I was back on the Tay again last Saturday 11th September fishing the very pool that Georgina Ballantine on the 7th October 1922 caught her British record salmon weighing 64lb I wish I could have made the same boast. Hers took 2 hours to land with the help of her ghillie father mine took all of 2 minutes. Nevertheless …
Not often I go salmon fishing these days but I had a day booked last Saturday on Glendelvine on the Tay. Its the beat immediately above Caputh Bridge just outside the village of Murthly, the beat that Georgina Ballantyne caught the British record fish from so I had high expectations. SEPA website said that the river was 6 inches …
I have not had much time to blog recently what with work some instruction and a little fishing. Whats the fishing been like well not to good. The cold winter has certainly left its mark. The trees in Glasgow are only just coming into serious leave and probably have been that way for a week …
I seem to have been off line for a few weeks recently, seemed to have been pre-occupied with work fishing and coaching. Glasgow International Piping Festival has taken priority of late leading to a very successful launch this week of Piping Live! This is the 2010 web site http://www.pipinglive.co.uk/ the press coverage was great with …
Some breaking news that the Tweed Commissioners have taken the decision based on the catches so far this season that all salmon caught are to be returned. The reason being that there is considered to be to few spring fish entering the Tweed to populate the redds come spawning time. This is a sad state …