Sunday 29 November 2009

Gleneagles Shooting School Perthshire

Here's a great friend of mine dusting every clay pigeon that moved at the Gleneagles shooting school in Auchterarder . This has got to be one of the finest clay pigeon shooting venues in Scotland, I've worked closely with the Gleneagles hotel on the salmon fishing side of things for several years and just love the place.

Saturday 28 November 2009

Spey Casting On The River Tay

Here's a long line being delivered at 'The Boil' on Newtyle back in October. Traditional Spey action rods and matching Spey tapered lines are well capable of delivering distance without losing the art form elegance which has been lost by the Scandinavian shooting head tackle systems and casting techniques which by comparison are simply ugly. For more information on proper quality British built Speycasting products Click here or to thoroughly and quickly learn how to use a traditionally actioned Spey rod Click here

Friday 27 November 2009

Spey Casting Tuition Dunkeld

Here's the beautiful green bank in front of the Atholl Arms hotel that I use for Spey casting tuition. As you can see there's still plenty of water in the Tay this morning. For more information on my highly effective Speycasting tuition Click here.

Thursday 26 November 2009

Speycasting Jumeirah Beach Dubai

Here's some Speycasting action in Dubai from last Spring. Amazing that i didn't get arrested !!!!

That's the Burg Dubai tower in the background which is the world's tallest buiding.

Wednesday 25 November 2009

Buchanty Spout River Almond Perthshire

Here's a raging torrent driving down through this famous Perthshire waterfall this morning.

Tuesday 24 November 2009

River Tay Dunkeld Bridge

This is how the Tay should look and not surprizingly after all the recent heavy rainfall. This is a great time of year to book Spring & Summer fishing as most estate offices are opening their fishing diaries for bookings just now. For more information on my guiding & Speycasting services Click here.

Sunday 22 November 2009

Little Blackhall & Inchmarlo Beat River Dee

Big & clear falling water on the River Dee today. This is the 'Fawn Pool' on the Little Blackhall & Inchmarlo beat. For more information on this superb River Dee salmon beat Click here.

Saturday 21 November 2009

A Spirited Evening's Entertainment

This is how hospitality works up on Deeside !!! My liver thinks I've won the lottery !!!

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Friday 20 November 2009

The House Pool Park Beat River Dee

Here's another shot of seriously prime Scottish salmon fishing. This is Park which is absolutely 'died and gone to heaven' salmon fishing. This is a venue I'll be utilising often next season for obvious reasons.

Thursday 19 November 2009

The Doomseday Book Of Giant Salmon

If you've not already got this magnificent book now's the time to add it to your Christmas list. This is a serious look back in time to the size Atlantic salmon regularly used to grow to. To order a copy of this Click here.




Wednesday 18 November 2009

Lower Kinnaird Beat Spey Casting

This should be what we are all looking forward to in the forthcoming season. This is the Ferry Stream on the fabulous Lower Kinnaird beat which in my opinion offers some of the very best fly fishing water the River Tay has to offer.

Tuesday 17 November 2009

Park Beat River Dee

Here's my great pals Ken Reid (Dee District Salmon Fisherie Board PR Officer) and Chris Webster (TV Producer 'Tarus a Bhradain' salmon fishing series) up on the prolific Boat Pool on the Park Beat of the River Dee which is officially the worlds finest Spring salmon fishery.

Monday 16 November 2009

The Monteith Logo

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Sunday 15 November 2009

River Thurso Caithness

Here's a video of the River Thurso at Westerdale Mill which is near Halkirk. This is an awesome wee Scottish river way up in the North. There are many great rivers up here like the Helmsdale, Halladale, Forss & Brora which are all fabulous and fish well for salmon & sea trout.

Thursday 12 November 2009

The Monteith Spey Casting Rod

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Tuesday 10 November 2009

Phenomenal Fish Stocks

In this day and age with mass interference by mankind in the delicate aquatic & marine environments of the planet, over-fishing & poor management of fisheries it is still good to see fish populations thrive of their own accord. Thankfully, our Atlantic salmon are no strangers to effective reproduction even though some of our species seem to think they can do a better job. The message here is simple - protect the environment of our fish and their baseline broodstock numbers and they will take care of the rest as they have been mysteriously doing since the ice age.

Monday 9 November 2009

The Monteith Multi System Speyline

This is the most versatile Speyline in the world. It also casts and fishes like a dream too. For more information or to order one of these Click here.

Sunday 8 November 2009

Salmon Fish Scotland & One For The Pot

Imagine salmon fishing some of Scotland's finest fly fishing venues to be served at lunchtime with Scotland's finest riverbank cuisine. Here's myself with Cara Richardson proprietor of One For The Pot who is arguably one of Scotland's finest event caterers. Cara has agreed to bring her expertise into the fold for those salmon fishing clients who would like something more memorable served up on the riverbank at lunchtime.

Saturday 7 November 2009

Jock Monteith

This is the starting position for fishing 'The Boil' on Newtyle which has always been a great pool for the fly. I caught my first salmon here at the age of five nearly forty years ago.

Friday 6 November 2009

Jock Cousteau !!!

The Monteith Speycaster Sunk Line Multi Tip

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Wednesday 4 November 2009

Jock Monteith & Jason Bird

Here's my pal Jason Bird & I smiling out loud moments after witnessing Jason's wife Sarah landing a topper of a 20 lbs salmon at 'The Boil' pool on Newtyle on the 12th of October this year. Track back to this date on this blogs archives to see the fight footage & banter !!! Another remarkable success on Sarah's very first day ever salmon fishing.

Tuesday 3 November 2009

Annandale Estates Beat River Annan

Here's some good Speycasting technique being displayed on the River Annan this morning. The rising river knackered any chance of a fish by mid-day but great to see more students of this artistic Scottish cast graduating through the ranks.

Monday 2 November 2009

River Tummel Pitlochry Perthshire

Here's big water on the River Tummel today which makes this Tay headwater look awesome.

Sunday 1 November 2009

River Tay Cathedral Stream Dunkeld

The Tay is rising quickly today following a night of heavy rainfall which still doesn't appear to be letting up. In actual fact today it is wetter than a big bag of wet things !!!