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Esto es lo que tenemos disponible para el verano de 2011 en Islandia en nuestros mejores ríos para la pesca con equipos ligeros, líneas flotantes, riffling hitch, moscas pequeñas ... ríos de aguas puras y cristalinas.
Langadalsa 15 al 21 Julio ,4 cañas, el río completo, programa self-catering
Laugardalsa 21 al 24 Julio , 3 cañas, el río completo, programa self-catering
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11 Mayo 2012  El Brynjudalsá es un pequeño río a tan sólo 45 minutos de Reykjavik, la capital de Islandia. Es una gran opción para salidas en el día desde la capital, o para combinar dos días aquí y con alguno de nuestros self catering para trucha o salmón. El alojamiento puede ser desde pequeños hoteles rurales, bed and breakfast, en las granjas cercanas al río, hasta hoteles más lujosos en el centro de Reykjavik en servicio todo incluido.
La media de los últimos años arroja unas capturas anuales de 240 salmones para dos cañas diarias, sobrepasando los 300 salmones en las mejores temporadas, 303 salmones en el 2011.
para más información visita este enlace BRYNJUDALSA o envíanos un mail a info@lax-a.es
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09 Mayo 2012  Nordlingafljot es un precioso río que aguanta muy bien el agua, y que mantiene un nivel constante de capturas a lo largo de toda su temporada, con registros anuales entre 600 y 1100 salmones en su corta temporada de pesca. entre las 5/6 cañas que diariamente aloja el río.
Tan sólo nos quedan 2 cañas disponibles del 19 al 21 de Agosto, 2 días en plena temporada alta que pueden combinarse con ríos como el Sog o el Tungufljot.
Más información de este río en el enlace NORDLINGAFLJOT
Si estás interesado envía un mail a info@lax-a.es para recibir más información sobre programas combinados y precios. Más... |
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09 Mayo 2012  Complicada la pesca en Lower Crathes (río Dee) la semana pasada, con tan sólo 6 salmones puestos en tabla, pero de buenos tamaños. Los dos mayores ejemplares de 22 y 25 lbs de peso.
Esta semana estamos pescando en Birsa, nuestro segundo tramo en el Dee, de momento 3 salmones el lunes y 1 el martes
También estamos cazando Corzos por la mañana y al anochecer, y se está dando muy bien.
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01 Mayo 2012  Lower Crathes & West Durris, uno de nuestros tramos en el Dee, es el tramo que arroja el mayor número de capturas en todo el Dee desde el comienzo de la temporada, el 1 de febrero. Lower Crathes ha producido un total de 96 salmones, seguido por Bollogie con 90 e Invery con 81 salmones.
La pesca en los meses de Marzo y Abril ha estado por debajo de la media en todo el Dee, después de un arranque espectacular en el mes de Febrero, mes en el que se registraron capturas por encima de todos los registros de los últimos 5 años. Condiciones climáticas adversas con tormentas de nieve y mucho viento, seguidas por unos niveles de agua tan bajos que no recuerdan en el valle en primavera, y la gran crecida de la semana pasada, pueden ser los condicionantes climáticos en los que tenga su origen este descenso de capturas. Los pronósticos del tiempo para los próximos días, unidos a un nivel estable y adecuado del río, parecen prever buenas capturas para las próximas semanas, esperando poder recuperar el nivel medio de capturas de las últimas primaveras.
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27 Abril 2012  El Sog es sin duda el río de aguas cristalinas más grande de Islandia, y uno de los mejores ríos salmoneros, con aguas tan perfectas para la pesca a mosca como puedas imaginar, siendo muy productivo en los últimos años.
Es un río asequible en precio (desde 300 eur por persona en régimen de pesca y alojamiento), con lodges confortables en sus orillas, donde puedes pescar con o sin guía. Lax-á opera en exclusiva dos tramos diferentes en el río Sog:
Sog-Syðri Brú
Tannastaðatangi
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27 Abril 2012  La temporada de pesca en el Litlá continua siendo excelente desde que comenzó el día 1 de abril. Más de 800 peces capturados (entre truchas, reos y salvelinos), en tan sólo 25 días de temporada y por 5 cañas diarias. El mayor pez fue un reo de 77 cm de longitud, y se han perdido varios peces de mayor tamaño (¿no lo son siempre los que se pierden?). Se cuentan por docenas los ejemplares capturados por encima de 70 cm.
Quedan algunos días libres en Mayo y Junio. Si estás interesado envíanos un mail a info@lax-a.es Más... |
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25 Abril 2012  Hemos reservado una semana para nuestros clientes en el Grand Cascapedia en Septiembre de 2013. Prime time, el momento de los grandes salmones: 20-40 libras de peso, pesca a mosca seca ... una experiencia diferente a la tradicional pesca de salmón atlántico.
Plazas muy reducidas, si estás interesado en unirte a nosotros en esta salida, envíanos un mail y te mandaremos toda la información del programa.
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20 Abril 2012  Nuestro amigo Juan Renedo de Santander, quiere compartir con nosotros las fotos de este magnífico ejemplar de 24 lbs de peso, uno de los ejemplares que capturó en su salida al Dee esta misma semana, tramo de Lower Crathes. A pesar de las malas condiciones reinantes, Juan disfrutó de la experiencia y tomando prestadas sus palabras "es un tramo que reune todo lo que un pescador de mosca de salmón pueda desear, aún cuando no se capturasen peces". Enhorabuena Juan, entras por la puerta grande en el "Club de los 20 pounders". info@lax-a.es
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20 Abril 2012  Debido a una cancelación, tenemos dos cañas disponibles del 9 al 16 de Junio en nuestro tramo Sandbrouta en el río Gaula, con un importante descuento. Gaula es el río "where the big monsters lie...", y el Sandbrouta uno de los mejores tramos en esa parte de la temporada donde tropezar con un gran salmón ... pocas capturas pero de un gran tamaño. Si estás interesado, envíanos un mail y te enviaremos nuestro mejor precio info@lax-a.es Más... |
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17 Abril 2012  La temporada alta en el río Skjalfandafljot puede ser realmente espectacular, no sólo en tamaño (muchos de los peces son ejemplares de varios años de mar) sino en número de salmones. 6 cañas diarias, tienen la siguiente media de capturas en las mejores semanas de la temporada: 4-11 Julio 50,2 salmones, 12-19 Julio 88,4 salmones, 20-27 Julio 82 salmones, 28 Julio-04 Agosto 70 salmones, 5 - 12 Agosto 76,2 salmones , 13 - 20 Agosto 69 salmones. Esto da una media general de 73 salmones por semana para las 6 cañas, 12 salmones por caña y semana.
Un río para aventureros, complicado, en el que el guía se muestra como herramienta fundamental para obtener buenos resultados.
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14 Mayo 2012 
143 salmones y 9 reos, confirman que el número de salmones en el Dee está por debajo de lo habitual en estas fechas, y el total de capturas acumuladas es de 1.286 salmones, frente a las 2.026 piezas de la media de los últimos 5 años. Malos registros en la mayoría de los pozos de la zona inferior del río. Nuestros tramos: 4 salmones en Crathes y 8 en Birse.
RECENT CATCHES
The River Dee saw a lot of anglers fishing the length of the catchment looking for the elusive salmon with catches reported from Park to Crathie. If you were in the right place at the right time there were fish to be caught. The numbers of fish running this river so far do appear to be well down on last year’s excellent spring catch with season to date catch of 1286 quite a bit down on the 5 year average spring catch of 2028. That said FishDee beats reported 143 salmon to 21 lbs and 8 sea trout. Carlogie had an excellent total with anglers catching 21 salmon, Aboyne Water and Birse reported 10 apiece with Ballogie and Cairnton just one behind on 9 apiece.
Conditions at times have been difficult for anglers and this week was no exception. The weather has been quite cold and the river levels have fluctuated a bit with quite peaty water coming down the valley which really does seem to put fish off the take. Anglers though are a resilient bunch and the people I met on the river last week seemed to be having a very enjoyable time in the valley, enjoying good Scottish hospitality.
Sean Stanton the Ballogie Estates Head Ghillie commented on his blog ‘A disappointing end to the week after the river came up on Friday night and lots of peat entered the river and I knew we would struggle, however it was still a great week with Carlogie claiming top spot on the river with 21 salmon, Ballogie finished with 9 and Commonty 6 which compared to last season was half of the catch on the same week last year.’ I visited Sean on Saturday afternoon whilst visiting Swedish angler Lars Terkildsen at Commonty and Sean’s anglers were frustrated at Ballogie with a good number of salmon hooked and lost; one unfortunate angler lost 5 in a row. Tony Wheeler caught a 19 lb salmon at Carlogie which was his biggest to date. Victor Gubbins dropped me a humorous e-mail with a picture for FishDee advising ‘ Well known international fisherman Anthony Roberts landed a nice 13 lb Springer from Woodend (last week) assisted by his ghillie Victor Gubbins.’ They plan to fish the Woodend beats until they fall of their perches !
