It is going to be a wet week, with some precipitation everyday. It will be the end of the week till the amount of rainfall is significant. The tides have peaked and there will be no new water this week.

Catches.

Gordon Castle finished the week with almost forty landed. Ian Tennant tells me it was a mixture of fresh fish and old stagers.

Orton finished just short of double figures.

Delfur had a twenty fish week. Thanks to Mark and Grant for the photographs it is nice to see the younger generation enjoying themselves on the river.

Rothes, Mike tells me he pools are stuffed with fish and it just needs a wee spate to turn them on. They finished with ten for the week.

Although a quiet week at Wester Elchies Bob Kuperman showed all the so-called experts how it ought to be done with his first fish from the Brock. Bob has only had 3 days salmon fishing before this.

There were just three from Grantown the best a 16 lb fish from Tarric Mor, as someone said, there were more fish seen than anglers.

John Gray had this 5lb sea trout last night.

Kinchurdy continued to fish well for seatrout and I hear that they are still catching some “specimen” fish this week some at 9lb, 5lb. Last week I received a couple of pictures after the report went in so I have saved them for this week.

The second brood of swallows continue to grow, I hope this wet week does not hold them back too much.

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Last week’s forecast was pretty accurate and the rainfall on Tuesday into Wednesday was enough to push the river up. As usual this season there was a lot of peaty water, which put the salmon off the take. Next week’s forecast follows the usual trend but this coming week the heaviest rain will be on Thursday and Friday morning and again if accurate the river will rise. The tides have peaked and there will no new water this coming week. The noticeable feature of this weekend’s weather was the strength of the winds, not unusually high for winter but strong enough when the trees are in leaf. There was a tree down on the Craigellachie to Dufftown road in Craigellachie and getting to the beats might be a little awkward till the gillies get the chain saws going.

Catches. The bottom beats on the river continue to fish well. Gordon Castle finished just short of eighty, considering Wednesday and Thursday were a bit of a washout, pretty good going. Saturday was the best day of the week which augurs well for this coming week.

Delfur had a good family week with lots of first “fish landed” Thanks to Mark, Rory and Grant for the photographs. They finished the week into the twenties, and again Saturday was the best day.

Rothes were about the same, Mike tells me the majority landed were salmon with just a handful of grilse. He said the total would have been better except for the loss of a day and a half to coloured peaty water.

Easter Elchies reported thirty this week.

Craigellachie finished into double figures and it is now the best years catch since 2011. Hopefully the catches will continue so they can pass the 2008 total.

Wester Elchies had a few fish and I was pleased to get a few pictures. Mike Addison and Huw Jones from Wales had a nice three days. Huw Jones had his first Spey fish, not a bad couple to open your Spey account.

Neal Strachan also had a great day at Wester Elchies, on Wednesday he was disappointed to lose his first ever salmon but minutes later he hooked and successfully landed, and returned this fish.

Carron had a quieter week than of late but still passed last years total with almost two months to go. Laggan had a better week with at least four landed on Thursday.

Grantown had a better week with almost ten fish reported. The high water encourage fish to take on some of the upper beats.

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The river rose as predicted but was not as coloured as I feared. The rise was fairly short lived but it seemed to move the fish about and bring some more on the take. The forecast for the coming week is wet, tonight there is supposed to be over an inch of rain and the rain continues most of the week all be it less severe. My forecast suggests the winds will be light though other suggest we will get the tail of Hurricane Bertha (sounds like a Beatrix Potter Book) The BBC forecast suggests a yellow warning for rain fall but again winds to be relatively light. The tides continue to build till Wednesday but no new water after that. I will continue to check the tree branches first thing in the morning, if they are blowing about, it’s windy anything else is mere speculation.

Whilst fishing at Wester Elchies I landed this coloured grilse showing signs of the Anasakis Nemotode or red vent syndrome. I was reminded that I had not issued a warning about it this year but on more thought I hoped most anglers were returning all their fish in this year of shortage. But just in case there are some desperate people out there, remember to either cook the fish or to freeze it, do not eat it raw as in sushi and if smoking to freeze it first.

