River Tay Grilse Action Today

This is the instant end result from a successful casting lesson !!!! John McKeown & his 9 year old son Paul fished superbly well today on their first ever day salmon fishing and hooked 2 grilse as a rewarding result. Great effort guys.

Grilse Action Today On The Kinnaird Beat

Here's John McKeown after taking his 4th cast ever !!! following an intensive Spey casting lesson this morning on the unbeatable Junction Pool of the Lower Kinnaird Beat. John's grilse was released following a very lively scrap. John's salmon has been the fastest ever fish hooked by total beginner this season under my guidance and as you've seen on this blog there has been many newcomers achieving success on their first salmon fishing trip. Brilliantly well done John.

Perfect Grilse From The Tay Today

Here's Keith Lawrence with an absolute topper of a grilse which he skillfully hooked and landed on the stroke of 5 pm today in the superb Junction Pool of the Lower Kinnaird beat of the River Tay. This was Keith's first fly caught River Tay salmon on his first ever day fishing on the Tay. Exceptionally well done Keith.

Grilse Fight Action 1

Grilse Fight Action 2

Dunkeld On The River Tay

Here's a shot of the Telford Bridge in Dunkeld. The town of Dunkeld is a great hub for visiting anglers while up salmon fishing on the River Tay and withing easy striking distance of some of the better River Tay salmon fishing beats.

Cottage Stream Kercock Beat Spey Casting

Here's a lovely fly stream on the right hand bank of the Cottage Stream on Kercock today.

The Cottage Stream Kercock beat River Tay

What a beautiful pool this is.

Scottish Salmon Fishing Guide

Rainbow Trout Fishing In Aviemore Scotland

Here's a shot from one of the 'well stocked' rainbow trout ponds at the Rothiemuchus Trout Fishery today.

The Garden Pool Kercock Beat River Tay

Never mind fly fishing down through this lovely pool. With weather like this it would be some pool to have a dook in !!!!!

Scottish Pike Fishing Guide

There are so many Scottish lochs that are absolutely stuffed with hard fighting pike it's always great to go piking for a day or so which brings back all those many childhood memories. Here's young Johnny with a fine specimen he caught today on Loch Insh near Aviemore.

Loch Insh Pike Fishing Guide

Here's young Johnny Monteith playing his 4th pike from Loch Insh this afternoon, Well done wee man.

Butterstone Loch Rainbow Trout Fishing Guide

Here's one of many rainbow trout caught today on Butterstone Loch near Dunkeld. This lovely wee loch has recently been stocked and is fishing very well at the moment.

Garden Stream Kercock Beat River Tay

Here's the awesome Garden Stream on the Kercock Beat of the River Tay being fished here from the left bank. This is simply one of the most attractive fly streams for Speycasting through (as you can see).

Spey Casting Tuition Kercock Beat River Tay

Here's some intensive Speycasting tuition being handed out to a few of my clients this morning on the lovely Kercock Beat of the River Tay. For more information on my Speycasting tuition and guiding services Click here.

The Durris Stream Park Beat River Dee

Here's another lovely fly stream on the Park beat of the River Dee. This is the Durris Stream which produces many salmon each season.

The Park Beat River Dee Salmon Fishing

Here's the outstanding House Pool of the world famous Park Beat of the River Dee.

Glen Muick Beat River Dee

Here's the Glen Muick Beat of the River Dee at Ballater which has some outstanding fly water and loads of it.

Spot The Salmon !!!

If you click this picture to enlarge it you should be able to see the subsurface flash of silver on the other side of the large rock.

Mar Lodge River Dee Salmon Fishing

Here's one of the many fabulous pools on the Mar Lodge Beat of the River Dee today. I now know beyond doubt that God was indeed a salmon fisher !!!!

Spey Casting Tuition Scotland

I am currently available for effective Spey casting tuition for up to 4 people at a time on a 1 day course. I only operate on a 'no success no fee basis' which should give you confidence in my communicative abilities.

River Spey Salmon Fishing Guide

Here's the perfect March Pool on the River Spey near Aviemore. This pool has all the ingredients salmon like to hold in. 1. Streamy neck & tail 2. 25ft deep mid section 3. A bend in the river 4. Boulder strewn riverbed 5. Overhead power lines !!! (electro magnetic field). This pool fishes it's socks off July, August & Sepember.

The Garden Stream Kercock Beat River Tay

Here's a shot of the Garden Stream pool on Kercock today.

The Cottage Stream Kercock Beat River Tay

Here's John Vallance swimming his fly down through the Cottage stream this morning on the Kercock beat of the River Tay.

River Spey Today

This beautiful pool on the River Spey is called the 'Stone Runs'.

West Lodge Pool River Spey Aviemore

With the River Spey now settling back nicely after a rise of water there's a great chance of salmon being caught on the fly in the upper reaches of the river like here in the lovely West Lodge Pool near Aviemore. This is classic fly water and shortly will be holding many salmon & sea trout.

BBC On The River Tay Today

The BBC were up on the Dunkeld House beat of the River Tay today (courtesy of Mr Simon Furniss) filming a program about Scotland's sporting heritage and contacted me for some assistance. Here I'm showing the presenter the various salmon flies we use on the River Tay. Co-incidentally now the completion of theTay Western Catchment Project survey (founder member and proud of it) is ready to be made public I'll no doubt be given the task of dealing with the media as I've successfully done on various River Tay related initiatives over the years. To book a rod on the outstanding Dunkeld House Beat of the River Tay Click here.

Kinnaird Beat Salmon Fishing Action

Here's a lovely salmon being played in the Ash Trees Pool of the Lower Kinnaird beat of the River Tay. For more information on my salmon fishing guiding services Click here.

The Bridge Pool Beat 3 River Halladale

Here's low water on the River Halladale but make no mistake about it that this little pool is one of the best pools on the river for hooking salmon on the fly in.

The River Forss Estuary Stream

This man made channel to the salt water is one of the main reasons why the River Forss has become such an outstanding success story. Seals in the estuary don't get much of a chance to do damage to the salmon stocks due to this initiative from the highly effectiver river board.

River Helmsdale in Sutherland

Here's the River Helmsdasle in perfect order this morning following some rainfall through last night. This perfect highland river is full of salmon at the moment and well worth a cast with the fly.

The River Forss Caithness Scotland

This little highland river has got to be one of the most outstanding success stories of all time. Thousands of salmon now ascend the River Forss each year due to the fine efforts of their highly effective fishery manager Christopher Brockelbank-Fowler. This river is easily coverable with a 9 ft trout rod and is stuffed with salmon most months of the year. Even in low water and low tide salmon can move into the river due to a channel being dug at the river's estuary. I have a few rods available for weeks during June July & August if anyone would like to experience an easy & effortless way to catch salmon.

Jock Monteith Scottish Salmon Fishing Guide

The best move of my life to date was breaking away from being tied as an individual beat ghillie to now representing the best beats on the best rivers Scotland has to offer.

River Tay Kercock Beat Spey Casting

Here's accomplished Speycaster Ken Toft in the Garden Stream on the Kercock Beat of the River Tay today.

Kercock Beat Salmon Fishing River Tay

Here's a left hand single Spey cast covering the Cottage Stream on the River Tay's Kercock beat.