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Post by akflyrod on Jun 30, 2007 6:33:58 GMT
yesterdays high tide around 4pm brought a shoal of grilse up between the two bridges, the shoal was 30 to 40 metres long on the flat of the tide they were jumping and splashing around as the tide turned they started moving, unsure if they dropped back or moved up but with the water levels as they are they should push on up, we will know today. tight lines gary  |
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Post by donnieW on Jun 30, 2007 13:44:14 GMT
Good news and well spotted!!
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Post by akflyrod on Jun 30, 2007 22:09:03 GMT
the grilse are no were to be seen fished tonite seen nada, soaked and cold,
anyone know if scotland gets a summer.
gary
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Post by riverwalk on Jun 30, 2007 22:44:10 GMT
fished at dalguise today..around 4 pm ish saw a lot of grilse!!....heading and tailing!!!
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Post by donnieW on Jul 7, 2007 13:40:33 GMT
Just had a chat with the rods on Portnacraig and they have seen loads of grilse today. They had caught 2 by 1pm. One of the fish was about 3 and a half pounds but in good condition. If the water stays high I reckon there could be some good catches there next week.
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Post by tyneandrew on Jul 7, 2007 20:32:43 GMT
I fished at Newtyle yesterday and between 3pm and 6pm I saw didly squat! other than a pristine 3lb sea trout that I carefully returned. You may be interested to know Alan, that when we did particularly well at Newtyle we did not see a fish all day |
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Post by cockerspaniel on Jul 14, 2007 22:09:46 GMT
WOULD HATE TO POUR COLD WATER ON YOUR REPORT BUT I STAY ABOUT FIFTY YARDS FROM THE TAY AND THAT SAME SHOAL OF "GRILSE" YOU SAW HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN PAST MY FRONT DOOR FOR THE PAST MONTH IT IS IN FACT A SHOAL OF ROACH WHICH BREED AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. SORRY TO BE THE BEARER OF BAD TIDINGS BUT IT IS FACT. I WILL TRY TO POST A PIC OF THE OSPREY DROPPING INTO THE SHOAL ( OF WHICH I HAVE A FEW ) BUT I DONT HAVE THE RIGHT SOFTWARE. iNCIDENTALLY I AM NEW TO THIS FORUM BUT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING IT FOR A LONG TIME THANKS
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Post by jock on Jul 14, 2007 22:31:10 GMT
Welcome to the forum Cockerspaniel. I'm now glad I could not high tail it up to the tay when the "grilse" were first spotted. Those who have been fishing hard for the "Tay Grilse" in the past 14 days might well be asking questions like " Why did you not join the forum a fortnight ago"  Well at least they have been fishing with confidence for the last fortnight. ;D |
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Post by madkeen on Jul 29, 2007 7:13:26 GMT
Was anyone among the fish this week on the Tay are the grilse arriving?On fishtay yesterday catches have picked up slightly so next week could be good fingers crossed.
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Post by jimthefish on Aug 3, 2007 10:38:50 GMT
Was anyone among the fish this week on the Tay are the grilse arriving?On fishtay yesterday catches have picked up slightly so next week could be good fingers crossed. I got an invite to fish Almondmouth Beat on Wednesday 1st August this week. Manna from Heaven. Since the early seventies I have managed to fish at one time or another every Tay Beat from Dalmarnock above Dunkeld to the town water at Perth (the latter yielding double figure weeks in the seventies for the princely sum of £2 for a weekly ticket).......all except Almondmouth Beat. It was therefore with great anticipation that I tackled up on Wednesday morning even if Pete the ghillie's prognosis was not good....water had been too high for the beat all summer and still needed a foot off it. Not fishing well. Peter knows me well (we have regularly conversed over the fence from my Stormont AC days) and knew I wanted to fish the fly. "Jump in the boat and we'll look at The Throat to see if it is wadeable". The Throat is normally a narrow neck above where the Almond joins the Tay perfect for the fly wading well out from the right bank but at that height is a broad fast stream requiring careful wading. A slip there would see you away down a powerful central current with deep water on either side. The worst scenario especially when the boat would be half a mile downstream. Anyway Peter judged it wadeable with care. Sorry to disappoint but I did not fall in. Instead I had the finest introduction to a new beat as you could wish for. From the start of the stream to the bottom (which is quite a short stretch at that height) I had fish after fish and ended up with 6 before lunch (2 salmon and 4 grilse). All paint fresh and some carrying sealice. The interesting thing is that I only lost 1 of the 7 hooked which was especially good since I was not carrying a net (too dangerous in that current) and there was no real beach, only a small bay where you could get their head up and of course the grilse went mad as soon as they touched it. In this respect I think the Salar doubles can't be beaten for hooking and holding. The