Fishing Reports 2010

Now that all the beats along the River Spey have declared their catches for 2010, the Spey Fishery Board can announce that a total of 9,231 salmon and grilse were caught during the 2010 season,…

Well that is the end of the 2010 season, not a classic by any stretch of the imagination but a bit like the curate’s egg it was good in parts! The Spring is best consigned…

Well it has been a long season and I was about to write about the last full week of the season but the weather some what spoilt that story as the week was only really…

It was another difficult week on Speyside, the river appears to have developed yo-yo tendencies and this appears to unsettle the fish.  On Wednesday the river was high with some turbidity but even so there…

It has been another week of fluctuating water levels and days lost because of turbidity. Rain on Tuesday to the south of the catchment pushed the river up a couple of feet but below where…

It does not seem long since I was writing about the leaves appearing on the trees and the swallows appearing back on the river, today the swallows seem to have left and the lawn has…

It was a very changeable week on Speyside, heavy rain in the catchment caused the river levels to change on a daily basis. These changes seem to make the salmon keener to take and most…

It has been a tragic week on Speyside. Widower Dr Bill Richmond, 68 lost his life whilst fishing at Tulchan Estate. His body was found at Blacksboat following an extensive search by Police, coastguard, Glenmore…

The weather forecast was particularly accurate last week and the heavy rain at the start of the week made the river virtually unfishable on Thursday. Some fishermen ventured out at Delagyle but I’m not sure…

It has been another reasonable week on Speyside.  The weather forecast was reasonably accurate and the localised heavy showers kept the water levels up. This week is forecast to have heavy showers at the start…