The Dalmore Spey Foundation Dram
The Dalmore Spey Foundation Dram is an expression of the famous Dalmore single malt whisky which has been matured in American white oak and sherry wood from the world famous sherry bodega of Gonzalez Byass, to give a rich and harmonious Highland single malt whisky.
The Dalmore Spey Foundation Dram is one of four expressions in "The Dalmore Rivers Collection", a range of whiskies crafted in celebration and support of Scotland's great salmon fishing rivers.
Each bottle of the Dalmore Spey Foundation Dram sold will secure a generous donation to support the ongoing restoration and conservation work carried out by the Spey Foundation in the upper River Spey catchment.
The Dalmore Spey Foundation Dram can be ordered online from
www.onlinespirits.co.uk/
www.gordonandmacphail.com/
www.singlemaltsdirect.com/
or visit
The Whisky Shop in Dufftown, The Speyside Larder in Aberlour, Whisky Castle in Tomintoul.
The Dalmore Spey Foundation Dram and the other Dalmore Rivers Collection Drams are also available from a range of other whisky specialists.
For more information on the The Dalmore Rivers Collection and the benefits the sales of the whisky will bring to each river - SFB Briefing June 2011 Trout and Salmon May 2011
The Spey Board collates the numbers of rod-caught Salmon and Sea Trout twice a year, from February- June and from July-Sept, in order to monitor the overall catch each year.
The salmon and grilse catch for 2010 was 9231 which is above the last ten-year average (2000-2009) of 8,909. However, the early part of the 2010 season was particularly slow and produced a spring catch (between 11th February and 30thApril) of only 334 fish, which was the lowest for many years. A good run of grilse and summer salmon improved the season. Catch and release rates for salmon and grilse were 81% for the season.
The 2010 rod catch for Sea Trout was 3,290, an encouraging increase on the 2,022 caught in 2009 and was above the ten year average (2000-09) of 2974. Sea trout catches vary considerably from year to year on the Spey and in reason years catches have shown a worrying decline. The Board are delighted that sea trout anaglers have responded by adopting a catch and release approach to conserve the stocks. During 2010 this produced a 68% release rate for sea trout.The improvement in 2010 was encouraging but much more information on the sea trout needs to be gained and to achieve this the Board continues to support the Moray Firth Sea Trout Project.
Each year the Board publishes a comprehensive Annual Report which outlines all the activities undertaken by the Board and the Spey Foundation. You can download the
latest version here
Water abstraction is the removal of water from the river for purposes other than hydro electric generation. The River Spey currently has 45 abstractions consented by SEPA, including major transfers out of the catchment from Spey Dam to Fort William by Rio Tinto Alcan, from Loch An-t Seilich (River Tromie) in to the River Tay system by Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) and at the Dipple Wellfield (by Scottish Water) near Fochabers.
