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Post by robmason on Jun 23, 2007 8:39:11 GMT
Bad news, Flybe have found the rod ;D
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Post by nosalmon on Jun 24, 2007 18:40:43 GMT
Hi kercock I fished on wednesday for the first ever in scotland with my dad gary. My dad got one and i lost one i had a great day and i would just like to thank deniss he is a real gentleman. thank you. .gary junior.
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Post by JJ on Jun 27, 2007 12:06:09 GMT
I cant wait to fish at kercock this friday (29th), I've heard such a lot about it on here and Dennis has been so helpful so I just need the fish to be equally obliging..
I am off to the Game Fair at Scone on the saturday so it'll be a great weekend for sure..
I'll bring my trout rod as well, its amazing how many nice fish I've hooked on the Spey, Tweed, Tay when the salmon arent around..
So will it be a klinkhammer or collie dog, toby or cascade who knows, I'll just bring it all..
Cant wait...
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Post by akflyrod on Jun 27, 2007 18:03:08 GMT
jj u will have a great time, by far the best guides on the river and very helpfull,
have a blast, and oh yeah catch fish
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Post by kercock on Jun 27, 2007 21:05:49 GMT
Hi Gary,I will see you early August, I certainly look forward to it.
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Post by JJ on Jul 2, 2007 11:32:38 GMT
Just a quick report from last friday on my day at Kercock..
As I dont have syndicate membership or a weekly let, I fish a lot of d/t waters and I have not had a better experience all round than I had at Kercock.
The fishing hut was just like fishing huts should be, lots of tea/coffee/banter and was relaxed/chatty and supportive (this is crucial to duffers like me). Dennis and Gary were first class in their advice and generous with their time. This is like a model fishery in my book.
Regarding the fishing, well I am a great conservationist and I didnt trouble a fish all day despite covering some delicious lies and holding off from recasting too soon (as advised). Maybe the water was this or that, the fish running or not on, I dunno but the whole experience was one of fun, learning, good sportsmanship with plenty of room for exploration of different pools.
I will be returning for sure and I dont always say that..
Many thanks to Dennis and Gary - top geezers all round
- JJ
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Post by kercock on Jul 14, 2007 4:54:49 GMT
We had a small grilse yesterday,the first fish for a week ! Very hard going. When you see places on the Tay,like Islamouth having a struggle in July there is something not right somewhere.There are still sea trout around but they hold little interest for the salmon angler. Perhaps today will be the first day of plenty !
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Post by colliedog on Jul 14, 2007 11:09:01 GMT
Hi Kercock
What condition was the grilse? Was it in good nick?
CD
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Post by kercock on Jul 20, 2007 4:16:11 GMT
Sorry colliedog for not answering sooner,I did'nt see it,it went back. However we did have a grilse yesterday which was around three pounds and thin,vent intact and very fresh. The river is about three feet too high at present,certainly for us.few fish to be seen. The thing is though, today is a different day.  |
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Post by kercock on Aug 12, 2007 16:28:07 GMT
This past week the Orange flying C was the one to have spinning and the Cascade was the fly.Several of those wee totty fish with red vents to be seen also on the Tay beats, which as you can expect give some people visions of doom and gloom.
The river heights this season have been absolute crap fish bombing through and a lot of the snags which came down river in Decembers floods are still in place,we have really not had low levels to get the buggers out.
On the bright side there is always next week to look forward to !
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Post by iainjay on Aug 12, 2007 23:00:34 GMT
Will be up friday & saturday Dennis. Looking forward to seeing yourself and Gary again. seems ages. still searching for that first fish but still so optomistic.
cheers
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Post by scotty on Sept 16, 2007 13:54:34 GMT
just read the catches for yesterday kercock had a 28lber  ;D scotty. |
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Post by iainjay on Sept 16, 2007 21:19:45 GMT
What a fish, please Dennis, tell me it was on the fly!
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Post by iainjay on Sept 18, 2007 18:17:12 GMT
Great start to the week Dennis & Gary, 12 yesterday and 11 today. Wish I was there.Well done.
Cheers
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Post by kercock on Sept 20, 2007 22:19:02 GMT
Ahelp ma boab, forty fish already this week and its only Thursday. Despite an overnight lift in the water level and the river steadily rising during the day we still had seven. Now beginning to get a number of coloured fish,possibly coming on up with the fresh ones.However I never loose sight of the fact that Kercock is two beats Upper and Lower Kercock. A lot of fish returned too. one beat had 17 one day this week and killed the lot,the day before they had 6 , they had the same fate. No problem having the Fisheries Board Chairman as a boss there then ! Replies on a postcard please !!!
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Post by Willie The Gillie on Sept 21, 2007 18:01:19 GMT
A truly great example of leadership Dennis. I've no doubt he'll have the bottle to give his usual annual pitch on the Tay's poor release rate at this years forthcoming AGM !
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Post by kercock on Oct 14, 2007 21:24:26 GMT
Yes, it is true we did catch fifteen yesterday. One group of three guys had nine in total(I think it was three each) One bloke had two and four others had one each. The biggest fish was a sea-liced beat of twelve pounds caught by a the only woman fishing for the week,on a fly fished floating devon style.. One fish landed on Friday and fifteen Saturday ! No understanding salmon is there?. One fish which was lost on friday is worthy of a mention. Lost at the net, because it was too big to go in it ! ..It wasn;t a small net either. They tried several times to get it netted then had a one off superb idea....................Lift it's head up and slide the net up from the tail.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, NO prizes for what happened next !! Looking after six people ,well you cannot be everywhere. Guestimated at thirty plus but we will never know,ah well.
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Post by donnieW on Oct 14, 2007 21:32:23 GMT
Not a bad day then!! ;D Any idea what happened on Murthly2? All the fish I saw on Newtyle were coloured - did the beats below us catch all the fresh ones?  |
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Post by kercock on Oct 16, 2007 15:39:46 GMT
I reckon Murthly 2, Tony ,had not put his returns in for some time and lumped all his catches in on a" wonner",including the 32lb fish,difficult perhaps not to report a 32 lb fish !
We had one sea liced fish on Saturday several silver fish not sea liced . Of the fifteen caught five were kept the rest returned. Monday, as you would guess all was back to normal with two being landed.
What has been noticable over the last few weeks is the number of big fish around the upper beat, hooked but not landed, it would have been interesting to have weighed the biggest one caught which I reported as being 28lb, that weight was the lowest estimate by those who saw it,still it's maybe better not to know !
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