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See each day's largest fish and individual beat catches on our Latest catches page which is updated each time a ghillie uses our automatic telephone reporting system.

Last week

Last updated: Sunday 29th August

The river was running at a good height at the start of the week. However there was rain during the week unsettling the river on a couple of days and the pressure dropped making life difficult otherwise the catch could have been much better. By the end of the week the pressure started to rise and the river was settled making it a good day on Saturday.

This week the lower river dominated the catches yet again. The grilse run continues but a heartening sign this past week was the start of a few larger salmon. It is absolutely imperative we continue to adhere to our catch and release policy to return as many salmon as possible to preserve what we have for the future. Thank you all for making this possible so far.

The lower river produced 309 out of the 385 salmon caught. All the lower beats caught as the salmon ran up the river with favourable river levels. The salmon seem to be continuing to run hard through the lower stretches with more showing now as they start to slow down and catches are improving. There are at last odd resident salmon appearing in most pools and this should improve prospects of good sport in the future weeks. All the lower beats had good returns for the past week with Almondmouth topping the list with 81 and including 19 in one day on Wednesday. Waulkmill and Lower Redgorton also had good weeks. The largest salmon fell to Lower Redgorton with a 26 pounder caught by Charles Stuart-Menteith on the fly. There were quite a few other good salmon landed from all the beats in the 20 pounds region, which is great news.

The middle Tay caught 48 salmon for the week but this is missing catches from the Murthly area, which would add at least another 20 or so. All the beats in this area of the river have been catching. Kercock did well accounting for 21 which included 2 caught by 16 year old Charles Gifford on Saturday.

The Isla caught 11 for the week all reported from Coupar Grange. Quite a few others are being caught on the Isla and not reported.

The Upper River and Loch reported 17. There are now over 3700 salmon through the Pitlochry fish ladder which is on a par with the 5 year average and 9000 through the Ericht which is ahead of the average.

Many thanks for all the pictures and information everyone sent me in the past (ghillies and anglers) and also to all who have sent me their individual fishing experiences. I would be most grateful if you continue to send me information by emailing me at stanley.fishing@ukonline.co.uk to be included in this report.


Beat catches reported
(week ending 28th August)
SALMON & GRILSE: Almondmouth 81, Waulkmill 36, Lower Redgorton 31, Luncarty 10, Fishponds 5, Benchil and Pitlochrie 10, Upper Scone 18, Stobhall 6, Taymount 51, Ballathie 26, Cargill 18, Islamouth 9, Lower and Upper Islamouth 13, Upper Islamouth and Meikleour House 8, Meikleour House 8, Kercock 21, Newtyle 6, Dunkeld House 4, Dalmarnock 1, Dalguise 1, Lower Kinnaird 8, Upper Kinnaird 3, Farleyer Upper 3, Coupar Grange 15, Portnacraig Pitlochry 1, Loch Faskally 1.
Total: 394 Largest: Lower Redgorton 26lbs
SEA TROUT: Lower Redgorton 1, Lower and Upper Islamouth 2, Lower Kinnaird 1, Upper Kinnaird 1, Coupar Grange 1.
Total: 6 Largest: Lower and Upper Islamouth & Lower Kinnaird & Upper Kinnaird 3lbs
TROUT: None reported