I spoke to Jim Cowper at Aboyne Water this morning who advised Bill Currie and party were delighted to land 10 salmon for their week. Many readers will know Bill as a writer of numerous excellent books on fishing. He wrote a super book called ‘Days and nights of salmon fishing’ with a great chapter about Aboyne Water. Bill doesn’t fish much these days but still has an excellent knowledge which he is passing onto his son Mark. Tristan Sillars had 4, Andrew Dennis 4 and Mark Currie had 2 for their week. I had a visit from Arni Baldursson at home on Wednesday evening who was enjoying his Deeside adventures at Birse, where we shared a dram and discussed the sport he had been enjoying. His guests had a marvellous time with Doug Murray; the Birse beat Ghillie, who at 82 years young is still entertaining guests with his stories, jokes and music. Arni sent me an image of the group having a dance outside the fishing hut whilst Doug played tunes on his mouth organ and they looked like they were having a great time. I met Kiddi & Kristinn Gunnarsson at Birse on Saturday who were most enthusiastic about their experiences on Birse and success with salmon.
I spoke to Cairnton Ghillie Brian Brogan who reported that they were unlucky not to get into double figures for the week but pleased nonetheless. It was their best week of the season and was helped in no small way with retired Cairnton Ghillie Davie Cowie landing 2 salmon on Thursday when fishing as a guest; a size 10 Munro Killer did the trick for Davie, who must have been delighted. Most of the Cairnton fish were caught on size 8-10 Cascades and Silver Ally’s. I also had a phone call during the week from the Cairnton beat’s neighbour Davie Gibbon, Middle Blackhall Ghillie, informing me that visiting Norwegian angler Raymond Haaland had his first ever salmon. The fish weighed approximately 17lbs and was in pristine condition. The Middle Blackhall beat is blessed with having fabulous pools to fish with a great experienced Ghillie in Davie who is extremely knowledgeable, as well as being a qualified casting instructor. The feedback I receive from visitors to the beat is so positive about the enjoyment they get whilst being there, so please try and visit the beat as they do have availability over the next few weeks. As always please let me know how you get on by dropping me an e-mail to ken@riverdee.org with any anecdotes and pictures about your experiences on the river.
Beat catches reported
SALMON & GRILSE: Park 4, Lower Crathes and W Durris 4, Crathes 3, Invery 1, Lower Blackhall 3, Little Blackhall and Inchmarlo 4, Middle Blackhall 5, Cairnton 9, Woodend 2, Lower Woodend 2, Commonty 6, Ballogie 9, Borrowston 4, Kincardine 5, Carlogie 21, Dess 4, Birse 8, Aboyne Water 10, Aboyne Castle 1, Craigendinnie 4, Dinnet 6, Deecastle 3, Headinch and Cambus O'May 5, Monaltrie and Lower Invercauld 7, Birkhall 4, Abergeldie 3, Balmoral 2, Crathie 6, Total 145
SEA TROUT: Park 1, Little Blackhall and Inchmarlo 1, Middle Blackhall 1, Cairnton 2, Sluie 1, Headinch and Cambus O'May 1, Birkhall 1, Total 8
Prospects
The prevailing cool weather conditions look set to continue with the met office suggesting grass frosts at the end of May. They suggest this week will see air temperature maxima peak around 12 degrees Celsius today and get a little cooler during the week. They are not predicting frosts but we could see temperatures drop to 2 degrees Celsius. Winds will be light and variable. There has been a rise in river levels during the night and the Sepa gauges are showing 1ft 4 inches and falling at Mar Lodge, 1 ft 10 inches at Ballater and rising and 1ft 6 inches at Park and steady. Dess Ghillie Eoin Smith advised me that the rise is probably caused by snowmelt as the water is not carrying too much colour. The maritime influence shows tides building through the week from 3.5 metres to 3.9 metres which may bring new fish forward. We may be a bit early for Grilse but we hope that they start to run the river in the next few weeks to augment numbers of salmon in the river.
As always please heed the advice of your beat Ghillie who can make suggestions about where to fish on your chosen beat and what flies and tactics to utilise. Time and time again I hear from anglers who let me know how helpful their Ghillie has been in putting them onto taking fish. Their knowledge is second to none and they can at times make a difference in helping you achieve success on their beat. If you don’t have the services of a Ghillie to call on then you will probably want to fish with a full floating line or perhaps with a 5 foot sink tip just to take the fly a few inches below the surface. Your fly choice might include a Black or Red Frances, Snaelda, Ally’s shrimp, Cascade or Maggie’s Shrimp. The Monkey or Sunray can also be used at times to good effect. Perseverance is the key though as you won’t catch a fish unless you have a fly in the water.
If you find you have the wrong flies with you for your fishing trip or run out, then pay a visit to some of our super retailers; George Strachan's store in Aboyne have increased their selection of fishing equipment and River Dee flies tied by the Ballogie Estates Head Ghillie Sean Stanton, at very attractive prices too. They now stock a good range of fishing accessories, including waders, fishing rods and reels, fly lines and leader material. They also provide great sandwiches for visiting angler's luncheon, and of course the highly popular Dalmore Dee Dram which raises funds for the River Dee Trust. The Orvis store in Banchory also has a vast selection of flies to choose from and equipment to hire. The Countrywear shop in Ballater is a favourite destination for visiting anglers, where Norman Clements is always delighted to meet visiting anglers. They have a good selection of fishing equipment available and provide good service and value. I would like to add Kincardine O'Neil Post Office supplies nice sandwiches and a great selection of River Dee flies too. Please ensure all visiting anglers sign the Gyrodactylus salaris declaration forms. These are vitally important to the river, ensuring all visitors are vigilant in ensuring we take necessary precautions and don't see this devastating parasite wiping out our stocks of salmon. If you are not offered one to sign then I would urge you to please ask for one to be provided to you prior to commencing fishing. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd. Más... |
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14 Mayo 2012 
Tenemos todavía disponibles licencias para la caza de corzos durante los meses de junio y julio. 9 salidas de caza, hasta 5 corzos por escopeta, 1.000 GBP semanales. Paquete de dos escopetas compartiendo guía y transporte 1.750 GBP. El precio incluye las licencias de caza, los guías y el transporte. Más información sobre el programa en info@lax-a.es
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11 Mayo 2012  Tenemos algunas fechas y cañas disponibles en las semanas 30 y 31 en el East Rangá. Es el comienzo de la temporada alta, con capturas medias de 480 y 710 salmones respectivamente. info@lax-a.es
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09 Mayo 2012 
Los tramos del Fishdee han arrojado un total de 142 salmones de hasta 30 lbs de peso. Nuestro tramo de Lower Crathes 6 salmones de hasta 25 lbs de peso.
Recent Catches
The River Dee in May is a wonderful place to be salmon fishing with many anglers coming back year on year to fish for spring salmon. This last week has been very special for some visitors as there have been some really big salmon landed. What we lacked in quantity has more than been compensated for in the quality of salmon being caught. FishDee beats have reported 142 salmon to 30lbs as I write with 10 sea trout also landed.
Ballogie and Carlogie reported 14 salmon apiece, with Dess reporting 8 and Invery 7. I visited John Richmond, who was fishing at Invery where he landed a nice salmon he estimated at 30lbs which was fresh run. He told me he had a real battle to land this fish which is his biggest to date. Regular Dee visiting angler Ole Wisler, Editor of Sportsfiskeren Magazine, landed a 42 inch salmon at Lower Invercauld which was estimated at 28lbs. Ian Murray's beats have had some really nice big salmon this season which have delighted visitors to his beats. I met Peter Pleydell-Bouverie on Friday at Lower Crathes who was really delighted to report his first salmon of the season. This salmon was a fabulous 25lb specimen that was fresh run and very strong. Host for the week Arni Baldursson was delighted with Peter's success, and he was equally delighted to catch a very nice 22lb salmon to his own rod. Arni, who's a very talented angler, demonstrated his talents as an up and coming Gordon Ramsay by showcasing his culinary skills whilst using the beat barbecue during heavy rain and hail showers, and provided all the assembled guests with a memorable lunch. I believe Arni landed the 100th fish of the season at Lower Crathes. Mr Pinney had a super 25 lb salmon at Malt Steep, Middle Blackhall which measured 40 inches. Ghillie David Gibbon said the fish was a cracker. Jeremy Clayton, the proprietor of Dess had a nice 20lb salmon on Friday.
I received an informative e-mail from Greig Thomson, Salmo Fishing's proprietor who was visiting Deeside. He commented 'Just quick email to let you know that we had Richard Bath, editor of Scottish Field magazine out on Friday on the upper river at Mar Lodge Estate. We spent the day showing him the upper river, both below and above Linn of Dee and advised him on the fantastic, forward thinking work that is carried out by the River Dee board. We enjoyed fantastic hospitality from Mar Lodge estate as always, and have to credit them for the operation they run in such a fantastic location. For anyone who has not visited this part of the river as they feel it maybe too far up then I urge them to think again, as it is without a doubt one of the most scenic places in Scotland to fish. After our day we showed Richard Mar Lodge itself, along with some of the fine hotels that are available on the upper river for visiting anglers, such as the Inver at Crathie. We stayed the night at the Glen Lui Hotel in Ballater where Susan and her team provided a wonderful meal and hospitality, a truly wonderful establishment all round and we thoroughly recommend it. On Saturday morning to finish my trip I headed to see an old friend Neil Cook at Glenmuick, before he retired Neil was the head ranger on Balmoral Estates and at the grand old age of 75 was, and still is, an ambassador for wildlife conservation on Balmoral. Neil was telling me stories of when he remembers the upper Dee almost void of salmon not so long ago and how it was a delight to see almost 200 fish spawning at the Long Pool on Birkhall just last November. Being a conservationist, it was great to hear from one of the old school echoing the fact that catch and release is indeed a great thing.'
