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Sep 23
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Week of the 18th September

Tags : #atlanticsalmon #catchandrelease #flyfishing #flyonly Braelangwell Fishing Kyle of Sutherland Salmon fishing Scotland

The week started with 2ft on the gauge and a drop in water temperature to 53f dropping down to 48f on Saturday morning. The water was unsettled and rising on 4 of the 6 days but we managed 13 salmon and 5 grilse for the week. All the fish were taken on sink tips.

Stuart Walker caught the biggest at 36.5″ so, about 17lb and was top rod with 4. we also had 2 first fish. Archie Raffan caught an 8lber from Gruinards run on a Kyley and Roger Drayton caught an 8lber from Gardners.

18 salmon is a very good week but the party fished hard for that fishing before breakfast and till 7pm most days. It is a good indication that there are not as many fish in the system. The party have the record week for the beat which was 49 under similar conditions.

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Jul 23
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Week of the 25th of June

Tags : #atlanticsalmon #catchandrelease #flyfishing #flyonly Braelangwell Fishing Kyle of Sutherland Salmon Salmon fishing Scotland Sutherland

Yet again the rain missed us until Thursday, giving us a lift in water for Friday.

After the river settled we caught 2 from Lower Craigs. Georgia Browne caught a 10 lb salmon on a cascade variant then Rollo Grandy caught a 8lber shortly afterwards.

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May 23
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Week of the 14th of May

Tags : #catchandrelease #flyfishing #flyonly #springfishing #springsalmon Braelangwell Kyle of Sutherland Salmon Salmon fishing Scotland

Again the forecast was wrong, so we had very little water for the week except for a small rise midweek.

Despite the low water fish were seen running in various places. On the 17th Jonty Goodchild caught 2, 1 from the neck of the Washerwoman and 1 from the Rock. Both on a quarter-inch tungsten red Francis weighing 10 and 12lb.

On the 18th Peter Jones caught an 11lb salmon from the Washerwoman and Tim Cross caught an 8lber from the Rock. ” other fish were lost.

Gruinards caught 4 with a further 3 from Glencalvie. Most of the fish were fresh if not sea liced.

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Jun 22
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Week of the 29th May

Tags : #atlanticsalmon #catchandrelease #flyfishing Braelangwell Fishing Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron Salmon Salmon fishing

The wee started off the back of some good water the previous week so expectations were high.

Monday started with about 3 inches on the gauge and 4 salmon were landed. Finlay had 2, 1 from Lower Craigs and 1 from Field. The host Robert Sloss Had 1 from Washerwoman on a Collie and Simon Prichard had 1 in Boat on a Snaelda.

The river rose overnight and was 1ft 9″ first thing. Angus Sloss took advantage of the dropping river and was on the Morail at the back of 5am. He was rewarded with 2 from the tail of the Morail. Later Robert Sloss caught 1 from Lower Craigs on a hitch and a lovely 12lber from Kennel run.

On the 1st of June, another 2 were added, Simon Prichard caught the first grilse of the season in Contractors on a hitch and just after arriving Fred Sloss caught an 8lber from the neck of Washerwoman on a hitch 2nd cast.

By Saturday the river had dropped to minus 8″ and the sun had well and truly came out but Fred Sloss tempted a very small grilse of about 1.5lb from the neck of the Morail on a micro red Francis.

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Jun 22
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Spring 2022

Tags : #catchandrelease #flyfishing #springfishing #springsalmon Braelangwell Fishing Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron Salmon Salmon fishing Scotland Scottish rivers

Although Daniel Logie got the Carron off the mark on the 1st of February with a springer from the tail of the Morail on the Gruinards side it was the 17th of February before Finlay caught our first fish, a 17lber, again from the tail of the morail.

The water dropped off for most of March but Jean Matterson saved a blank month with a springer from the Washerwoman with about minus 14″ on the gauge.

April saw 19 salmon landed with many more lost. The best week was the week of the 3rd with 13 landed on this side. Our tenant, Olly Alston also had Gruinards opposite and 2 rods on Dounie and between the three beats, they had 34 to between 5 and 7 rods.

We caught 39 salmon for May with the week of the 8th being the best. Nick Jupps’s party landed 13 for their week. Again most of the month was dry saved by good water between the 26th and the 3rd of June.

Nicky Griffiths’s part caught 7 and Rob Sloss’s caught 8 to the 31st and 11 for the week including the first grilse on the 1st from Contractors.

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Jun 22
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Week of the 22nd May

Tags : #catchandrelease #springfishing #springsalmon Braelangwell Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron Salmon Salmon fishing Scottish rivers

It was a quiet start to the week until a small rise on Tuesday night.