Anasakis Nemotode

Catches, I think the river as a whole probably landed around 200 salmon and grilse making it the best river in Scotland. The Gordon Castle beats landed close to fifty fish, a mixture of salmon and grilse the largest was estimated at over 30lbs. Delfur continued to fish well with over forty caught and as usual I am grateful to Mark, Grant and Rory for taking the time and trouble to send me photographs. Most consistent angler was Rory Mountain who had fish every day.

Rory Mountain with the Cocker Pack.

Rory Mountain Collie Delfur

Nice seatrout.

Guess Who again! But he did catch a fish everyday

John Ward 1st salmon.Delfur

Jack Melville Delfur “His biggest so far.”

Archie Mountain Otter Delfur with Grant

Emma Mountain Hollenbush Delfur

Rothes had a reasonable week getting towards the mid twenties Penny Buchanan of Mr Dan Drew’s party was kind enough to send me some of her pictures. Again a mixture of old and new, and salmon and grilse.

George Buchanan Rothes

Penny Buchanan & Robbie Rothes

Winning team again

George Buchanan with Robbie, Rothes

I hear the beat above were also in the forties but as usual have no more information.

We managed six at Wester Elchies with a couple more lost.

Cuilean Wester Elchies

The beats opposite were about the same. Carron went one better landing seven.

Again as I predicted the high water at Grantown brought some salmon up river and a few were landed on Monday, hopefully this forecast rain will bring some more up this week. The seatrout fishing continues to be good with over 200 landed with at least two approaching double figures.

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The river rose as predicted but was not as coloured as I feared. The rise was fairly short lived but it seemed to move the fish about and bring some more on the take. The forecast for the coming week is wet, tonight there is supposed to be over an inch of rain and the rain continues most of the week all be it less severe. My forecast suggests the winds will be light though other suggest we will get the tail of Hurricane Bertha (sounds like a Beatrix Potter Book) The BBC forecast suggests a yellow warning for rain fall but again winds to be relatively light. The tides continue to build till Wednesday but no new water after that. I will continue to check the tree branches first thing in the morning, if they are blowing about, it’s windy anything else is mere speculation.

Whilst fishing at Wester Elchies I landed this coloured grilse showing signs of the Anasakis Nemotode or red vent syndrome. I was reminded that I had not issued a warning about it this year but on more thought I hoped most anglers were returning all their fish in this year of shortage. But just in case there are some desperate people out there, remember to either cook the fish or to freeze it, do not eat it raw as in sushi and if smoking to freeze it first.

Anasakis Nemotode

Catches, I think the river as a whole probably landed around 200 salmon and grilse making it the best river in Scotland. The Gordon Castle beats landed close to fifty fish, a mixture of salmon and grilse the largest was estimated at over 30lbs. Delfur continued to fish well with over forty caught and as usual I am grateful to Mark, Grant and Rory for taking the time and trouble to send me photographs. Most consistent angler was Rory Mountain who had fish every day.

Rory Mountain with the Cocker Pack.

Rory Mountain Collie Delfur

Nice seatrout.

Guess Who again! But he did catch a fish everyday

John Ward 1st salmon.Delfur

Jack Melville Delfur “His biggest so far.”

Archie Mountain Otter Delfur with Grant

Emma Mountain Hollenbush Delfur

Rothes had a reasonable week getting towards the mid twenties Penny Buchanan of Mr Dan Drew’s party was kind enough to send me some of her pictures. Again a mixture of old and new, and salmon and grilse.

George Buchanan Rothes

Penny Buchanan & Robbie Rothes

Winning team again

George Buchanan with Robbie, Rothes

I hear the beat above were also in the forties but as usual have no more information.

We managed six at Wester Elchies with a couple more lost.

Cuilean Wester Elchies

The beats opposite were about the same. Carron went one better landing seven.

Again as I predicted the high water at Grantown brought some salmon up river and a few were landed on Monday, hopefully this forecast rain will bring some more up this week. The seatrout fishing continues to be good with over 200 landed with at least two approaching double figures.

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