Kyle of Sutherland Archives - Page 4 of 12

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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.

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.

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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

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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.

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.

28
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.

16
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.