 6lb fish from the Cotter on Friday morning and landed a 4lb fish from the same pool in the evening. Thursday morning saw Colin Wilkie land a 3lb Grilse from the Cotter, and on Wednesday, Mr Norman Kyle landed a 12lb fish, also from the Cotter. Jennifer Ramsay, Paul Chisolm, Jonny Lloyd, Anders Moe and David Middlemiss all lost fish. All fish for the week hooked on fly.

10lb Tay Salmon

Mr Steven Blair, originally from Perthshire but who now resides in Perth, Western Australia and is over visiting family, fished Newtyle on Friday and landed this 10lb sealiced fish, his 1st ever Salmon.
On Thursday, Mr Colin Wilkie fished for a couple of hours in the late afternoon and landed 2 fly caught sealiced Grilse, 1 from the tail of the Cotter and the other from the Boil.
On Monday afternoon we were joined by the Sky Sports HD cameras, filming for their Tight Lines programme which is hosted by Keith Arthur. Anne Woodcock, FishPal's marketing director was also present and casting like a Pro, but alas, nothing was landed. Conditions were difficult as it was really bright and the water very low and clear.
Thanks to Anne Woodcock and Jock Montieth for helping to improve the profile of the Tay.

13lb Tay Salmon

This 13lb fly caught fish was the 3rd of 3 caught today. All of them fell to a size 11 Posh Tosh MKII double supplied by the Caledonia Fly Company.

12lb Tay Salmon

This fly caught 12lb fish was caught in the Boil this morning and a 4lb grilse was landed half an hour later.

15lb Tay Salmon

Mrs Jennifer Ramsay landed this fish from the Steps Pool this evening and is her first fly caught fish of the season. Jennifer celebrates her 50th birthday tomorrow. An early present from Newtyle!      Well done Jen.                                                                                                                                                   

16lb Tay Salmon

Mr Gavin Long landed this 16lb sea liced fly caught fish from St Mary's on Friday morning

10lb Tay Salmon

My old Dad caught this 10lb sea liced fish from the Cotter this morning after Mr Gavin Long landed a fly caught 16lb sea licer from St Mary's. Dad's fish is Newtyle's 130th fish of the season so far, and puts us 100% up on the total to the end of June last year..Well done old timer!
Gav has a pic of the 16 and will send it later.

9lb & 8lb Tay Salmon

Mr Chris Provan landed this fly caught 9lb salmon from the Trap this evening and Mr Paul Goldsmith also landed an 8lb sea liced fish from the Steps

9lb Tay Salmon

Mr Brian Knight at it again, this time a 9lb fish from the Ferry Pool this evening

14lb Tay Salmon

Mr Roger Worth from Chesire took up Salmon fishing last week and landed this fly caught 14lb cracker from the Boil this morning...Outstanding work Roger.
Mr John Sadler lost a fish on the fly from the Boil and we had a 2lb Grilse on the fly and lost a good fish, both in the Steps.

5lb Grilse

Mr Brian Knight landed his 1st ever Salmon on Monday evening in the Ferry pool, he lost 3 before finally landing this 5lb Grilse.. Well done Brian

9lb Tay Salmon

Mr David Cargill landed this 9lb fly caught fish from the Steps on Monday morning and the usually reliable Mr Allan Rennie had a Teflon day and managed to drop 3 fish, 2 on the fly and 1 on a Toby. Butter luck next time Al.....

6lb Tay Salmon

On Friday of last week Mr George Slater landed this 6lb fly caught fish from the Cotter
On Thursday Mr Brian Allison landed a 10lb fish in the Trap, and on Saturday Rory Campbell landed a 4lb Grilse on the fly, again from the Cotter.

4lb Grilse

Mr Calun McRoberts landed 3 Grilse up to 4lb on Tuesday morning all caught on the fly in St Mary's

18lb Tay Salmon

This 18lb sealiced fish was caught in the Steps pool this morning

12lb Tay Salmon

Mr Ron Fraser landed this 12lb fly caught sealiced fish from the Boil this afternoon. Well done Ron.

5lb Tay Salmon

Mr Ian Hendry landed this fish on the fly from St Mary's this morning, the fish had lost a lot of scales from both flanks and was sealiced. Mr Stuart Campbell lost a fish from the same pool later in the day

10lb Tay Salmon

Mr Stuart McArthur landed this 10lb fly caught fish from the neck of the Trap on Monday night.

10lb Tay Salmon

Mr Iain Johnstone landed this 10lb fly caught fish in St Mary's on Monday afternoon on his 1st visit to Newtyle...Good work

12lb Tay Salmon

This 12lb fly caught fish was taken in the Trap on Monday afternoon

4, 6 & 10lb Tay Salmon

Mr Andy Kerr landed his 2nd fish of the morning 10 mins after the 1st, also from the Cotter. Andy also lost a good fish in the Steps later in the day.
Mr Damian Gunn also landed a 4lb fish from the Cotter on the fly and lost another shortly after.
Mr Ross Drummond landed a sea liced 6lb fish from the Boil in the morning 2 mins after losing a fish.

9lb Tay Salmon

Mr Andy Kerr landed this 9lb fish from the Cotter on Saturday morning

10lb Tay Salmon

Mr Ian Sutherland landed this fly caught fish from the Boil on Friday evening.

7lb & 10lb Tay Salmon

Mr Greg Potts landed both of these fish on the fly in the last week of May

10lb & 12lb Tay Salmon

Mr Richard Lee landed this fly caught this pair of sealiced fish from the Cotter on Tuesday morning on his first trip to Newtyle.He also lost a fish in the St Mary's stream in the afternoon. Ignore the time stamp on the pics. Richard spends 9 months of the year in Singapore and hasn't adjusted the time on his camera...Outstanding work Richard

4lb Tay Salmon

Mr Anthony Wright landed his 2nd fish in 2 days, this time a 4lb grilse from the Cotter

15lb Tay Salmon and 100 for the season so far

Mr Anthony Wright landed this 15lb spanker from the Ferry Pool this afternoon and has won himself a packet of biscuits!!! This is the 100th fish we have landed on Newtyle this year. The 100th fish took till the 30th of August to be caught last year. A full 3 months earlier this time!

10lb Tay Salmon

Mrs Fiona Guest landed her first ever Tay Salmon, a 10lb sea liced fish in the tail of the Cotter this afternoon, she also lost a fish later on, and while this photo was being taken Mr George Lawrence landed a 6lb fly caught sea liced fish in the Cotter stream. He also lost a fish around half 5

9lb Tay Salmon

Mr Graham Guest landed this 9lb Salmon from the Cotter this morning, his first ever Tay Salmon

11lb Tay Salmon

This 11lb fish was caught in the Cotter just before lunch on Saturday afternoon. We also lost 2 fish on Satuirday morning.
The total for the Spring caught fish this year was 94 which is nearly double the 49 we had last year. We also lost 42 fish in May, add that to the 30 we lost in April and we have a total of 166 fish hooked...

10lb Tay Salmon

Mr Graeme Fyfe landed this 10lb Sea liced fish from the Ferry Pool on Saturday Morning.