(River Tay weekly report week ending 18th July 2026) It was another week of difficult fishing conditions across Scotland, including Perthshire. Unfortunately, this seems to be becoming a common theme of the summer so far this year. Temperatures gradually rose through...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 11th July 2026) We are now moving towards the middle of July and are in the height of the Scottish summer. The weather last week felt like summer, especially during the second half of the week. After a relatively cloudy start to...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 4th July 2026) We moved into July last week, which is a special time of year to be out on the river. If there is decent water and weather conditions are favourable, fishing can be very good. If, however, river levels are low, and...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 27th June 2026) We are currently in the midst of the Scottish summer with July almost upon us. Traditionally, the main summer salmon and grilse runs on the River Tay would coincide with Wimbledon fortnight (which commences on...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 13th June 2026) We are now in mid-June, and hopefully, in the days and weeks ahead, the summer run on the River Tay will start to gain momentum. As we move through June and into July, more summer fish should enter the river with...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 6th June 2026) We are now in June, which heralds the start of the summer salmon fishing season across Scotland. In the next few weeks, grilse and summer salmon will hopefully start running our...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 30th May 2026) We have now moved into June, which heralds the end of the traditional spring salmon fishing season in Scotland. However, in the past, on the Tay system, early June has produced some nice late running springers and...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 23rd May 2026) We are now moving towards the end of May, which for many heralds the end of the spring salmon fishing season across Scotland. This, of course, does not mean that fresh springers cannot still be caught, as salmon do...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 16th May 2026) We are now in mid-May and at the height of the Scottish spring. However, last week you could have been fooled into thinking we were back in winter. A cold, gusty northerly wind made it feel far from springlike at...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 9th May 2026) We have now moved into May and the weather has continued to see-saw between winter and spring across much of Scotland, including Perthshire last week. The northerly wind made it feel cold at times and even some of the...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 2nd May 2026) We are now in May and at the height of the Scottish spring. Before our eyes, the seasons are changing, with the days getting longer; it is only a matter of time before we experience those magical, balmy evenings of...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 25th April 2026) Last week was one of the drier weeks of Spring 2026, which was good news for anglers. So far this season, the river has remained quite high due to a combination of melting snow and relentless rainfall, mostly over...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 18th April 2026) We are now moving towards the end of April, which is traditionally a prime time for spring salmon fishing on many of Scotland’s rivers. Usually, spring catches start to build from early March and peak over the next...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 11th April 2026) With Easter behind us, we are now moving into what should be the prime spring period on many of Scotland’s salmon rivers, including the River Tay. In the next six weeks, we should get a better idea of how strong...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 4th April 2026) We moved into April last week and the weather was inclement to say the least. Some days were cold and windy, with squally showers, and some of these fell as snow over higher ground, whilst on other days, when the...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 28th March 2026) We move into April next week with Easter now on the horizon. The nights are getting longer and the clocks have gone forward. As the sun gets stronger, the temperature contrast between night and day becomes less...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 21st March 2026) We are now moving towards the end of March and as each day passes, more hard fighting spring salmon will be running the Tay system. Over the next few weeks, we should be entering the prime spring period on the...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 14th March 2026) We are now well into the spring salmon fishing season on the Tay. Hopefully, as each week goes by, there will be more pods of fresh spring salmon entering the Tay system, ensuring anglers enjoy some decent...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 7th March 2026) We have now moved into March and the spring salmon fishing season is well underway in Scotland. There have been some fine spring salmon caught on many of Scotland’s rivers, including the mighty River Tay and...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 28th February 2026) We have now moved into March and this is often when many anglers decide to pick up a rod for the first time in the new season. In March, the days get notably longer, and the weather starts to improve. Usually,...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 21st February 2026) It was a more settled start to last week, weatherwise, with the river at a good height. This was a welcome change, as it felt like there had been so much rain in recent weeks, especially across eastern Scotland....
(River Tay weekly report week ending 14th February 2026) It was another week of quite unsettled weather across much of the country, including Perthshire, especially during the first half of the week. The easterly wind persisted, bringing showers and from time to time,...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 7th February 2026) We moved into the first full week of February last week, which heralded the final month of winter. Many anglers will be pleased to see the back of winter, especially as it has been so wet and unsettled since the...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 31st January 2026) We move into February next week and thankfully, we will be into the final month of winter. So far, it has been a relatively mild winter, except at the beginning of January, when it was bitterly cold. However,...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 24th January 2026) It was the first full week of the season on the Tay system last week and during the first half of the week, the weather played ball. It was mostly dry and river levels were high but settled. However, from midweek...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 17th January 2026) A new season dawned once again on the mighty River Tay as anglers made their first casts of 2026 on Thursday. Mr Steve Clarke, the Scotland national football team manager, opened the river at Meikleour, and the...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 11th October 2025) With only three days of the salmon fishing season remaining on the Tay system, last week was the final full week of the season. Water levels gradually dropped throughout the week after the big flood the previous...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 4th October 2025) We moved into October last week and are now into the twilight of the 2025 Tay salmon fishing season. Historically, September and October have been prime months on the river when large catches have been made....
(River Tay weekly report week ending 27th September 2025) Last week saw us reach the autumn equinox. This is the time of year when the days and nights are roughly the same length. This means from now on we will start to see the days getting shorter quite quickly and...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 20th September 2025) We have now moved into the middle of September and only three full weeks of the Tay salmon fishing season remain. The fishing conditions have been challenging at times for anglers on the mighty Tay so far this...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 13th September 2025) We have now moved into the middle of September and only four full weeks of the 2025 River Tay salmon fishing season remain. After a tough spring, some nice summer salmon and grilse were caught from the river...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 6th September 2025) We have now moved into September and the first month of autumn. The weather did have an autumnal feel last week with frequent showers and even some longer spells of rain. It was also quite breezy from time to...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 30th August 2025) We have now moved into September and this can potentially be a productive month on many of Scotland's salmon rivers, including the mighty Tay. Looking around us, the landscape is changing. The leaves on the trees...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 23rd August 2025) We are moving towards the end of August which marks the end of the traditional summer salmon fishing season. In the past, September and October have been prime months on the River Tay, and historically, this was...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 16th August 2025) Temperatures soared across Perthshire again last week, and by the middle part of the week, some spots peaked in the high twenties. This made it far from ideal for salmon fishing at times and definitely impacted...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 9th August 2025) We have now moved into August and are in the height of the Scottish summer. However, last week, at times, the weather had different ideas. On Monday, Storm Floris brought heavy rain and gale force winds, with gusts...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 2nd August 2025) We moved into August last week, which can be a prime summer month on many of Scotland's rivers, including the mighty Tay. Given decent conditions, it is usually when summer salmon and grilse runs peak. Hopefully,...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 26th July 2025) We are now moving towards the end of July and finally, there was a decent lift in water last week. Heavy rain last weekend and more rain at the beginning of last week led to a rise of over three feet on some gauges....
(River Tay weekly report week ending 19th July 2025) We are now moving towards the end of July and are entering what has been the prime time for summer fishing on the River Tay in recent years. Late July and August have usually been a time when catches have been good...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 5th July 2025) We moved into July last week and are now in the midst of the Scottish summer. Many people will have holidays coming up in the next few weeks and it could be a good time to book a few days' salmon fishing on the River...