Craigellachie Beat River Spey

[williegunn]

salmondan said:

Is this beat close to the Aberlour beat? I have a week of fishing there in late April. Does anyone know the beat at all?

Hello
Aberlour is the next beat upstream from Craigellachie it fishes best with a bit of water. The locals do well early in the morning.

[altmor]

williegunn said:

salmondan said:

Is this beat close to the Aberlour beat? I have a week of fishing there in late April. Does anyone know the beat at all?

Hello
Aberlour is the next beat upstream from Craigellachie it fishes best with a bit of water. The locals do well early in the morning.

... before the paying rods arrive at 9.00am ... ;D

[salmondan]

It'll only be 9.00am on the monday hopefully. First light for the rest of the week, depending on the amount of lubrication consumed the preceding night. ;D And the number of flies I have to replace.

[JJ]

Salmondan

I have fished this beat a few times. Hamish is always good for advice (tackle shop in Aberlour) though he can be a bit dour and downbeat at times!

I always concentrate 20 yards upstream and 20 yards downstream of a little sandy beach in the middle of the beat and again at the pipes further downstream. Cast as far as you can and be careful wading (I always take a ducking in some way on this beat). Its an OK beat (a bit short and sometimes spun to death) though Craigellachie is far better. Dont forget to try for the trout right at the bottom end (a brown klinkhammer or a pheasant tail parachute is all you need during lunchtime rise)

Best of Luck

[salmondan]

Thanks JJ, advice like that is always welcome. I might consider investing in some sort of floatation device, due to not being the most confident wader, never really liked going above my thighs.