Highlands Archives - Braelangwell Lodge

04
Oct 19
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Season roundup

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

We had a good start to the season at Braelangwell with 47 salmon caught to the end of May with the first fish caught on the 7^th of March by Finlay from the Morail. We went on to land 125 salmon, 68 grilse and 20 sea trout. All the fish were returned bar 2 salmon which could not be revived because they were bleeding and 2 sea trout.

Jamie Clifton-Brown was the top rod with 12 salmon for his week followed by Toby Buckler with 8 then three people caught 6. Ronnie Macdonald caught his 6 in May which is good going anywhere, followed by Jimmy Royds who caught his 6 in three days then Liliana Sykes who had 1 in June then 5 on her return visit in September.

The biggest salmon of the season goes to Jamie Clifton-Brown with a 25lber from the Washerwoman in September, Nick Jupp caught a fresh 23.5lb fish from the Bank in May and Jimmy Royds caught a 23lber in the Scarp in September.

The best week of the season was in September when the Sykes party caught 40 salmon for the week. This week equaled the second best week ever of 40 caught in May 2011.

The top pools were the Morail with 26, Burnmouth with 21, Washerwoman and Lower Craigs with 18 and finally, Gruinards run and Contractors with 11 each. I am quite surprised about the Washerwoman which had a very slow start and just seemed dour all season. I also think that more fish would come from Gruinards run as it is not fished often enough just now

We have a lot of fish in the river, some big ones at that which is really encouraging considering what is happening with stocks in rivers elsewhere. At an early estimate there was over 900 salmon caught this season which is up on last year. More details on that to follow.

13
Jun 19
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Week of the 3rd of June

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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.

03
Jun 19
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Week of the 27th May

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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.

26
May 19
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week of the 20th May

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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.

19
May 19
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Update

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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.

05
May 19
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April

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Unfortunately, after a good start to the season April was plagued by low water. Despite the river being off the gauge for three weeks we managed 12 salmon for the month.

The Goodchild party were here last week and despite the river dropping to minus 15″ on the gauge they caught 5 salmon. The host, Jonty caught 3 of them. Two came from Upper Craigs and one from the neck of Millers. Paul Roberts caught one on a hitch from the neck of the Washerwoman and Tom Dawson one from the neck of Morail, also on a hitch.

07
Apr 19
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Week commencing the 1st of April.

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The week started with low water but rose on the 3rd which resulted in 2 salmon coming to the net. Harry Jackson caught his first salmon from the Washerwoman on a green monkey weighing 8lb and Patrick Wales caught one in the tail of the Morail weighing 6lb on a black and yellow tube.

On the 4th the river rose to around 5ft but started dropping late afternoon. Jamie Ellis caught a 7lb salmon from the Boat pool when the river was still at 4ft. He also lost another just beforehand.

On the 5th 4 were caught, all in the space of an hour. Archie Godman-Dorington caught 3 of them, 1 from the Bank and 2 from the tail of Contractors. William Godman-Dorington caught the other from the Bank. All 4 were caught on a rising river.

31
Mar 19
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Week of the 25th March

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The Alston party certainly had plenty fishing this week with fishing on Gruinards, Dounie and Gledfield as well as Braelangwell. On Monday they caught 3 on Braelangwell as well as 3 on the other beats. They caught 2 on Tuesday then it went quiet until Saturday when 1 was caught at Braelangwell and 1 on Gledfield giving them 11 springers for the week.

A conservative estimate would be that there are 45 springers off the river to the end of March.

18
Mar 19
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Update to the 18th March

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The first two fish of the season at Braelangwell were caught by Finlay on the 7th and 9th of March. Both were from the Morail weighing 11lb and 14lb.

The week of the 11th produced 3 salmon for the week. on the 13th Ronald Gardiner caught a 7lber from the Boat pool with 3ft on the gauge. On the 15th Graeme Robertson caught a 8lb salmon from the Rock pool with 3ft on the gauge and then Jean Matterson caught a cracking 14lber from the Morail after the river had dropped back to 2ft 3.

Gruiniards, over the river caught 1 and we hear of another 4 at least off the river so the Carron must be on 18 to 20 salmon so far for the season

15
Jan 19
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Quick cast today

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The Morail
Water Temperature

We had another mild day today I thought it was worth fishing the Morail. The river was running at 1’9″ dropping to 1’6″ and the water temp was a ridiculously high 42.8f (6c). There could well be a salmon somewhere in the beat now.