After an eternity, lockdown restrictions were eased, and local anglers could return to their beloved rivers across Scotland by early June. Unfortunately, travel restrictions were limited and all hospitality businesses could not open their doors until mid-July, so any visiting salmon fishers would have to be a little more patient! However, we did see some…
Sadly, we are living in testing times and my first Fishing News report for the 2020 season may well be the only news report for the time being at least! Hopefully, by May we may start to see some signs of improvement and a lifting of restrictions. Due to Coronavirus (Covid-19), all of our salmon…
I must apologise for my rather late update, due mainly to the lack of time through a busy Summer season of fishing and enjoying some great fishing on the River Findhorn! Therefore, I will be delivering the Salmon Fishing News for the River Findhorn from late June through to the end of the September, 2019…
Since my last Fishing News Update in early April, we have seen some highs and lows with river levels falling away in late April, but there were still fresh Spring salmon running, despite the lower water conditions. For the week commencing April 15th, I was joined by regular Findhorn clients, Gunther Wimmer and Claus Neumann…
As we moved into early April, river levels were running at a respectable 10” on the Forres gauge. It was a cloudy and overcast day, but there were few fish to be seen running. We seemed to be in between runs at this time! This was the first of my two combined Spring weeks of…
Following on from my last report two weeks ago, we saw a change in weather conditions in the Highlands of Scotland, as significant amounts of snow fell over the River Findhorn, Dee and Spey catchments, which was indeed most welcome! By Monday, March 18th river levels were running at 2’2” on the Forres gauge and…
The new salmon fishing season opened on February 11th for our local rivers the Spey and the River Findhorn. River levels were running quite high on Altyre Estate for the start of our new fishing season, reading 2’1” on the Forres gauge on the River Findhorn. It was a cold and bright start and river…
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…
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…
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…