Grilse Archives - Braelangwell Lodge

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Jul 24
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Week of the 6th July

Tags : #flyonly Braelangwell Fishing Grilse Kyle of Sutherland Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries Salmon Salmon fishing Scotland Sutherland

The Howieson party caught two salmon and four grilse for their week

On the 9th Fen caught a grilse in Kennel run and then a 15lber in Field. Alison Baker also caught a grilse from Burnmouth.

On the 11th Alison Baker caught a lovely 16lber from the Washerwoman.

On Saturday the river was down to minus 6 but the grilse were still going through the beat and Alison caught two. One came from the Washerwoman and one from Gardners run. Both on a Sunray shadow.

A good number of fish were lost during the week.

01
Oct 20
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Season summary

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

We caught the first salmon of the season on the 10th of March from the Morail weighing 8.5lb, caught by Finlay on a 2” Angry Ailsa tube. Finlay then had a second from the Morail before we went into lockdown bringing fishing to a halt until June. In between fishing, we must have had one of the driest Aprils on record with glorious weather across the country. The SEPA rainfall gauge only showed 27.2mm for the whole of the month.

In June, we were told we could fish but because of the five-mile rule, we could have no tenants. On top of this we had nearly 2 weeks of low water when fishing ceased again because the water temperature exceeded 64f. Despite this 11 rod days were fished resulting with 17 salmon, 5 grilse and 8 sea-trout being landed.

The five mile rule was relaxed in July which allowed us to take in our first tenants on the 15th which was preceded by a week of day rods. Finally, the season was underway!! We ended the month with 13 salmon, 20 grilse and 10 sea-trout.

August was another dry month with only 37.8mm of rain being recorded. In comparison August last year saw over 200mm of rain. Only 3 salmon, 3 grilse and a sea-trout were recorded.

September saw a bit more rain here and there, we caught 15 salmon, 8 grilse and a sea-trout for the month.

There were some big fish around, Finlay caught a 37” fresh fish in June from Charlies, Bill Knott caught a 19lber from Lower craigs in July, Timmy Watson caught a 22lber in Gruinards run, also in July, Alan Lutman and Gary Stokes both caught 36” salmon from Washerwoman and Contractors in September.

Top pools were Lower craigs with 13, Washerwoman with 9 and Morail with 8.

14
Jul 20
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Season so far

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

Where do I start!!

Two salmon were caught before the season was brought to a crashing halt with lockdown coming in just before the lodge’s first tenants. After the initial lifting of lockdown the five mile rule was imposed meaning that the river could only be fished by those lucky enough to live on it. Recently, this rule has been lifted and we have been able to get in day-rods who took good advantage of beats up and down not only the Carron but many other rivers. It was great to see many beats like ourselves offering fishing at a discounted price so that anglers had the opportunity to fish beats that they could normally only dream about.

There was a bit of a dry spell in June but even although we were lightly fished 17 salmon up to 19lb were landed. We also caught 5 grilse and 7 sea-trout.

Last week day-rods caught 21 salmon/grilse and 5 sea-trout with 10 of these caught on Monday to Scott Maclean’s party. The biggest, a fish of about 22lb was caught in Gruinards run to Timmy Watson. It’s just a pity the river dropped away each day.

We have the first tenants arriving tomorrow so hopefully, we can get back to some sort of normality for the rest of the season.

03
Oct 19
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Week of the 16th September

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

Yet again the rain that was forecast didn’t materialize but the Jupp party managed to land 6 fish for their week.

On the 16th Nick Jupp landed a 5lber from the Tree.

On the 17th 2 fish were landed. Stuart Walker caught an 8lber from Charlies and Dave Barnfield caught a 4lb grilse from Gruinards run.

On the 18th Gary Stokes landed a 14lber from the Washerwoman. The only fish of the day.

On the 20th Nick Jup caught 2, a 6lber from the Lower Craigs and a 10lb salmon from the Tree.

A full season round-up will be posted in the next few days.

19
Sep 19
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Week of the 9th September

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

The Arkwright party got their week going with 1ft on the gauge so expectations were high. Three salmon were caught, 2 to Jake Ellis and 1 to Jake Warman.

On the 10th 4 were caught. Jake Warman caught 2 from Gardners and washerwoman, Jack Ellis caught 1 in Charlies and Jack Cooke-Hurle caught 1 in Lower Craigs. The water was running at 3 inches

On the 11th Jack Cooke-Hurle caught 1 in Field and Finlay caught 1 from the Scarp. The water was minus 3inches.

On the 12th Jake Warman caught the last salmon of the week, a 5lber from the Frenchmans. For some reason the fish just went off plus we had gales on the Saturday.

The week ended with 4 salmon and 6 grilse. Jack Ellis caught the largest at 15lb from Charlies

10
Sep 19
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Week of the 2nd September

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

At the end of the previous week, we were washed off for 2 and a half days so expectations were high and justifiably so. Monday ended up as something special with 20 salmon landed to the five rods. Jimmy Royds, and Jamie Clifton-Brown caught 5 each, Toby Buckler caught 4, Liliana Sykes caught 3, Jonathan Sykes caught 2 and Jonathan Jardine-Patterson caught his first ever salmon.

We ended up with 40 salmon for the week, 30 of them caught on a 1 inch Ally conehead. Jamie Clifton-Brown was top rod with 12, best 25lb from the Washerwoman. Toby Buckler was second with 8, best 15lb from Millers. Jimmy Royds was next with 6, best 23lb from the Scarp. He was only fishing for 3 days.

The top pool was Millers with 8 salmon then Burnmouth with 6, then Washerwoman with 4. There are a lot of big fish around, Jamie Clifton-Brown’s was the biggest at 25lb then Jimmy Royds at 23lb then Jonathan Sykes’s at 18lb. We hear there was a 27lb salmon from the Gruiniards side caught in Kennel run on the Saturday. They also caught a 39 inch salmon from Gardners run.

26
Aug 19
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Week of the 19th August

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

The Scott Party caught 11 Salmon and grilse for their week which started with 11 inches on the gauge. Despite the river dropping away and us not getting the rain that was forecast fish were caught every day except Saturday.

Top rod was Ian Ross with 5, best 15lb from lower Craigs. The host Sandy Scott caught 2, best also 15lb but from Gardners. Katrina Wood caught 2, best 10lb from the Washerwoman and her husband Iain caught 1 from Contractors weighing 12lb. Finlay also caught a small grilse from the tail of Burnmouth.

19
Aug 19
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Week of the 12th August

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

The Vosper-Brown party caught 7 salmon, 4 grilse and 5 sea trout for their week. Monday was the best day with 2 salmon, 3 grilse and 3 sea trout landed including a fine 16lber to David Dunstan from Contractors on a fly called the Braelangwell. David had seen the fly online and thought he would tie a couple before his trip. He also caught a 9lb salmon from the Bank on it the same day. Joe Dawson and Susannah Hunt also had a grilse each from Boat and Gruinards run.

On the 13th Joe and Stuart Dawson caught a 6lb salmon each from Tree and Gruinards run.

On the 14th Joe Dawson caught the only fish of the day, a 10lb salmon from Gruinards run.

On the 15th Stuart Dawson caught a 13lber from the Bank pool and Finlay caught a 3lb grilse from Frenchmans.

On the 16th David Dunstan caught a 7lb salmon from the Field. The river had dropped off to minus 8 by Saturday

16
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.

08
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.