Fishing News Page for September, 2017 The first week of September remained very dry with high pressure in charge of our weather system. However, the signs of a change to more unsettled and wetter conditions were looking quite promising and hopes were high for a soaking! By Friday, September 8th, after heavy rain falling over…
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…