I was delighted to hear from Aboyne Water Ghillie Jim Cowper, who sent me a humorous e-mail commenting about his week looking after the visiting Woods party. He advised 'Hi Ken, normal week at Aboyne Water with Mr. D. Woods' party. Two anglers fell in, two mobile phones wet and a third phone fell into 7ft off water in the Irrigation pool. A visit to Aboyne hospital to remove a fly and 5 salmon landed. Saw many fish running on Thurs and Friday.' Aboyne angler David Ramsay wrote to me on Friday with images from his recent week at Crathes Castle advising 'Here are a few photos from Tuesday at Crathes Castle, where John Smith landed this superb 20lbs salmon, he also caught a 2lbs sea trout, on Thursday he followed this up with a beautiful sea liced salmon.So far John is the only one to make contact, I have fished hard but so far blanked, hopefully today is the day.'
I have just received an e-mail from Ole Wisler who recounts graphically his epic struggle with his 28lb salmon at Lower Invercauld. 'I had a splendid fish at the Brock Roy pool on Lower Invercauld. It was a wide, heavy fish measuring 104 cm, taken on a small fly 'grey and silver' with a small size 12 hook and a thin leader as well. The banks are pretty steep at that pool, so I was standing 10 feet above fighting this beautiful big fish watching almost every move it made. I couldn't get hold of the ghillie and it's impossible to beach a fish there. Well, after 20 minutes the fish went out of the pool and into the white water below. Me running after, under branches and over big rocks, after some 5 or 10 minutes I succeeded in grabbing the big fish's tail standing in one meter of water. It had a massive, powerful tail and it whipped the water white. Don't know how but I managed to hold the fish and was able to unhook it. I took a quick snapshot of the fish releasing it. Anyway, the big fish was, and is in good health, still swimming. Don't know 'bout others, but the Dee has certainly become a 'big fish river' to me as I've caught quite a few fish over 20 lbs during the years.' Its magic moments like these that become etched in an angler's memory forever. As always please let me know how you get on by dropping me an e-mail to ken@riverdee.org with any anecdotes and pictures about your experiences on the river. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd.
Beat catches reported
(week ending 5th May)
SALMON & GRILSE: Tilbouries 3, Park 3, Lower Crathes and W Durris 6, Crathes 1, Invery 7, Lower Blackhall 2, Little Blackhall and Inchmarlo 3, Middle Blackhall 5, Cairnton 5, Commonty 2, Sluie 4, Ballogie 14, Borrowston 4, Kincardine 7, Carlogie 14, Dess 8, Birse 7, Aboyne Water 5, Aboyne Castle 4, Craigendinnie 8, Waterside and Ferrar 6, Dinnet 2, Deecastle 4, Headinch and Cambus O'May 5, Monaltrie and Lower Invercauld 5, Birkhall 2, Balmoral 2, Crathie 4.
Total: 142 Largest: Invery 30lbs
SEA TROUT: Middle Drum 4, Tilbouries 1, Park 2, Lower Crathes and W Durris 1, Invery 1, Little Blackhall and Inchmarlo 1.
Total: 10 Largest: Middle Drum & Tilbouries & Park & Invery 3lbs
Prospects
Anglers visiting the river will find it at a nice fishing height with the Sepa gauges running between 8 inches at Mar Lodge and 1 ft 6 inches at Park, but that may change. The Met Office advises that we shall see some heavy rainfall this week which may cause river levels to rise. Rain is forecast later today and into Tuesday with heavy rain showers at times occurring during the week, which may be prolonged at times. Hill snow and overnight frosts are also likely during the week and it will feel cold. Average temperatures will be around 9 degrees Celsius. The maritime influence indicates tides will drop back from 4.5 metres today to 3.6 metres by the weekend. There should be new fish coming forward on the current high tides; hopefully in good numbers to run the river.
Your Ghillie will be able to provide you with good advice when visiting your chosen beat. It is always wise to heed their words of wisdom as they are on the beat week in week out during the fishing season and know their beat intimately and where willing salmon may be encountered at any given water height. If you do not have the services of a Ghillie to call on you may want to fish with a floating line and sink tip combination. Fly choice may include the Park Shrimp, Ally's shrimp, Black or Red Frances, Monkey or Sunray shadow. Finding the taking depth will be a challenge as the river temperature will be around 6 degrees Celsius. Perseverance will be required in fishing your pools during your stay.
If you find you have the wrong flies with you for your fishing trip or run out, then pay a visit to some of our super retailers; George Strachan's store in Aboyne have increased their selection of fishing equipment and River Dee flies tied by the Ballogie Estates Head Ghillie Sean Stanton, at very attractive prices too. They now stock a good range of fishing accessories, including waders, fishing rods and reels, fly lines and leader material. They also provide great sandwiches for visiting angler's luncheon, and of course the highly popular Dalmore Dee Dram which raises funds for the River Dee Trust. The Orvis store in Banchory also has a vast selection of flies to choose from and equipment to hire. The Countrywear shop in Ballater is a favourite destination for visiting anglers, where Norman Clements is always delighted to meet visiting anglers. They have a good selection of fishing equipment available and provide good service and value. I would like to add Kincardine O'Neil Post Office supplies nice sandwiches and a great selection of River Dee flies too. Please ensure all visiting anglers sign the Gyrodactylus salaris declaration forms. These are vitally important to the river, ensuring all visitors are vigilant in ensuring we take necessary precautions and don't see this devastating parasite wiping out our stocks of salmon. If you are not offered one to sign then I would urge you to please ask for one to be provided to you prior to commencing fishing. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd. Más... |
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01 Mayo 2012  La gran crecida del nivel del río en la última semana dificultó las condiciones de pesca, siendo prácticamente imposible en los tramos bajos del río, donde los principales afluentes ya han descargado sus aguas. En estas condiciones 130 salmones con pesos hasta las 25 lbs de peso, y el mejor tramo de la semana Ballogie con 28 salmones. Todo un éxito.
Recent Catches
The heavens opened last week and the river had a very big lift in levels to encourage new fish to come forward from the sea. The River height peaked around 6 feet above summer levels and the whole catchment had a good lift in water levels to get fish on the move. FishDee beats reported 130 salmon to 25 lbs and 6 sea trout. Ballogie reported a fine total with 28 salmon for the week, Middle Blackhall 9, Carlogie 9 and Borrowstone 8. The largest fish of the week was caught by the very experienced Eric Wardle, a regular River Dee angler, who landed the 41 inch salmon on a black and yellow fly at Aboyne Water, with an 18lber coming shortly after.
FishDee beats have just gone through the 1,000 fish mark for the season and we all hope that the second thousand rod caught salmon follow in a much quicker time. Catches in 2012 are down on the excellent 2011 spring numbers but there are reasonable numbers of salmon in parts of the river as some beats have enjoyed a reasonable season to date. Lower Crathes has 96 so far this season, Ballogie 90 and Invery 81 with anglers and Ghillies reporting good sized fish this year rather than prolific numbers of fish. There appears to be a run of smaller fish coming forward from the sea at present around 5-8 lbs. Sean Stanton at Ballogie advises that he has seen more fish this morning leaping than he saw all last week.
I received a phone call from my friend Jerk Sönnichsen, president of the Danish Fly Fishers Federation, who enjoyed a great week at Ballogiewith friends Peter, Eric and Lars. They had 28 for their week, one less than last year, with some cracking sport enjoyed at times. Peter Terndrup had 5 on Friday morning from the Bridge Pool and lost another. Jerk advised that finding the right depth was the key to their success rather than fly pattern. He had 12 to his own rod with a couple of fish carrying sea lice. Jerk wanted to stress that the River Dee is one of the most fantastic rivers in the world for a visitor to fish. He said the Dee is challenging as it differs from Norwegian rivers because the flow at the bottom of the river can be as swift as it is at the surface; much different from Norwegian rivers and a challenge for all anglers to get the presentation right. He feels that correct fly presentation is the critical key to success, more so than pattern choice. Incidentally he did catch all his fish on a single hooked fly! Ballogie Estates Head Ghillie Sean Stanton was delighted that their 3 beats produced 42 salmon for the week. The Carlogie beat saw Ian Scott, River Dee Chairman land 4 salmon and Alan Lankshear had a couple. Jim Bridges lost a big fish which was hooked in the Boat Pool and moved downriver doggedly through the Village Pool and down towards Fraser's Pool. Jim couldn't proceed any further because of a line of trees on the river bank; as his spool was virtually empty he clamped on the line to stop all his line being lost and sadly the fish came off. Alan Lankshear hooked a nice fish in the village pool, during the fight a branch came floating downstream and snagged his line. As the fish and branch came to the surface the combined weight saw the fish come unstuck and his line came back to him with the fly intact!
Edward Humphrey called to advise that David Leslie had a nice 20lb fish in Crofts on Thursday when the river was in flood. Middle Blackhall Ghillie Davie Gibbon called to advise that he was pleased that beat proprietor Mr Govett's party had a good week with 9 fish as the water height suited his beat with the fish lying on his side of the river. Mr Govett had 5 fish to his own rod and his guests had 4 fish. Lower Woodend proprietor Rory Cooper dropped me an e-mail with a nice picture of visiting Suffolk angler Robert Kemball with an 18lb salmon being returned in high water conditions. As always please let me know how you get on by dropping me an e-mail to ken@riverdee.org with any anecdotes and pictures about your experiences on the river. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd.
