(River Tay weekly report week ending 18th October 2020)
The River Tay finally closed its banks to anglers on Thursday. The weather was typically autumn fare for mid-October with spells of rain and strong winds from time to time. River levels were steady last week. Thursday dawned dry and calm with mainly light winds which made it a fitting finale for the final day of the season Catches held up well with a number of big fish landed with numerous fish weighing in excess of twenty pounds which was great to see. The water temperature last week was 46.8 degrees Fahrenheit which 8.2 degrees Celsius.
On the upper river, there was some good sport to be had last week with some nice fish caught. At Edradynate on the final day of the season Mr Sam Dods aged fourteen caught his first ever salmon and what a fish it was, weighing a magnificent twenty one pounds. A fantastic achievement and hopefully that will be Sam hooked for life!
Other successful beats on the upper river included both Farleyer beats as well as Lower Bolfracks and Upper Kinnaird amongst others.
Further downstream on the middle river it was a good start to the week at Lower Kinnaird when a superb twenty four pounder was caught on Monday. There were two more fish caught from the beat on Thursday. Anglers at Dalguise landed fine hat trick on Monday. At Dalmarnock it was a fantastic end to the season with three fish landed on Thursday.
Mr George Macallum had a day to remember on Monday at Dunkeld when he caught his first ever salmon from the Gauge Pool. The fish weighed eight pounds. Well done Sir! However, Mr Macallum’s brother Joe went one better when he landed a cracking eighteen pounder from the Cutty Stone. Both fish were caught on a Vision110 lure.
On Thursday Mr Eddie Richards had a nice fish from the Mousetrap weighing seven pounds.
At Newtyle Mr Farquhar Murray landed a fine seven pounder from the Boil on Wednesday. Mr Stuart Campbell had a nice eleven pounder from the Deans Burn on the same day. Both fish were caught on the fly. On Thursday there were five fish caught with more success for Mr Farquhar Murray. It was a productive few days on the Murthly 2 Beat with three fish landed on two of the final four days of the season. There was a couple of fish caught at Glendelvine on Thursday. The Kercock Beat continued its recent run of good form with five fish caught on Monday and one on Tuesday. On Thursday it was a great end to the season with three fish landed including a magnificent twenty pounder for Kercock regular Mr Ernie Donnell. Mr Donnell went on to lose an even bigger fish. This was one of five fish lost on the final day of the season. It was good to see three fish landed at Meikleour on Wednesday.
The Mayhew party were fishing at Islamouth last week and enjoyed some good sport landing seven salmon up to sixteen pounds. All the fish were caught on the fly. Anglers at Ballathie enjoyed a productive final few days of the season with plenty of good sport to be had. The beat produced four fish on Monday as well as five on Wednesday.
The good fishing continued at Cargill up until the end of the season. Mr Neil French kept doing what he does best and enjoyed some terrific sport.
Other successful anglers included Mr Andrew Callaghan who landed a nice grilse on Monday as well as Mr Steve Cunrow. On the final day of the season, Mr Mark Wilson was one of the anglers that got their rod bent amongst others when a total of six fish were landed from the beat.
It was a happy Monday at Stobhall with five fish landed. There were three more fish caught from the beat on Wednesday and one on Thursday. Taymount finished with thirteen fish for the final four days of the season. At Upper Scone, Mr Gary perks had three fish and Mr Bob Shaw also got in amongst the action when he landed a fine nineteen pounder. On Thursday Mr Bob Shaw was at it again when he landed the final fish of the year from the beat. At Upper Redgorton there were plenty of bent rods with three fish landed on Monday and four on Wednesday including a twenty six pounder. Fishponds finished with sixteen fish for the final few days of the season including eight on Thursday.
Mr Ranald Allan landed a nice fish on Wednesday from Luncarty. Mr David Brand was fly fishing in Luncarty also Wednesday when his line tightened. After a great fight which included some soaring runs, Mr Brand finally landed a fine fish.
The sport continued to be brisk at Waulkmill with twelve fish landed during the first three days of the week including a magnificent twenty eight pounder on Tuesday. The season finished with five more fish landed on Thursday. At Almondmouth the final few days of the season produced eight fish.
It has been one of the strangest of years’ for obvious reasons but it would be fair to say that there has certainly been no shortage of fish in the Tay system especially towards the end of the season. Let us hope this is a sign of things to come for 2021, and that anglers can enjoy a full fishing season and experience the wonderful delights the mighty silvery Tay has to offer.
We would like to thank all the ghillies and beat owners on the River Tay system who have contributed to this report throughout the season by providing their time and information as the weekly report would not be possible without your help and support.
The next weekly report will be published in mid-January 2021.
Stay safe & tight lines,
Samantha & Sandy Datta
Beat catches reported
(week ending 18th October)
SALMON & GRILSE:
Upper Farleyer 5, Lower Farleyer 3, Upper Bolfracks 9, Lower Bolfracks 2, Edradynate 1, Findynate 1, Upper Kinnaird 1, Lower Kinnaird 3, Dalguise 3, Dalmarnock 3, Dunkeld 4, Newtyle 7, Murthly 1, 1, Murthly 2, 9, Glendelvine 2, Delvine & Burnbane 2, Kercock 9, Meikleour & Upper Islamouth 3, Islamouth 12, West Grange 3, Ballathie 11, Cargill 15, Stobhall 10, Taymount 13, Upper Scone 5, Benchil 1, Upper Redgorton 9, Fishponds 16, Luncarty 4, Waulkmill 17, Almondmouth 8, Crieff AC 2, Lochlane & Laggan 3.
Total: 197 Largest: Waulkmill 28lbs
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