Saturday 30 April 2011

The New Pool Lower Kinnaird Beat River Tay




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Here the New Pool on LK in the sunshine today. Salmon love to sit high up in the neck of this pool before swimming through the heavy water into the tail of the Ash Trees Pool above.

Thursday 28 April 2011

Brae Water River Spey




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They Spey was looking awesome today.

Wednesday 27 April 2011

Salmon Fly Fishing River Tay



Here's Malcolm Wilde's salmon in the later stages of the fight at the Junction Pool of the Lower Kinnaird beat this morning.

Junction Pool Lower Kinnaird


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Here's Malcolm Wilde with his first fly caught salmon on his first day salmon fishing. This lively Spring salmon of around 8 lbs was returned shortly after this photograph was taken. Very well done Malcolm.







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Location:Kinnaird River Tay Perthshire

Monday 25 April 2011

AshTrees Pool Lower Kinnaird




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If you click and enlarge the photograph you see a lovely 15 pounder being photographed on the far bank.

Friday 22 April 2011

Ash Trees Pool Lower Kinnaird River Tay


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A stack of salmon are currently sitting in this pool which is the same on many pools on many beats of the Tay. It's great to see so many Spring salmon in the river again.

Location:Dunkeld,United Kingdom

Wednesday 20 April 2011

Salmon Action On The Lower Tummel



Here's the run off a lively 12 pounder this evening.

Spring Salmon Perfection Kinnaird Beat River Tay

Here's another fine specimen from Mike's run earlier this evening. This was one of 3 fly caught Spring salmon landed on Lower Kinnaird today with the biggest being a 20 pounder.

Salmon Action On The Fly Lower Kinnaird River Tay





Here's Karen Thomson playing her first fly caught Spring salmon the other evening on Mike's Run. Well played Karen.

Monday 18 April 2011

Mike's Run Lower Kinnaird




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Here's Karen Thomson with her first fly caught salmon of 7lbs landed just a few minutes ago from Mike's Run on a copper cascade fly. Very well done Karen.

Sunday 17 April 2011

Junction Pool Lower Kinnaird




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Beautiful settling water on the Tay this evening.

Location:United Kingdom

Friday 15 April 2011

The Beautiful Tay




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What a perfect place to be !!

Wednesday 13 April 2011

Green Bank Lower Kinnaird




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Here's the green bank pool on Lower Kinnaird in low water from a few weeks ago. In big water salmon that would normally be content lying up in the Ash Trees pool below move up and lie here.
Recently a huge overhanging limb was cut off the scots pine tree on the left hand bank now making this another serious hotspot for fly fishing on the beat.

Tuesday 12 April 2011

The Monteith Speycaster Sunk Line Multi Tip 10/11

For more information on the groundbreaking sunk line system Click here.

Monday 11 April 2011

Guay Pool Lower Kinnaird




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Here's the Guay Pool this morning in the glorious Spring sunlight.

Location:Dunkeld,United Kingdom

Sunday 10 April 2011

Tay View Today

A lovely settling river is starting to appear following recent unsettled water levels.

Saturday 9 April 2011

River Tay Salmon Fishing

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Big clear water today and the sun is splitting the trees. Many salmon that were holding in various beats of the Tay will have moved on in the recent high water and a fresh batch should be moving in soon to replace them. This shot is of the neck of the Ash Trees pool which is one serious holding pool for salmon. The shadow of the scots pine seen on the far bank pinpoints one of this pools 4 hot spots.

Friday 8 April 2011

Ash Trees Pool High Water




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What a beautiful day on the Ash Trees Pool Lower Kinnaird.

Thursday 7 April 2011

Big Water River Tay




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The Tay is running big and clear today and as a former beat ghillie I used to like conditions like these as salmon are herded into the very few slack water areas the river has to offer. On a big daunting river like the Tay such condition make salmon easy to find as long as you exercise stealth while sneaking up on them.

Location:Dunkeld,United Kingdom

Wednesday 6 April 2011

The New Pool Lower Kinnaird Beat River Tay

This is the New Pool on Lower Kinnaird which has a brilliant salmon lie on the opposite side of the river where you can see that strip of slack water. Salmon love to sit in here and a stealthy shallow approach and short tactful cast can often produce a fish.

Tuesday 5 April 2011

Ferry Pool Kinnaird Beat River Tay

Here's my 5 year old daughter feeding her feathered friend earlier this evening.

Monday 4 April 2011

The Monteith Speycaster Multi System Spey Line

This is a superb multi functional spey line which is an educated choice for the discerning Speycaster. For more information follow this link to my salmon fishing scotland website.

Sunday 3 April 2011

Junction Pool Lower Kinnaird




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Big water on the Tay but prospects are looking good for the forthcoming week.

Saturday 2 April 2011

24 lbs River Tay Spring Salmon

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Here's Gordon Milliken with a perfect 24lbs River Tay springer caught under the expert guidance of salmon guide Gordon Pollock. This fish was shortly followed by another one of 18lbs. Great work guys.

Location:Dunkeld Perthshire

Friday 1 April 2011

Rod Actions !!!




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This is the only rod action that matters !!!

Location:Dunkeld Perthshire