How to Catch A Cock Salmon On Newtyle

This mermaid lure was given to me by the late Ian Graham who was the managing director of Howden Engineering in Glasgow during the 70's. I showed this lure to my late friend Willie 'the Ghillie' Laird in the summer of 1977 and he thought it was the greatest lure he'd ever seen - so I gave it to him. When I started as a full time ghillie on Newtyle several years ago I was cleaning out one of the cupboards and low and behold there it was wedged in behind a shelf. It had survived all the huge floods in the fishing hut since the 70's.

Jock Monteith