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Aug 19
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Week of the 5th August

Tags : Braelangwell Carron Fishing Grilse Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron

During the Gardner week we had several days of thunderstorms and with that, the river fluctuated wildly between minus 9″ to 7ft 5″.

On the 6th with minus 5″ on the gauge Paul Gardner caught 9lb salmon from the Rock. Overnight the river rose to over 2 ft. Christopher Lees-Jones landed the only fish of the day on Wednesday but 3 fish were lost just before the net. On the 9th the river was back to minus 5″ Tina Lees-Jones caught an 8lber from Margarets. Overnight into the 10th, the river rose to about 7 and a half feet by the morning it was back to 2ft. On the 10th we caught 5 Christopher Lees-Jones caught 2 from Tree, Tina Lees-Jones and Max Bailey had 1 each from Shepherds. This was Max’s first-ever , a summer salmon of 6lb which he safely returned. The 5th fish was caught by Linkie Whitehead from Burnmouth.

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Aug 19
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Week of the 22nd of July and week of the 29th of July

Tags : Braelangwell Carron Fishing Grilse Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron Salmon

The first week is the family week which was scorching hot with low water. The fishing stopped at the end of the week because the water temp reached 18c

The second week started off with low water but thunderstorms took the water up for three days. On the 31st George lawson and Charlie Barker caught their first salmon. Both came from the Morail with George’s at 4lb and Charlie’s 5lb. Olly Ward caught a 10lber from the morail. Lucy Bardwell went out late in the day and caught an 11lb salmon also from the Morail. The water was running about 9 inches. On 1st the river had dropped back to minus 3. Anna Bardwell caught a small grilse in the head of Lower Craigs.

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Jul 19
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Week of the 14th and 22nd of July

Tags : Braelangwell Carron Fishing Grilse Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron Salmon Salmon fishing

The Mackintosh/Aspbury week started with the BBC forecasting lots of rain which just didn’t materialise. A good number of grilse appeared in the beat but with the low water they just wouldn’t take and when we had a small rise in water one night they disappeared upstream

We did manage to catch 2 fish. Peter Aspbury caught an 8lb sea liced salmon from the neck of the Morail. He also lost a couple more fish during the week. Paul Marlhand caught a 5lber, also from the neck of the Morail.

Unfortunately, the week of the 22nd of July was blank. 2 or 3 fish were lost but also the sun put in a major appearance with temperatures reaching 26c for most of the week. When the water temperature very quickly reached 19.6c on Saturday morning we stopped fishing and left the fish alone.

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Jul 19
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Week of the 8th of July

We had very unsettled water levels during the Tobin party’s week. We were washed off two afternoons when the river rose several feet within half an hour. Even so, they managed to catch 6 grilse and 3 salmon for the week. Philip Wheeler caught his first ever, a grilse from Burnmouth. Robert Price caught his second ever fish from Kennel run and Jessica McCulloch caught her second ever salmon from the Washerwoman 3 years to the day from the same pool. It weighed 12lb The host, Andrew Tobin caught a grilse from the Lower Craigs. Joey O’neil, who was invited to fish at the end of the week caught 1 salmon and 4 grilse,

One of the thunder plumps resulted in a huge amount of rock coming out of the Sgodachail burn changing the pool completely. we wonder how long the rock will stay there but we have caught 2 fish above it already so perhaps it won’t matter how long it takes.

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Jul 19
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Week of the 1st July

Tags : Braelangwell Carron Fishing Grilse Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron Salmon Salmon fishing Scotland

The Cameron/Bright party caught 7 salmon and 9 grilse for their week. Richard Bright was top rod with 7, best 12lb from the Morail. Gage Williams had 3 cracking fish at 16.5lb from the Washerwoman, 14.5lb from Gardners and 14lb from Lower Craigs. Carol Cameron also caught 3, best 12 lb from the bank pool.

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Jun 19
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Update

Tags : Braelangwell Carron Fishing Grilse Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron Salmon Salmon fishing Scotland Scottish rivers

The Cooper party caught 11 salmon for their week including some cracking fresh fish. James Prior caught the biggest at 17lb from Gruinards run. He also caught a 14lber from Gardners and an 8lber from Lower craigs.. Rick Verbeeten was top rod with 4 the best at 14lb from Contractors. Roger Brackpool caught 3 at 10lb, 14lb and 12lb and the host Carl Cooper caught an 8lber in Burnmouth.

The Sykes party caught the first 2 grilse at Braelangwell. Both came from the Washerwoman with one to Dermot Cusack and one to Liliana Sykes. The party also landed 8 sea trout from the Morail fishing after dinner. Despite good water for most of the week the salmon went off for some reason

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Jun 19
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Week of the 3rd of June

Tags : Braelangwell Carron Fishing Highlands Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron Salmon Salmon fishing Scotland Scottish rivers

The Burge party caught 7 salmon for their week. Considering the water conditions we thought we could have caught more they were good quality fish. They caught one at 6lb, 4 at 11lb, one at 12lb and one at 16lb. Mike Burge was top rod with 3 and David Noden caught the 16lber from the tail of the Morail.

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Jun 19
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Week of the 27th May

Tags : Braelangwell Carron Fishing Highlands Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron Salmon Salmon fishing Scotland Scottish rivers

The Buckley party landed 8 salmon for their week. On Sunday the river reached 2’9″ twice so and was back to 2’9″ on Monday. 3 salmon were caught, 2 from the Morail and 1 from Frenchmans. 2 were landed on Tuesday and 1 each day for the rest of the week.

As we touched on at the start of last week the Gruinards beat opposite us was unlet but had day rods arranged. On Monday they ended up with 21 salmon for 3 rods, one lucky angler catching 15 to his rod. They ended the week with 36 or 37 salmon. Although we have not heard how many salmon have came off the two Amat beats or Invercarron we know of at least 60 salmon off the river showing the Carron’s spring run seems to be holding up.

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May 19
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week of the 20th May

Tags : Braelangwell Carron Fishing Highlands Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron Salmon Salmon fishing Scotland Scottish rivers

The MacLean party were faced with about minus 16″ on the gauge when they arrived but there had been a small freshen up after some rain on Sunday. They did very well to pick up 3 salmon. One in the Rock pool and two from the neck of Millers on Collie dogs.

All was quiet until Thursday, the river came up to 7″ . They landed 5, and easily lost the same again. They were very similar fish with 2 at 8lb, 2 at 9lb and 1 at 10lb. On Friday they had 4, this time from all through the beat. On Saturday Ronnie MacDonald left it till after 6pm to catch the only fish of the day from Gardners.

Top rod was Ronnie MacDonald with 6, topped by a 10lber he will remember for a long time after a good fight in Keepers. John Ritchie caught 4, best a 14lber and the heaviest fish of the week from Lower Craigs.

Earlier today the river was running at 4’6″ so we should be in for a good week.

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May 19
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Update

Tags : Braelangwell Carron Fishing Highlands Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron Salmon Salmon fishing Scotland Scottish rivers

The week of the 6th of May produced 4 salmon including a fine 39 inch fish Caught by the host, Nick Jupp estimated at 23.5lb from the Bank pool. With minus 11″ on the gauge, this is quite remarkable because the river is so low. Nick also caught a 10lber from the tail of the Morail with just minus 7″ on the gauge. Rick Verbeeten caught a 8lber from Burnmouth and Alan Lutman had a 10lber from the neck of the Morail.

This last week was unfortunately blank at Braelangwell. We were back to hot weather and about minus 15″ on the gauge. We desperately need some rain.