Beat catches reported
(week ending 28th April)
SALMON & GRILSE: Park 1, Lower Crathes and W Durris 4, Invery 3, Little Blackhall and Inchmarlo 4, Middle Blackhall 9, Cairnton 6, Lower Woodend 1, Commonty 5, Sluie 2, Ballogie 28, Borrowston 8, Kincardine 8, Carlogie 9, Dess 6, Birse 3, Aboyne Water 5, Aboyne Castle 7, Craigendinnie 1, Waterside and Ferrar 2, Deecastle 3, Headinch and Cambus O'May 1, Monaltrie and Lower Invercauld 5, Birkhall 3, Crathie 6.
Total: 130 Largest: Aboyne Water 25lbs
SEA TROUT: Middle Drum 3, Park 1, Little Blackhall and Inchmarlo 1, Monaltrie and Lower Invercauld 1.
Total: 6 Largest: Monaltrie and Lower Invercauld 3lbs
Prospects
The River is currently at a nice fishing height with the Sepa gauges at 9 inches at Mar Lodge and 2ft 2 inches at Park. There is a lift in river levels at present on the Feugh and the Muick tributaries following heavy overnight rain. It is hoped this doesn't colour the lower river too much with peat stain as new fish should be coming forward on today's high tides. Tides are building through the week from 3.4 metres to 4.5 metres and the river should remain at a good fishing height all week as levels drops back steadily. The Met Office is predicting another cool week with north easterly winds predominating. There may be some coastal haar and drizzle on the coast at times which could move up the valley. There may be the odd rain shower during the week with rain and hill snow forecast for later in the week. Air temperature maxima may nudge 12 degrees Celsius but it will feel cooler. It is hoped catches will improve further this week with Spring tides but time will tell. Anglers may find it advantageous to fish on during the evenings towards dusk as fish can decide to move upriver at that time of the day.
If you are in the right place at the right time you could do well, however it is important to heed the advice of your Ghillie. I find it very helpful when fishing a Dee beat to establish the taking lies and what they suspect the taking depth may be in the pools. Finding taking fish is what it is all about and just because fish are jumping doesn't necessarily mean that they will be taking fish. Ghillies will give you advice on fly choice to suit the clarity of water so follow their guidance. Anglers should fish their beats and persevere as you never know when a run of taking fish will make their appearance on your beat. May usually sees a decent run of spring fish come into the river and move upstream, as do river fish which have been in for a few weeks. Traditionally fish move upstream in May to the upper beats and these can produce at times decent catches. Fly choice may include Ally's shrimp, Tosh, Park Shrimp, Monkey and Thunder and Lightning, perhaps size 6- 10, with the Monkey or Sunray fished well down on a floater and fast sink tip.
If you find you have the wrong flies with you for your fishing trip then pay a visit to some of our super retailers; George Strachan's store in Aboyne have a great selection of fishing equipment and Dee flies tied by the enterprising Ballogie estates Ghillie Sean Stanton, at very attractive prices. These venues also provide great sandwiches for visiting angler's luncheon etc and of course the highly popular Dalmore Dee Dram which raises funds for the River Dee Trust. The Orvis store in Banchory also has a great selection of flies to choose from and equipment to hire using local produce in fine surroundings and have a very enjoyable fishing holiday on Deeside. Please ensure visiting anglers sign the Gyrodactylus salaris declaration forms. These are vitally important to the river, ensuring all visitors are vigilant in ensuring we take necessary precautions and don't see this devastating parasite wiping out our stocks of salmon. If you are not offered one to sign then I would urge you to please ask for one to be provided to you prior to commencing fishing. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd.
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25 Abril 2012  116 salmones en una semana complicda por las condiciones climáticas y la gran crecida del río, que hizo im`practicable la pesca la segunda parte de la semana. 4 peces en Lower Crathes, el mejor de ellos un magnífico ejemplar de 24 lbs de peso.
As I write this report prior to meeting 20 River Managers from Norway who are visiting Deeside for a few days I am able to report that visiting Norwegian anglers have done very well last week fishing the upper river at Monaltrie and Lower Invercauld. Ian Murray was delighted to report that his beats had produced some excellent catches with Rolf Ytterdahl landing 13 to his own rod to 22lbs. I attended and spoke at the dinner for this large group of anglers at the Glen Lui hotel in Ballater on Saturday night where they enjoyed a magnificent dinner provided by Susan Bell. Overall the catch for the Dee was reasonable with FishDee beats reporting 116 salmon to 24 lbs and 7 sea trout to 5lbs.
Monaltrie and Lower Invercauld reported 25 salmon, Dinnet/Deecastle reported 14 and Park reported 8. The river conditions became progressively harder for anglers during the week due to persistent heavy rainfall which saw the river rising steadily for the last 3 days of the week.
I have received correspondence from Thomas Thore from Sweden who was fishing at Lower Invercauld who had to leave early to go home. Thomas advised ˜A small report from my week, despite the relatively high water, I began my fishing with a sink tip line and a small hardcore tube fly, the wing is only 1.5 cm. On this, I had 7 salmon, the 2 largest weighed 8 and 9 kg's and a fantastic sea trout of just over 2 kg. David Murray said to me one day, it's not a fly that is an insect! Hope anglers had a fantastic finish with Global, always good to see you my friend.' John Reynolds wrote to me last week and commented 'Whilst sadly I had no luck when I came up to fish Park at the start of March with my friend Ken Bird, I am pleased to report that my wife Jane and her friend Jeanette Tallis, who are fishing Park as I write from Devon today, both managed 2 fish each before lunch on Monday, with Jane managing to land a 19 pounder. Maybe I should take up golf.'
I spoke with Robert Harper the head Ghillie for Lower Crathes and West Durris who advised that visiting angler Mr Renedo had landed a superb 24 lb salmon, covered in sea lice. I received some images of this fabulous fish which could easily be over 24lbs. I would like to add this beat has been producing a really good number of springers over 20lbs this season and is a lovely beat to fish offering super facilities for visiting anglers. Robert advised that the river was now dropping to a good fishing height with a touch of colour and hopefully a run of new fish will come forward given the high river levels during the latter part of the week. I was delighted to get some fishing at Birse for the last 3 days of the week. I had 6 pulls to the fly on Friday morning and lost a nice fish and was delighted to net a salmon for Jim Coates on Friday night. This was the only fish for our 3 days however we understand that when the river is rising and colouring then prospects are not great. As always the Tor Na Coille Hotel provided a great place to relax in the evening and enjoy a fine dinner. I would also like to mention that the hotels in Deeside are offering great value and service to visitors. Both the Raemoir House Hotel and Tor Na Coille are offering B&B rates of just over £50 per night for anglers staying for 3 nights or more. I have also just received an e-mail advising the Iconic Banchory Lodge Hotel are offering B&B rates for anglers during June, September and October at only £55 with the provision they must stay for 3 or more nights. This means that visiting anglers can relax in super hotels after their days fishing enjoying excellent meals using local produce, in fine surroundings and have a very enjoyable fishing holiday on Deeside. As always please let me know how you get on by dropping me an e-mail to ken@riverdee.org with any anecdotes and pictures about your experiences on the river. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd.
Prospects
Currently the river is at a very nice fishing height for anglers following heavy and prolonged rainfall during the latter part of last week. The Sepa Gauges are all falling or running steady with the water carrying a little colour caused by peat stain. After the prolonged dry spell we had hoped to have an underwater web camera installed towards the latter part of the week however the river conditions were too dangerous for this to take place. The Met Office are suggesting that the forthcoming week will see the continuation of cool and wet weather conditions with a series of fronts crossing the country driven by a north easterly air flow. Air temperature maxima will be 10 degrees Celsius at best with no frosts forecast. There may be heavy hill snow during the week and persistent heavy rain showers which may be locally heavy and prolonged. This may lead to river levels rising and falling during the week. The maritime influence sees high tides falling back during the week from 4.0 metres to 3.4 metres; however river levels are perfectly adequate for new fish to come forward should they be there to come forward. We are approaching the month of May which normally sees the peak of the Spring run so we hope to see an improvement in the catches which have been a bit disappointing this year overall so far. There are still good opportunities on the FishDee website for anglers to book fishing and anglers should feel encouraged to come and fish the River Dee.
The Ghillies will be encouraging anglers to fish hard with the improving river conditions and anglers should heed their advice. Last week anglers were catching fish on small flies, medium tube flies and large monkey flies depending on the pools they were fishing. Anglers were singing the praises for the advice offered to them by Ian and David Murray at Monaltrie and Lower Invercauld and there is no doubt that their excellent catch was as a result of the advice given and taken on board by anglers. As river levels are relatively higher now than during March and most of April, anglers will have to persevere and fish their fly round to the dangle and let it hang in case a fish is lying close to their bank, slowly retrieving line prior to casting. Fly patterns should be bright in coloured water with flies like the Ally's shrimp, Yellow Frances, Flamethrower worth a try as well as gold bodied Willie Gunn tubes and Monkey flies.