medicine was a no9 Flamethrower tied with a black bearwing fished off a 5' slowsink polytip on a Carron 85' floater. This was really against the ghillie's thought that a fast sinking tip or intermediate was required. Indeed the biggest fish just under 9 pounds took the fly as soon as it hit the water.... I saw the splash and could hardly believe it was at my fly till the line pulled away. Thus was a golden introduction to Almondmouth which could not have been bettered although it should be noted that I did not start fishing until 9.45am thanks to BA losing my host's bag and Pete reckons more would have been caught with an earlier start benefitting from the high tide about 6am. Needless to say that Throat was hammered by the boat in the afternoon but only yielded a seatrout to one of the rods spinning. Three of us went back after dinner but the golden moment was gone. I landed a seatrout and lost a grilse but apart from a couple of abortive pulls, that was it. I remember the day when the Tay used to fill with fish at the end of August and provided the finest of sport in its broad powerful streams. Hopefully we may see these days again. Madkeen...... Stormont AC had 2 grilse that morning off the Rome Croy side, Big Wattie getting one on a revi at the top of the stream plus one other. They had nothing in the evening. |
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Post by speers on Aug 3, 2007 12:42:43 GMT
Hi there i 'm pleased you had such success, i am interested to no what you think of the Dalmarnock beat as i fish it yearly and have since i was a kid, i am invited so it cost's me little money, but i have always wondered what other pepole think of it , and what they think it's fishes best, fly or?? And any lies that you no about ?? regards speers
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Post by sagecaster on Aug 3, 2007 13:35:12 GMT
Well done Jim
Bizarre that they didn't do better at Stormont. Fishing the revy must have meant that the river is a good height???
Were you seeing numbers/pods running through at all?
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Post by jimthefish on Aug 3, 2007 17:51:01 GMT
Well done Jim Bizarre that they didn't do better at Stormont. Fishing the revy must have meant that the river is a good height??? Were you seeing numbers/pods running through at all? 1'5" on the Rome Croy guage. No fish seen apart from the ones caught. |
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Post by Fruin on Aug 3, 2007 22:16:41 GMT
Sounds like a good day Jim, well done!
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Post by madkeen on Aug 4, 2007 22:01:26 GMT
Jim i was fishing R.Croy that evening when I heard of your success on the beat above in the morning was hoping some of your good fortune would rub off ;D
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Post by colliedog on Aug 5, 2007 13:09:14 GMT
Fished Dunkeld House yesterday with Clag, Barkingcollie, Barkingcollie Senior and Jamie"this M5s not fast enough for me"Drummond.
As usual we had a very enjoyable day in nice surroundings - river at 1'10" (is it really August?). Unfortunately there doen't seem to be the head of grilse in the middle tay that there should be - BC had one from the boat on the fly, I had a pull in the tail of the Gauge Pool and that was about it for us. A pair of Belgians had a couple from the other boat. Can't enlighten about the 20lber that was posted on the web - must have been caught by one of the rods who stayed on after we left. Well done to him.
CD
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Post by rennie on Aug 5, 2007 16:18:46 GMT
Steady on there Jim leave a few for us long distance boys its bad enough trying to let Watty let any linger,seriously though its beginning to sound good cant wait untill I get up there,bear in mind fish in those parts especially Grilse have a habit of running up and dropping back down again,wish the old days would return fished stacked up from the Almond Mouth all the way downstream to the Friarton Hole,oh well happy days. Pedro.
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Post by madkeen on Aug 7, 2007 19:33:31 GMT
Thinking of going out tomorrow afternoon on the Tay at R.croy but can't access the fishtay website could someone on here tell me the river level at ballathie and have many fish being reported the last couple of days.
Thanks in advance
Alan
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Post by macrio on Aug 7, 2007 19:52:47 GMT
Alan
11 fish of the system yesterday & 19 reported so far for to-day. As of 7pm the river was at 3 ' 5" at Ballathie & falling
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Post by castlikeaghille on Aug 7, 2007 20:39:30 GMT
Thinking of going out tomorrow afternoon on the Tay at R.croy but can't access the fishtay website could someone on here tell me the river level at ballathie and have many fish being reported the last couple of days. Thanks in advance Alan Tonight, Ballathie 3' 5" and falling Not a lot posted yesterday (no real surprise there then) 22 today, mostly from Islamouth down - however, given the less than ideal conditions a better score than the back end of last week which was pretty dire considering the water level and overhead conditions. Good skill at R/Croy Regards CLaG |
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