As we moved into early August, river levels were rising after some heavy rain falling over the Cairngorms and Monhadliath Mountain catchments, giving the River Spey, River Dee and River Findhorn a much needed lift in levels. On Monday, August 7th, river levels were reading 1’ on the river Findhorn Forres gauge. I was joined…
As we moved into early July, river levels were reading 2’0” on the Forres gauge after a period of wet and windy weather. There were good numbers of fresh fishing running and David Tisdale got the month off to a great start with a lovely deep summer salmon of around 10 lbs. on 1” Altyre…
On Saturday, May 6th, Local anglers, Leslie Tyson and Andrew McInnes were having an encouraging day, seeing good runs of fish pushing through the Altyre Beats. Leslie Tyson hooked and released two fish around 10 lbs and 11 lbs. and also a sea trout of around 2 lbs. The week started out with high hopes…
As we moved into the last week of April, the weather became decidedly much colder … more like the end of December than April! River levels were falling away and reading just five inches on the Forres gauge by April 24th. Once again, the cold weather returned with gale force winds, snow, sleet and feeling…
River levels remained at a good fly fishing height throughout the rest of March with a mixture of rain and snow melt water keeping levels topped up. The week commencing March 6th, the river levels were running 1 ft. 7 inches on the Forres gauge. Daytime air temperatures were also showing signs of improvement with…
I am delighted to report our first and second salmon of the season caught from Altyre Estate on the River Findhorn. For the week commencing February 27th, river levels had been running at around 1’11” on the Forres gauge and continued to fall away throughout the week. River conditions were looking spot on for fly…
As we entered into late August, river levels on the River Findhorn fell away rather quickly, reading 4″on the Forres gauge on Monday August 22nd. Weather conditions remained very hot and humid with very little sign of any rain to come as high pressure tightened its’ grip over the country. Leslie Tyson managed to hook…
As we moved into late July, levels on the River Findhorn remained in good order for the week commencing July 25th, reading 1′ on the Forres gauge. However, as the week progressed, levels fell away quickly and it remained dry for much of the week. There were certainly plenty of smaller grilse running in off…
Going into the week commencing June 20th, river levels remained at good fishable height on the River Findhorn, reading 1′ on the Forres gauge. Leslie Tyson had an amazing couple of hours when he went down to Altyre Lower Beat for a cast after work. He managed to hook and release three fresh sea-liced fish…
As we moved through into late May, river levels remained really low and fishing was slow on the Rivers Spey, Dee and Findhorn. High pressure had established itself over the Scottish Highlands and with all snow melted away. We were now in need of rain, lots of it! However, there was certainly still no shortage…
Since my last update and as we moved into late April, winter returned to the Highlands of Scotland with a vengeance! River levels had already fallen away quite amazingly and it appeared that the early run of Spring salmon were in no hurry to be moving into the Middle and Upper Beats at this time….
Since my last update in mid-March, I am delighted to report that the spring salmon season is really looking extremely promising for the Rivers Findhorn and Spey. There have been some good runs of early spring salmon moving into both rivers giving some excellent sport to all anglers visiting the North East of Scotland. David…
The new fishing season opened here in Scotland on the Rivers Findhorn and Spey on February 11th and I am delighted to announce that our first fish of the 2016 season was caught on Altyre Estate, River Findhorn. On February 22, Leslie Tyson was fishing on Altyre Estate, Lower Beat with water levels running at…
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