If you find you have the wrong flies with you for your fishing trip then pay a visit to some of our super retailers; George Strachan's store in Aboyne or the Kincardine O'Neil Post office have a great selection of Dee flies tied by the enterprising Ballogie estates Ghillie Sean Stanton, at very attractive prices. These venues also provide great sandwiches for visiting angler's luncheon etc and of course the highly popular Dalmore Dee Dram which helps raise funds for the River Dee Trust. The Orvis store in Banchory also has a great selection of flies to choose from and equipment to hire using local produce in fine surroundings and have a very enjoyable fishing holiday on Deeside. Please ensure visiting anglers sign the Gyrodactylus salaris declaration forms. These are vitally important to the river, ensuring all visitors are vigilant in ensuring we take necessary precautions and don't see this devastating parasite wiping out our stocks of salmon. If you are not offered one to sign then I would urge you to please ask for one to be provided to you prior to commencing fishing. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd. Más... |
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17 Abril 2012  Tenemos 4 cañas disponibles del 30 de Abril al 2 de Mayo en el tramo Birse del río Dee, Escocia. Para más información enviar un mail a info@lax-a.es Más... |
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17 Abril 2012 
Otra semana complicada en el Dee, especialmente en los tramos inferiores del río. No obstante 107 salmones capturados, siendo nuestro tramo Lower Crathes el mejor del río con 9 ejemplares de hasta 22 lbs de peso.
En la foto nuestro amigo Ken Reid, gestor de River Dee Trust, con su primer ejemplar de esta temporada en el Dee.
Recent Catches
It was a difficult week for many anglers, especially in the lower beats as fish were not hanging about in their quest to run upriver. FishDee beats reported 103 salmon and 7 sea trout for the week with Lower Crathes reporting 9, Craigendinnie, Crathes and Monaltrie 8 for the week. There were however a number of big fish encountered last week which saw a 22lb salmon caught on Monday, Tuesday 22lbs, Thursday 25lbs, Friday 20lbs and Saturday 20lbs. Given the recent rise in river levels anglers and Ghillies alike will have expected more fish landed given the angling effort on the river, alas the runs of fish this year appear to be well down on the same period last year which was an excellent spring period. We do have a lot of rainfall forecast for the week and hopefully we will see a decent run of new fish coming into the river.
George Murray at Craigendinnie was happy with the 8 fish landed on his beat which incidentally is a lovely 2 rod beat. Visiting angler Richard Ashby had a good week with 6 to his own rod including a 25lb salmon and a 22lb salmon, all taken on a size 8 cascade. They also had a sea liced 18 lb salmon from Simmons. Euan Reid at Dinnet reported that the Dinnet/Deecastle beats had a dozen for the week with a number of small fish being encountered between 5-8lbs. They started the week brightly with 4 fish on Monday, 2 on Tuesday 2 on Wednesday; however as the river levels dropped catches slowed with 1 on Friday and 3 on Saturday. Gordon Tait picked up some fish on a small Sunray type fly. There were a mixture of fresh bright fish and river fish (ones that have been in for a few weeks). Robert Harper from Lower Crathes reported a tough week for anglers at Lower Crathes. Although they landed 9 salmon, a mixture of fresh and river fish, the anglers really put in the hours to get their rewards, where they bulk of the catch was made towards the end of the week. I spoke with some of the anglers on Saturday night led by party leader Espen Sandstø, who were fishing Lower Crathes, Crathes, Birse, Sluie and Woodend beats during the week, and they were really delighted to catch 10 fish on Saturday. They reported seeing fish running hard just as dusk descended on Deeside.
I met up with visiting angler and well known television angler Paul Young on Monday evening for a chat, who was fishing with a crack team of anglers at Invery led by the talented Jim Fisher. Paul was delighted to catch a fish on Monday morning just after he started fishing however the rods reported that there appeared to be very few fish about. I was delighted to receive an invitation for a day’s fishing by Jeremy Clayton the new Dess beat proprietor. I was really delighted to land a really nice fish from the Mill Poll on Friday morning which was expertly netted by Mrs Jenny Clayton. I would like to thank Mr and Mrs Clayton for their very kind hospitality and really tremendous lunch in the superb upper beat fishing hut. Pontus Gunlyke from Sweden reported a Springer and sea trout from Middle Blackhall, which is a very pretty beat to fish with a hugely experienced Ghillie David Gibbon, and a selection of lovely fly fishing water.
Regular Dee angler Phillip Wood sent me an e-mail commenting ‘Good to catch up with you at the Office last Thursday. No doubt you will have already alluded to the weather conditions experienced on Deeside last week in your report, and certainly Bill Siddall and I had just about everything, other than a heat wave and drought, thrown at us at Aboyne Castle - the crowning glory being the snowfall before breakfast yesterday (Sunday) before our departure South. Certainly my anticipation for a cracking week following the rise in levels and the higher tides from the Easter weekend was brought back down to earth with a bump! After an early pull on Monday morning in Jocky, and then no further contact until losing a fish on Tuesday, again in Jocky, it was becoming increasingly obvious that despite seeing movement in most of the pools it wasn't going to be that easy. How our fishing companions on Craigendinnie were achieving success whilst we failed is yet another of the salmon fishing mysteries. In spite of the often extremely gusty wind we kept at it and both landed a fish on Thursday in Tanarmouth. On Friday I managed a further landing from Symons, an extremely feisty little hen fish who couldn't wait to get about her business when released, talk about 'off like a rocket', even Alec Coutts was amazed at her vigour. Saturday saw me have brief contact with another fish in Plantation, about the time of the Grand National, in yet another snow shower. To cap it all, as I gave it best with the light was fading that evening I found that an air frost had come about - with my line icing up, felt soles on my boots frozen and waders stiffening rapidly as I exited the river! At least we didn't blank, which it would appear some on the lower river did. It seems that pods of fish were moving up river rapidly making the most of what Alec said were ideal river levels for the Aboyne Castle beat. Yet another week where the upper third of the river, above Aboyne Bridge, produced the best tally. As ever it's always great to be on Deeside, meeting up with friends, old and new, having sport and the 'craic'! As always please let me know how you get on by dropping me an e-mail to ken@riverdee.org with any anecdotes and pictures about your experiences on the river.
Beat catches reported
(week ending 14th April)
SALMON & GRILSE: Tilbouries 1, Upper Drum and Lower Durris 1, Lower Crathes and W Durris 9, Crathes 8, Invery 3, Lower Blackhall 5, Little Blackhall and Inchmarlo 3, Middle Blackhall 1, Cairnton 4, Woodend 1, Commonty 2, Sluie 1, Ballogie 4, Kincardine 3, Carlogie 5, Dess 3, Birse 4, Aboyne Water 3, Aboyne Castle 5, Craigendinnie 6, Waterside and Ferrar 3, Dinnet 6, Deecastle 6, Headinch and Cambus O'May 1, Monaltrie and Lower Invercauld 8, Crathie 7.
Total: 103 Largest: Craigendinnie 25lbs
SEA TROUT: Tilbouries 2, Upper Drum and Lower Durris 1, Lower Crathes and W Durris 2, Invery 1, Middle Blackhall 1.
Total: 7 Largest: Lower Crathes and W Durris 4lbs
TROUT: None reported
Prospects
With the river currently running at quite a low spring level, with the Sepa gauges reading 5 to 11 inches at their monitoring stations we are really needing a good lift of water. The weather forecasters at the Met Office are suggesting that we shall get a decent amount of rainfall in the catchment this week. There is heavy overnight rain forecast tonight with heavy and persistent rain showers forecast during the middle of the week. The air temperature maxima will be 8 degrees Celsius with overnight lows just above freezing. There will be strong winds at times during the week with the wind direction changing from a westerly direction to a north easterly direction making it feel cold with the wind chill factored in. Fishing will be difficult at times and anglers will have to be very patient and put the hours in to get their rewards. That said a visitor from Norway has just phoned to say he has landed 2 salmon this morning in the upper river. He fished last week on a lower beat with guests and the highlight of his week was a fish on the Monday and seeing his Ghillie now nicknamed Daffy, with a bunch of daffodils for his wife. Now mentioning Daffodils has reminded me that Dee Ghillies in the past used to plant Daffodil bulbs at the side of their pools which would grow adjacent to good taking lies.
Anglers will be well advised to discuss tactics with their Ghillie throughout their stay on the river as conditions could be tricky to predict given the weather forecast. The River Dee can rise very swiftly if we have a good fall of rain in the catchment so anglers need to take care when wading. The Ghillies will advise what tactics to employ when fly fishing the pools so heed their counsel. Water temperatures will only be around 5 degrees Celsius so anglers will need to think about getting their fly down a bit. Eoin Smith, the Dess Ghillie who is hugely experienced mentioned that when the leaf of the birch is the size of a mouse’s ear then you can expect salmon to come up for a fly. I have also heard that when Sandpipers populate the riverside you can fish a smaller fly higher in the water. All fishing lore of course but the Ghillies have their views and they are usually very good sources of advice. If you don’t have a Ghillie to call on then you could fish with fly patterns such as Dee Sheep, Dee Fox, Calvin’s or Park Shrimp, Monkey and perhaps a Sunray fished square if you see a run of fish entering your pool. The best advice though from the Ghillie is that if your fly is not in the water you will not catch a fish.
