As we moved into the first week of September, river levels had fallen back considerably over the previous weekend and we had briefly entered another period of late Summer weather, hot and dry! Luckily, it was short lived and we soon saw a more unsettled theme approaching, with further outbreaks of heavy rain falling over…
It has been a very long dry Summer with very little in the way of decent rainfall throughout July and into late August, apart from the occasional light rain falling over the River Findhorn, Spey and Dee Catchments, lifting river levels slightly from time to time! As we moved into early July, it was already…
As we moved into the first full week of June, river levels continued to fall away and an early heatwave began to develop with daytime air temperatures reaching 24° C. However, by late afternoon on Friday, June 1st, we saw some heavy rain falling over the River Findhorn catchment and river levels were running at…
As we moved into the middle of April, river levels remained on the high side on the River Findhorn and River Spey with snow melting water keeping levels topped up each day. On Monday, April 16th, river levels were reading 2’4” on the Forres gauge and it was a sunny and bright day with a…
The new salmon fishing season opened February 12th on the River Spey and the River Findhorn. However, despite catching a good number of well mended kelts on Altyre and Darnaway Beats on the River Findhorn, there were no fresh fish caught during the opening month. Then, as we moved into early March, which is usually…