Tay

[madkeen]

Good luck to all you hardy souls who are venturing out tomorrow the level at Ballathie is 12ft and falling.
Alan

[rennie]

Ah,my favorite height Madkeen just right for a size 8 and sink tip,glad I will be at work.

[elwyman]

Heard this report mentioned on the radio at lunchtime:

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6261029.stm

[madkeen]

Another fish reported on fishtay u.scone think the river is starting to fall .Good luck to all forum members out tomorrow.
Alan

[hardygem]

I,m off on my first outing of the year tommorow at farleyer upper Tay.Tightlines to everyone else who is out tommorow and best wishes for the season ahead

[Fruin]

How did you get on at Farleyer Upper?
A party of us had a "blow the cobwebs away" day at Waukmill today. We fished the Goldcastle (lower) part of the beat and the conditions were hardly for us. With a lot of snow melt from the previous day, the river started of high and dirty; that kind of milky tea colour The wind was very gusty and the river continued rising for a time, but started to clear too late, about 4pm. Not a thing caught, but nice to get out on the river again.
It was nice to meet with fellow fishers and familiar faces, and I also had the pleasure of meeting our very own forum regular Altmor; good to meet you and chat about the addictive qualities of this forum ;D
Let us all pray for some hard frosts to drop the river in good time.

[edenman]

i see there has been 25 pounder caught today its on fish tay website

[elwyman]

What a fabulous start to somebody's season.

Bet it was caught on a spinner.

I see it was caught on the Tummel just below the dam - report from sea trout forum says:

"We have him.......a January springer.....new club member Donnie Whiteford opened his account on the Tummel, today, with a belter of a fish. 25.5lbs and sparkling fresh it was his biggest salmon so far and he managed to return it in good order. Fishing down Portnacraig he told me that he had seen a fish moving, covered it and....bang. I have a sneaking suspicion that some of the older members might be dusting down their rods for an early season foray. Innes"

[jimthefish]

elwyman said:

Bet it was caught on a spinner.

Correct. A red flying C to be exact. What a pity !

[altmor]

fruin said:

A party of us had a "blow the cobwebs away" day at Waukmill today.
It was nice to meet with fellow fishers and familiar faces, and I also had the pleasure of meeting our very own forum regular Altmor; good to meet you and chat about the addictive qualities of this forum ;D
Let us all pray for some hard frosts to drop the river in good time.

Likewise Fruin, good to be out, but by gaud it wasn't half cold on that boat in the afternoon - I've just thawed out - hence the delay in turning on the computer - the fingers are just about there. ;D
Hope to catch up with you again, and other forum members too throughout this season. May the rivers be stuffed and your rods be bent.

[elwyman]

There's still 8 rods available at Newtyle on the Saturday, could be the first forum meet!

[macsalmo]

elwyman said:

There's still 8 rods available at Newtyle on the Saturday, could be the first forum meet!

Yes John, it would be good if a few members could join us for the trip out .

Gary

Ps; I see Newtyle caught 3 yesterday ;D

[hornet]

Fishing Newtyle on the 3rd which will be my first on the Tay. Really looking forward to it.

Hornet

[tyneandrew]

Lots of good water to go at so i'm sure you will enjoy Newtyle. Half tempted by the March day - bound to be good banter.

[JJ]

I've booked my first day on the Tay today - Dunkeld House on the 24th for £70 (eeek!).

Will I need the cutlery or can I swing through a fly - any advice much appreciated.

Tight Lines one and all - JJ

[tayspringer]

Take both. You can then decide upon the water you are fishing. If the water is high you can spin if a good height you could fish a fly through the pools. Both angles covered!!!!!

Tightlines

[notipping]

had the pleasure of fishing this beat the other day,,,, and what a wonderful days fishing it was ,, caught nothing but the gillies on this beat couldnt do enough for me,, ERNIE & BOB CAMBELL,,,WHAT TRUE GENTS THEY ARE,, WOULD RECOMEND FISHING HERE TO ANYONE,,,,,

[iainjay]

Worthy of a good tip then??

[notipping]

yes m8 ,, these are 2 gentlemen that earn there tips ,, and there wages ,,, pity some other gillies didnt take a leaf out of there book m8,,,,,,,,oh and another gentleman i should mention ,, in my view the best gillie theres been is MR GEORGE STEWART

[iainjay]

Do not call me m8..Pr@t