If you find you have the wrong flies with you for your fishing trip then pay a visit to some of our super retailers; George Strachan's store in Aboyne or the Kincardine O'Neil Post office have a great selection of Dee flies tied by the enterprising Ballogie estates Ghillie Sean Stanton, at very attractive prices. These venues also provide great sandwiches for visiting angler's luncheon etc and of course the highly popular Dalmore Dee Dram which helps raise funds for the River Dee Trust. The Orvis store in Banchory also has a great selection of flies to choose from and equipment to hire. Please ensure visiting anglers sign the Gyrodactylus salaris declaration forms. These are vitally important to the river, ensuring all visitors are vigilant in ensuring we take necessary precautions and don't see this devastating parasite wiping out our stocks of salmon. If you are not offered one to sign then I would urge you to please ask for one to be provided to you prior to commencing fishing. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd. Más... |
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17 Abril 2012 
La primera semana de pesca terminó con 340 ejemplares capturados, entre truchas, salvelinos y reos. Una media de 10 peces por caña y día, con algunos ejemplares tan estupendos como los de las fotos adjuntas.
Quedan todavía permisos disponibles en algunas fechas de este verano. Como el río se gestiona bajo una estricta política de captura y suelta, todos estos ejemplares te estarán esperando para tu visita.
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10 Abril 2012  119 salmones en una semana donde mejoraron las condiciones del río (aumenta el nivel de agua y desciende la temperatura de la misma). El mejor día fue el Jueves con 32 salmones. Los mayores salmones 25 y 26 lbs. 10 salmones en Lower Crathes, una vez más uno de los mejores tramos de la semana.
Last Updated: 12:02 on Mon 9th Apr 2012
What a change to the fortunes of anglers fishing the Dee last week with the continuation of unseasonable weather. Two weeks ago it was blazing sunshine and record high temperatures and last week saw heavy snowfall with Michael Bruce at Glentanar advising a foot of snow had fallen on Mount Keen. Well this change in weather conditions saw the River Dee temperatures drop to a level that appealed to the humour of the salmon, with FishDee beats reporting to date 119 salmon to 26 lbs and 10 sea trout for the week. Park finally had some good sport and reported 19 for the week; Lower Crathes were into double figures as was Kincardine, with Lower Invercauld and Monaltrie reporting 9 for their week with some lovely fish to 18lbs. River levels rose during the latter part of the week and Saturday saw a 3 foot rise which will have hopefully put the river in good heart for the coming week.
I occasionally get around beats and it's always nice to see a fish being caught however I had a first this morning when calling Dess Estates Ghillie Eoin Smith for a catch up. Eoin reported that Jeremy Clayton, the new proprietor was just in the process of landing his first fish of the season ! Eoin advised that local angler; Mr Peter Beckett from Aboyne landed a 41 inch salmon on Saturday in Jock Rae which gave him a great fight. Eoin was on hand to net the fish and return it to the river. The fish had been in the river a few weeks. I have been following Mattias Helde and Jonas Runnberg's blog during the week where they had a group of fishermen fishing on a number of Dee Beats. You can find their weeks report at www.fiskebloggen.com where you will find a good selection of video clips and super pictures of the exciting weeks sport their anglers experienced, which culminated with Icelandic angler Ingolfur David landing over half a dozen salmon to 25 lbs. The big fish was landed at Commonty which will have delighted both Ian Fraser and Sean Stanton. If you have time please visit their website.
Highly respected Lower Crathes Ghillie Robert Harper dropped me an e-mail over the weekend commenting about the good sport at Lower Crathes enjoyed by Geoff Fisher; he's a talented and thoughtful angler. Robert commented 'Ken, I'm sure recent catches will help your report greatly. Lower Crathes regular Mr Geoff Fisher had a fantastic day last Monday, landing 4 cracking salmon, 14lbs,16lbs,18lbs and 20lbs, he also lost a fish in the evening which he got a good look at, over 20lbs. Geoff's guest Mr Laing landed a beautiful 14lbs salmon. During the week Geoff landed another 3 fish, two at 12lbs and a 14lbs fish. Mr Milani also a Lower Crathes regular added 2 salmon, one a fantastic 18lbs sea licer.'This super beat has produced many outstanding fish this season.
I was also delighted to receive an e-mail from Nick Evans this morning providing a detailed report from his recent productive trip to Park. Nick is a regular Dee visitor who is a very diligent angler and has a great sense of humour. Nick advised 'Hi Ken, Just back from the Dee after 6 days on Park – 3 on South, 3 on North. As ever I was looked after really well by ghillies Keith and Bert, and enjoyed a great week of fishing in difficult conditions - low, clear water and only a few fish running. My week started with very low, cool water ( 3 inches on Park gauge) on Monday. I had a rawner in the morning and lost a fresh fish in the evening. Monday night it snowed, we had about 6" and was very cold. This sudden drop in temperature seemed to kill the fishing on Tuesday. On Wednesday there was a slight lift in water, and it felt a bit warmer. I had a pull, then lost a Springer just as I was about to beach it ! Then I lost a much bigger fish in play, all before lunch. I was cursing after 3 losses on the trot! Then in the afternoon I got a long tailed sea liced fish of 14lb. Thursday the river was 6inches, and I got a 16lb licer before lunch and a strong take from another fish, then a 7lb licer after lunch. On Friday another 16lb licer, then a 8lb licer after lunch. Then snowmelt got the river up 4ft on Saturday, and I had 1 pull only, in very peaty water. My mistake was to continue fishing for runners - I should have gone deeper for resting fish, as Jim Coates managed to winkle out a couple fishing this way. All my fish and takes were on an 8wt rod, floating line and 10ft clear intermediate poly with a size 12 (yes 12 ) Yellow cascade. So, my best spring trip ever, with a bit more luck, I should have had 8 fish, rather than the 5 I landed. My fish had probably all come in on the night tides and were some of the strongest fighters I remember, particularly on such a light outfit. I chose to use that 8wt as the water was low and clear and I wanted a gentle presentation, and it seemed to work for me. As always please let me know how you get on by dropping me an e-mail to ken@riverdee.org with any anecdotes and pictures about your experiences on the river. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd.
Beat Catches Reported
Week ending 12:02 on Mon 9th Apr 2012
SALMON & GRILSE: Tilbouries 1, Upper Drum and Lower Durris 7, Park 19, Lower Crathes and W Durris 10, Knappach 2, Crathes 3, Invery 3, Little Blackhall and Inchmarlo 4, Middle Blackhall 1, Cairnton 3, Commonty 3, Ballogie 3, Borrowston 6, Kincardine 12, Carlogie 3, Dess 3, Birse 3, Aboyne Water 9, Craigendinnie 1, Waterside and Ferrar 3, Dinnet 2, Headinch and Cambus O'May 4, Monaltrie and Lower Invercauld 9, Morven 1, Crathie 6, Total 121
SEA TROUT: Altries and Lower Drum 1, Park 4, Crathes 2, Invery 2, Little Blackhall and Inchmarlo 1, Kincardine 1, Monaltrie and Lower Invercauld 1, Total 12
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10 Abril 2012 
Estas nuevas cañas estarán disponibles a partir del mes de Abril. Nosotros estuvimos probando estas cañas el verano pasado, y nos sorprendieron realmente por su acción y potencia. En versiones de una y dos manos, formarán parte de nuestro equipaje esta próxima temporada en nuestras salidas a Noruega, Rusia, Islandia y Escocia... full testing !
Podéis encontrar mas información de estas cañas en el siguiente enlace de Loop http://looptackle.se/website1/1.0.1.0/896/1/index.php ...
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04 Abril 2012  2 cañas del 1 al 7 de Junio, 1 caña del 7 al 13 de Junio, y 4 cañas del 13 al 16 de Junio info@lax-a.es Más... |
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03 Abril 2012  1 caña del 15 al 22 de Julio, y 4 cañas del 12 al 19 de Agosto. Pesca de salmón en un tramo privado, con un lodge renovado, servicio todo incluido, transportes y guía . El Lakselva es uno de los ríos dondecapturar el salmón de tu vida. info@lax-a.es
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03 Abril 2012  Otra semana complicada en el Dee. La falta de agua y la elevada temperatura de la misma dificultan la picada de los salmones, y tan sólo se echaron a tierra 66 ejemplares. 9 salmones en Lower Crathes, con un magnífico ejemplar de 24 lbs de peso, lo convierten una vez más en el mejor tramo de todo el Dee.
Report
Another week of drought conditions on Deeside saw anglers resorting to high summer conditions by fishing in the early mornings and evenings with the clocks now having gone forward. Anglers were seeing numbers of kelts in middle and lower beats and some newer salmon. The thing about salmon as all anglers know is that just because they are there doesn't mean you will catch them, as they do not by and large feed in fresh water; there is no need for them to take the anglers flies in earnest. People speculate to this day as to why salmon take a fly and many theories abound. It's perhaps for the best that anglers don't know all the answers or they perhaps wouldn't bother going fishing.
As it was, FishDee beats reported 58 salmon for the week and 4 sea trout, with salmon ranging from 2 lbs to 24 lbs. The 2lb salmon was caught on a dry fly, a size 14 Greenwell's Glory at Lower Blackhall by angler Andy Smith. Colin Simpson the beat Ghillie had initially thought it was a sea trout Kelt but on inspection he saw it was a small fresh salmon, which was landed at Sandy Haven. House of Hardy product development manager Howard Croston also had a nice 6lb fish from the Bridge Pool.