On Wednesday James Hunt caught an 11lb salmon in the Rock pool.

On Thursday the river was up after rain the night before. Jamie Urquhart caught a 9lb salmon with Long tail lice, again from the Rock pool. It was also very windy.

It rained all day Thursday and on Friday the river peaked at about 5ft 3″. On the fall Paddy Miller caught an 8lber in the Morail with 3ft on the gauge.

On Saturday we started with 1ft 9″. Nicky Griffiths got off the mark first with a 9lb salmon from the Morail before breakfast. She then had another 9lber from Lower Craigs then a cracking 16lber from the Morail in the afternoon. Paddy Miller caught a 9lber from Kennel Run in the afternoon and Finlay also caught a 7lber in Kennel run fishing in the evening.

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May 22
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Week of the 15th May

Tags : #catchandrelease #flyfishing #flyonly #springfishing #springsalmon Braelangwell Carron Fishing Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries River Carron Salmon Salmon fishing Scotland Scottish rivers

The weather forecasting was shockingly bad all week promising rain that didn’t really come.

There was a freshen up on the 20th which took the water temperature down from 60f to 54f and the wind also went out of the East which brought some fresh fish through the beat.

With minus 11 on the gauge, Tim cross caught 2 on the 20th, 1 from Keepers and 1 from the neck of the Morail. Both had sea lice. Tom Dawson also caught 1 from the neck of Lower Craigs.

On the 21st Jonty Goodchild caught a fresh 10lber from the neck of the Morail before breakfast.

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May 22
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Week of the 2nd May

Tags : #catchandrelease #springfishing #springsalmon Braelangwell Carron Fishing Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries Salmon Salmon fishing

We had a rise in water on Sunday but by Monday morning the water was back to minus 7″. We ended the week with a small rise to minus 6″

On the 2nd Dr Stuart Gray caught a 7lb salmon from Judges followed quickly by a 2lb sea trout with sea lice. This is early for sea trout but we did have one of a pound back in the week of the 3rd of April. David Jenkins caught a7lb salmon in the Smooth pool. We haven’t had a salmon from this pool since 2016!

On the 3rd and 4th David Jenkins caught an 8.5lb and 7lber from Keepers run. Again it was 2016 since we caught a salmon there. It just shows that on a river like the Carron fish everything, keep moving and don’t get fixated by the good pools.

On the 7th David Jenkins caught a 7 lber from Gardners. He also lost a salmon in Pigeon rock.

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May 22
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April

Tags : #atlanticsalmon #catchandrelease #flyfishing #rivercarronsutherland #salmonfishing #scotland #springfishing #springsalmon #sutherland

April started really well with 13 springers in the book to the Alston party. in the week of the 3rd . They also had Gruinards where they caught 16 and some fishing on Dounie where they had another 5. The water height was running from 5ft 3 twice to 6 inches.

The water fell away but the next week the 11th of April 5 springers were landed to the Campbell party including a first-ever to Hilary Campbell.

In the week of the 18th of April, the Arkwright party landed 1 salmon from Pigeon rock to Jack Cooke-Hurle. The water height was down to minus 6″ on the gauge. This was the first salmon above the Morail falls. The water temperature was 51f. It has been warm enough for fish to get over the Morail falls since the end of the week of the 3rd of April which is very unusual.

The week of the 25th of April saw the water height down to minus 11″. One salmon was landed from Gardners to Alasdair Mackie on a micro Sunray double. Two other fish were hooked on Gardners but didn’t stick.

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Jun 21
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Spring 2021

Tags : #atlanticsalmon #catchandrelease #fishingholiday #flyfishing #rivercarronsutherland #salmonfishing #scottishhighlands #springfishing #springsalmon #sutherland

The spring started very cold with the early fish seemingly reluctant to run to Braelangwell. This resulted in good sport on the beats below. We don’t have the exact figures in but there must have been over 30 springers caught off the river to the end of March. Braelangwell caught 3 of them.

We caught 7 for April which was quite a dry month and so between that and covid restrictions this wasn’t too bad.

May saw some really good fishing with 65 salmon landed and a good many lost. Looking back through the book over the last 10 years the catches were right up there which is really encouraging considering a good many places are seeing a decline in stocks. 2011 was the best year with 106 salmon to the end of May with 66 for May, then 2013 with 75 salmon to the end of May, and 52 for May.

We will not know how many salmon were caught off the river to the end of May until the end of the season but with the beats lower down doing well at the start and then fishing steadily the rest of the spring we should have a respectable total

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