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Weekly Report W/B Monday 9th September 2024
After a quiet start to the week Ewen McLachlan reported they had 4 fish on Wednesday on the Dunearn Beat. There were three salmon of 6lb,13lb and 7lbs from Lady Mary’s and an 8lb salmon in Polnachesse. Jason McCruden also had a good day on Daltra hooking five fish in the afternoon and landing two. First there was a 9lb salmon in the tail of Island on a full float and Sparky fly and this was followed by a 7lb salmon in Daltra on Orange Findhorn tube and intermediate tip. There were two fish lost in Dalnashaugh and another in Island.
The river rose overnight and on Thursday the conditions were ideal for Boat on Altnahara where Jason McCruden landed a 5lb grilse while lengthening his first cast and then shortly after a 6lb grilse. He then hooked a 15lb salmon that wanted to leave the pool but after 20 minutes he managed to get it in the net. All were caught on a cone head Sparky fly and intermediate tip. Jason then followed this with two more salmon at roughly 7lb and 12lbs from the corner of the Island pool to finish with five fish for the day.
The river dropped off nicely and conditions were good on Friday. Adam McLean from Calgary was fishing Dunearn and he caught and released a 15lb cock salmon in Morgan's Haugh. Jason McCruden was ghillie for his father who was salmon fishing on the fly for the first time on Daltra. It was a successful first outing with an 8lb salmon from Whin Pool on an Orange Findhorn fly. Jason followed behind him in most pools and managed to pick up a 9lb salmon in Dalnashaugh and a 5lb grilse in Birthday Stream on the same fly. He also lost a big in Miss Hunter's. Overall it was a quieter day on Friday, with not many showing until later on.
It was a typical September day on Mini Daltra for Glyn and Lesley Phillips. Glyn described the fish as not really switched on but eager enough. It started with Glyn losing 3 fish on the first run through Loop, before Lesley stepped in and showed how it was done landing a nice 6lb salmon. Glyn then had a 4lb grilse from Jean's Cat and he followed that up with a 10lb salmon from the Island stream. Glyn lost another in Maharajah and then Lesly lost a nice fish in Laird's. A great day with 8 hooked and 3 landed. Ewan Maclachlan was fishing the Dunearn beat with friends and they also had a great day with 4 fish in total. There were two 3lb grilse from Nettle Hole followed by a 7lb and 8lb salmon from the March Stream.
Latest from Ian Neale, Altyre Estate, Summer report
Through-out July the FIndhorn has enjoyed superb runs of grilse & large summer salmon moving through our beats at Altyre Estate and Upper Home at Darnaway, on the back of excellent river levels and conditions. The fish have been in pristine well fed condition and have offered some great summer sport to all of our guests.
I recently had the pleasure of guiding Mark Hammond for his first ever fishing trip. Having never been salmon fly fishing before, Mark soon got to grips with the spey casting technique and landed his first ever salmon (grilse) of around 5lbs from Palamore Pool. On day two, good numbers of fresh summer salmon were running through Altyre following rainfall in the Findhorn catchment the previous day. Mark hooked and lost four fish from the Upper beat before lunch, but was rewarded with a cracking fresh grilse of around 5lbs from Roan Pool on Altyre Estate, lower beat in the afternoon. A great first experience of salmon fishing for Mark!
Ian Neale, Altyre Estate, River Findhorn.
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