I phoned around a number of our Ghillies this morning to get their thoughts which are extremely helpful. I spoke to Archie Hay, Crathie Ghillie who was delighted to report the first two fish for the season for the beat. Archie had a 10lbs salmon from McLarens on Thursday and Mr Martin had a 9lb Salmon on Saturday. There were 2 salmon lost on Tuesday. Archie's fish was caught on a Crathie tube fly. There are fish in the pools of the beat and the beat is virtually fully booked now for the entire season. Brian Sim at Crathes Castle reported 4 salmon for the week between 5 and 8lbs which were caught on small Frances flies in hard fishing conditions. Mr Phil Taylor had 3 and Mr Nigel Wooley had 1, with the fish reported to being pretty fresh. A regular visitor from Norway, Mr Roald Meyer dropped me an e-mail advising 'Hi Ken. I attach some pictures from our recent fishing trip to Lower Crathes. The fish weighed 24 pounds and was 40 Inches long, and took a Red Frances (size 10) In the Bridge Pool. My first trip to the River Dee was with Global in 2006. I have since then been fishing Lower Crathes every year during week 13. We already look forward to next year. All the best from Norway, Roald.'
Lars Terkildsen sent an e-mail from Sweden advising, ‘Just a short note about from Allan Bloch's week on Waterside & Ferrar and Birse with agroup of customers. Allan, who hosted the week, is my associate in the shop for information. A strange March week at the Dee, this extreme low water level is something we have never seen during our years at the Dee, and wish we will never see again. Despite the low level, Birse produced a fantastic number of springers, a lot of thanks goes to Doug Murray for his fantastic spirit and great help - as always, Lummels was the top-top pool of the week with 7 springers, out of the 10 we got at Birse. Mr Rafael Kaminsky did not get as many as he usual does, but a cracking 20 pounder out of Lummels ( pict. attached )was caught on our proto type of the G.Loomis NRX 12 FT 6 Inches # 9-10. Waterside & Ferrar was hard to crack but in the end, with great help from Davie Goodfellow, we got one of these small springers (68 cm), Dee has had this year, and one early sea trout. To inspire others; we used the treble density shooting heads from Guideline in the density Floating / Intermediate / Sink2 with fluorocarbon leader, and best fly in our week was Black and Orange Monkey with a 5 cm wing. The conclusion; Fishing deep was the answer, and for once the Orange Monkey out fished the usual Yellow Monkey. Another fly that worked was the Silver Blue Monkey in same size.'
So the month of March has come and gone, and will perhaps be remembered by some as being memorable for a variety of reasons. In terms of rod catches, the FishDee catch returns were well below the 5 year average, although some beats like Ballogie estates did in fact beat their five year averages for the month. Anglers were up against it fishing during such unseasonable drought conditions and unbelievably high temperatures. Now it is a matter on record, Aboyne now holds the record of being the warmest place in Scotland in March at 23.6 degrees Celsius. We are now into April and the weather forecasters are reporting significant change and much more precipitation is forecast during the next few weeks. This will mean lots of new salmon coming into the river and running upriver to populate the River Dee pools. When the river does rise significantly we all are hoping for vastly improved catches. As always please let me know how you get on by dropping me an e-mail to ken@riverdee.org with any anecdotes and pictures about your experiences on the river. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd.
Beat Catches Reported
SALMON & GRILSE: Park 5, Lower Crathes and W Durris 7, Crathes 4, Invery 4, Lower Blackhall 2, Cairnton 1, Woodend 1, Ballogie 4, Borrowston 2, Kincardine 5, Carlogie 4, Dess 2, Birse 10, Aboyne Water 1, Aboyne Castle 1, Craigendinnie 2, Headinch and Cambus O'May 1, Crathie 2, Total 58
Prospects
The River Dee is currently sitting at very low levels, which are more akin to high summer than the month of April. That situation is about to change though, as the blocking area of high pressure which has been entrenched over the British Isles for weeks is moving away, and a series of weather fronts are due to sweep across the country bringing a real change to the weather. Last Monday saw the mercury siting at 72 degrees Fahrenheit, and this morning it was sitting at 32 degrees Fahrenheit and snow is falling on the hills. This is welcome news for anglers and Ghillies alike who must be exhausted after all the rain dancing that will have been going on around the valley for weeks. The Met Office is suggesting there will be snow for much of the afternoon and evening with wintry showers following along on Tuesday. There should be more rain showers during the week and perhaps the promise of heavier rain on Friday in time for the high tides. The long range forecast is for much more precipitation and normal spring temperatures. The fortunes of anglers should change for the better over the next few weeks.
As weather conditions are due to change then anglers should heed the advice offered by their Ghillies. Whilst you may start the week fishing with very small flies, you may be fishing with much bigger flies by the end of the week. The River Dee Ghillies are respected worldwide for their expertise and knowledge and it is worth while asking for their views when you get time with them on a one to one basis. If you don't have a Ghillie to call on for advice then perhaps you will start the week with small flies, perhaps size 10-12 dressed doubles. Patterns to try as always are the Park Shrimp, Crathie Fly, Frances Fly, and Calvin's Shrimp, Monkey, Tosh and Ally's shrimp.
If you find you have the wrong flies with you for your fishing trip then pay a visit to some of our super retailers; George Strachan's store in Aboyne or the Kincardine O'Neil Post office have a great selection of Dee flies tied by the enterprising Ballogie estates Ghillie Sean Stanton, at very attractive prices. These venues also provide great sandwiches for visiting angler's luncheon etc and of course the highly popular Dalmore Dee Dram. The Orvis store in Banchory also has a great selection of flies to choose from and equipment to hire. Please ensure visiting anglers sign the Gyrodactylus salaris declaration forms. These are vitally important to the river, ensuring all visitors are vigilant in ensuring we take necessary precautions and don't see this devastating parasite wiping out our stocks of salmon. If you are not offered one to sign then I would urge you to please ask for one to be provided to you prior to commencing fishing.
As always please let me know how you get on by dropping me an e-mail to ken@riverdee.org with any anecdotes and pictures about your experiences on the river. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd.
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29 Marzo 2012  El 1 de abril comienza la temporada de trucha, reo y salvelino en Islandia. La temporada de salmón no comienza hasta el mes de Junio, pero los amantes de la pesca e la trucha ya están preparando sus equipos. Entre nuestros destinos trucheros, el domingo se abre la veda en el Galtalaekur y en el Litlá, dos destinos tan diferentes como productivos en estas primeras semanas de la temporada. Más... |
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27 Marzo 2012  Otra difícil semana para los pescadores del Dee, que a pesar del nivel de agua extremadamente bajos consiguieron capturar con mucho esfuerzo 57 salmones, 4 de ellos en el tramo de Lower Crathes. Líneas flotantes, moscas del 14-16, pesca a última hora del día ... pesca de verano en una primavera inusual.
Last Updated: 11:26 on Mon 26th Mar 2012
A continuation of drought conditions on Deeside coupled with unseasonable and remarkable daytime temperatures has made fishing extremely difficult for anglers and Ghillies. With the mercury rising to over 22 degrees yesterday on Deeside, I looked at the river from my balcony and haven't seen the water as low for the time of year. Anglers fished extremely well last week to produce 57 salmon and a sea trout from FishDee beats, trying every trick in the book to get a fish. Well done to the anglers and Ghillies for producing these catch returns given the conditions. Invery reported 8 for their week, Ballogie 6 and Birse 5 with other beats from Park to Dinnet reporting the odd few.
I phoned around a number of our Ghillies this morning to get their thoughts which are extremely helpful. Alex Coutts, the experienced Ghillie at Aboyne Castle beat cannot remember a March like this and whilst seeing fresh fish in the beat pools, he was only able to report kelts being caught and released. I spoke to Brain Brogan, Ghillie at Cairnton, which did produce 4 salmon for the week. Brian advised that they had 4 fish for the week with a sea liced 8lb salmon from the Grey Mare on a size 14 executioner on Saturday. Another angler during the week had fished through another pool a couple of times and then decided to fish a large Sunray Shadow through it. He was really pleased to hook and land a 12lb salmon after seeing fish move. They had another couple of fish around 7 and 8 lbs during the week. Fish were being hooked during very bright conditions proving perseverance can pay off. Robert Harper advised that they have the odd new fish coming forward and kelts dropping back downstream. Anglers are fishing with all sizes of flies and working away but it is tough, and will remain so until we get a rise of river to bring new fish forward in decent numbers. Some fish will perhaps have dropped back downstream due to the low water conditions waiting to run upstream again. I have heard of an angler catching a fish down in Aberdeen, where fish are starting to hold up. Sean Stanton, Ballogie Estates Head Ghillie, has an excellent blog which is updated regularly. You can view this at this link and see local reports and images of fish being landed from their beats. Sean comments there ‘Conditions have now become very hard! Bright sunshine combined with very low water has meant that fishing the pools is becoming hard work, with all the fish now lying in the streamy necks and tails of the pools, we have very limited areas to fish.
The ever enthusiastic Philippe Koehler, a regular visitor from France dropped me an e-mail commending the service from the River Dee Ghillies advising ‘Hi Ken, 4 Frenchy's back from the Royal Dee. No fresh fish for us this week, but very good moment on the river and with the Ghillies. Special thanks for Willie (Tilbouries) for Kevin (Altries) and Charlie (Park South). We fished very hard and they were very kind with us and supporting. We try everything but only kelts were taking our fly. Kind regards, Philippe'. As always please let me know how you get on by dropping me an e-mail to ken@riverdee.org with any anecdotes and pictures about your experiences on the river. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd.
Beat Catches Reported
Week ending 11:26 on Mon 26th Mar 2012
SALMON & GRILSE: Park 1, Lower Crathes and W Durris 4, Knappach 1, Crathes 4, Invery 8, Lower Blackhall 1, Little Blackhall and Inchmarlo 1, Middle Blackhall 2, Cairnton 4, Commonty 1, Sluie 1, Ballogie 6, Borrowston 1, Kincardine 5, Carlogie 2, Dess 3, Birse 5, Aboyne Water 1, Craigendinnie 1, Waterside and Ferrar 1, Dinnet 3, Deecastle 2, Total 58
SEA TROUT: Altries and Lower Drum 1, Total 1
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26 Marzo 2012  Sólo una caña disponible para el mes de septiembre ! Pesca del gran taimén con grandes y llamativas moscas secas en un paraje increíble.
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19 Marzo 2012  Acabamos de recibir una cancelación de dos cañas han quedado disponibles del 7 al 12 de Mayo en nuestro tramo de Lower Crathes en el Dee, la mejor parte de la temporada. Solicitada más información enviando un mail a info@lax-a.es
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19 Marzo 2012 Semana difícil en el Dee, con tan sólo 41 salmones capturados. El nivel de agua está muy bajo, por debajo de los niveles estivales, complicando la entrada de salmones frescos. Los salmones en los pozos tan sólo parecen entrar en actividad a última hora de la noche. 4 salmones en nuestro tramo de Lower Crathes.
Sino cambia el tiempo y aparecen las lluvias, esperan duran jornadas para los próximos pescadores.
Recent Catches
A very trying week for anglers and Ghillies alike with very poor river conditions limiting catches from FishDee beats to 39 salmon for the week, which by normal spring standards would be classed as very poor. This spring is unlike recent springs though, where there had been good river levels to allow new fish to come forwards in reasonable numbers. There is no snow reservoir on the hilltops and corries to speak off, and a prolonged dry and relatively warm period has seen river levels shrink to high summer lows, with water temperatures well above the norm for the time of year at 7.5 degrees Celsius. Fishing conditions are very poor at the moment and may remain so until we get a good lift in river levels to bring new fish forward in decent numbers.
I met a group of talented visiting Dee anglers from all around Europe, who are regular visitors with party leader Lars Terkildsen from Sweden. The group had the Ballogie beats for the week and I stopped by for a chat prior to dinner on Saturday night at Ballogie House to discuss their weeks sport. They had fished extremely hard until night fall every night during their stay and reported most of the action was in the last hour of daylight. They reported 19 fish for their week and they were caught on a variety of flies from long winged monkey flies to small dressed doubles. Mawill Lüdenbach had the misfortune of playing a huge fish on Saturday for nearly half an hour only to lose it when his hooks straightened. He had the fish close in and estimated that it was perhaps 1.1 metre long and suggested comfortably over 30lbs; he did have the satisfaction of catching a lovely 18lb salmon earlier in the week. Ghillie Sean Stanton commented in his Ballogie Beats blog ‘At the end of this week the Ballogie beats had caught over half the fish caught on the whole of the river Dee! We finished up with 19 salmon for the week which was fantastic considering the conditions we had. I hope to see some rain soon or the fishing will become almost impossible due to the height of the pools, I can only hope that over the weekend more fish have moved quickly through the lower river and will rest at the Ballogie beats, this was happening last week as we caught numerous fish with sea lice and 1 with long tailed lice!!’
Dinnet Ghillie Euan Reid dropped me an e-mail commenting ‘The low water and often bright sun meant we had difficult conditions, but we managed a fish on Monday morning and a couple on Thursday. We are seeing fish in almost all of our pools now, some of them very fresh, but they are a bit unwilling to take a fly. Maybe a change in the weather this week things will fix themselves. The fish we had on Monday morning was caught by John Little in Cobbles and only when I netted did I realise it was a fresh one- I thought it was a kelt primarily down to the fact it was lucky if it was 4lb! I collected scales and dropped them into the river office and the details of which you can get from Adrian. (This was confirmed as a 2 sea winter Springer that came in early) John Little caught a 6lb fish from Trochie later in the week and John Carmichael had an 8lb Springer from the Haugh on the Deecastle side’. Ghillie Mads Pederson from Culter called this morning to advise that Clive Williamson, a regular Dee fisherman landed a 7.5 lbs Springer on Saturday on a size 14 Ally’s shrimp fished off a long leader. I spoke with Robert Harper the head Ghillie at Lower Crathes this morning who advised that he had some fish to go onto the website following a problem with the FishPal server on Saturday. His experienced team of anglers fished hard for only a few salmon and an early sea trout.
Received this e-mail from angler Charles Jeffrey 'Just returned from a further three days at Crathes, where the levels fell from 3" to 2" over that period. The river was stuffed with fish, the majority of which were kelts. My colleague, John Laurie scored again on Monday with a 6lb fish out of the Auld Kiln, but that was the final score come Wednesday night. We will not be deterred tho' and will be back mid May for more punishment. Best to you all on the Dee'
I have been advised the general manager Phillip Fleming of one of Deeside’s popular angling hotels the Tor Na Coille in Banchory is taking part in a charity dance event strictly come prancing. The event is to raise funds for the Banchory forget me not club established to help people with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. The event takes place on Sat 24th march. If you wish to support Phillip and this good cause text 82055 Strictly C. All texts cost £1 and will help go towards a respite centre they are planning.
As always please let me know how you get on by dropping me an e-mail to ken@riverdee.org with any anecdotes and pictures about your experiences on the river. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd.
Prospects
It will be very difficult week for visiting anglers arriving to fish the Dee, with river levels desperately low for the time of the year allowing very few new fish to come forward. Water temperatures have dropped back overnight and the river temps are around 5 degrees Celsius as I write but I expect them to rise quite a bit during the week. We need a good lift in river levels following a prolonged dry spell to encourage new fish to come forward and I see nothing in the weather forecast to indicate this will happen this week. Weather forecasters are predicting a continuation of the current high pressure dominance which is pushing weather systems, and much needed rainfall to the North West of the British Isles. Air temperature maxima may reach 17 degrees Celsius this week with a chance of overnight frost. Later in the week we may see coastal Haar, which may come up the valley and chill the air quite a bit if it appears. The early part of the week may see the edges of a weather system brush the Grampian Mountains providing some blustery conditions on Tuesday or Wednesday. There is no precipitation of note forecast for the week which will ensure river levels continue to stay unseasonably low. The maritime influence sees tides building in Aberdeen from 3.8 metres to 4.2 metres. Whether this new water brings new fish forward in any meaningful numbers is doubtful. There may be the odd one which will come forward, with fish now reported to be building up in the Lower River at Aberdeen. This may provide some early season sport for Aberdeen Angling Association anglers.
Anglers will be tackling the river more in hope than expectation and Ghillies will be doing their best to provide useful advice to anglers. Sean Stanton at Ballogie is encouraging his anglers to fish the faster streamy water and the known taking lies. Fish that have been lying in pools and occasionally leaping about will have seen many different patterns of flies passing overhead and anglers will need the patience of a saint to get their rewards this week. As has been commented the best times to catch fish off guard will be the last hour of daylight and fishing into the dark. If you don’t have a Ghillie to advise you on what flies to fish then you will probably be wise to start with a float / sink tip combination with a small lightly dressed fly or perhaps a small monkey on a ½ inch tungsten tube in faster flows. I think perseverance is the key to trying to get a fish to respond, but it won’t be easy.
If you find you have the wrong flies with you for your fishing trip then pay a visit to some of our super retailers; George Strachan's store in Aboyne or the Kincardine O'Neil Post office have a great selection of Dee flies tied by the enterprising Ballogie estates Ghillie Sean Stanton, at very attractive prices. These venues also provide great sandwiches for visiting angler's luncheon etc and of course the highly popular Dalmore Dee Dram. The Orvis store in Banchory also has a great selection of flies to choose from and equipment to hire. Please ensure visiting anglers sign the Gyrodactylus salaris declaration forms. These are vitally important to the Dee District Salmon Fisheries Board, ensuring all visitors are vigilant in ensuring we take necessary precautions and don't see this devastating parasite wiping out our stocks of salmon. If you are not offered one to sign then I would urge you to please ask for one to be provided to you prior to commencing fishing.
As always please let me know how you get on by dropping me an e-mail to ken@riverdee.org with any anecdotes and pictures about your experiences on the river. Ken Reid © FishDee Ltd.
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18 Marzo 2012  Enrique García capturó en el río Narcea el primer salmón de la temporada, el "campanu", que pesó 6,8 kilos. El "campanu" no se hizo esperar este año y salió pasadas las 10:00 horas, según informaron pescadores de la zona. A estas horas se tiene conocimiento al menos de la captura de otro ejemplar en el río Narcea. Esperemos que sea el comienzo de una productiva temporada, que ya comenzó cargada de polémica por la nueva legislación Más... |
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