(River Tay weekly report week ending 6th August 2022) We have now moved into August and are well into the second half of the Scottish summer. Traditionally the most productive time of the season is normally over the next six weeks. Anglers will be hoping that the...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 30TH July 2022) We move into August next 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 the runs of summer salmon and grilse peak. There is...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 23rd July 2022) The mercury soared last week and temperature records were smashed across all four nations of the UK on Tuesday. The start of the week saw temperatures in Scotland widely in the late twenties and early thirties. On...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 16th July 2022) It was another mainly dry week across much of Scotland and as the week progressed temperatures started to rise again, peaking in the mid-twenties over the weekend. It became very warm but thankfully nothing like the...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 9th July 2022) We are now moving towards the middle of July and are in the height of the Scottish summer. Thankfully compared to the previous week, the weather last week was a little more favourable to anglers, especially at the...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 2nd July 2022) We moved into July last week but it certainly did not feel like mid-summer. The weather was more akin to April with frequent heavy showers and some longer spells of rain. River levels were unsettled at the beginning...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 25th June 2022) We are currently in the midst of the Scottish summer with July almost upon us and the summer salmon fishing season is in full swing on the River Tay. In the past couple of weeks, there have been reasonable numbers...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 18th June 2022) It will quite literally be mid-summer next week as on Tuesday the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere will be upon us once again. This is when one of the Earth's two poles achieves maximum tilt towards the...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 11th June 2022) We have now moved into mid-June and hopefully, in the days and weeks ahead the summer run on the River Tay will continue to gain momentum. There have already been grilse and larger summer salmon caught from...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 4th June 2022) We have now moved into June which heralds the beginning of the summer salmon fishing season across Scotland. In the next few weeks, grilse and summer salmon will hopefully start running our rivers in ever-increasing...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 28th May 2022) We move into June next week which will mark the end of the spring salmon fishing season on many rivers across Scotland. In the past, June had been a bit of an enigma in terms of salmon fishing on the Tay. Often there...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 21st May 2022) 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 not...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 14th May 2022) We are now moving towards the middle of May but last week it felt more like autumn with strong winds coupled with showers or longer spells of rain, especially during the first half of the week. The rain was heaviest...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 7th May 2022) We have now moved into mid-May, which is a prime spring month on many Scottish rivers. Before our eyes, the seasons are changing, as we move deeper into spring. With the days getting longer, it is only a matter of...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 30th April 2022) It was another mainly settled week of weather across much of Scotland including Perthshire although there was some rain on Saturday. River levels remained steady and generally fishing conditions were decent. We are...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 23rd April 2022) We are now moving towards the end of April and traditionally this should be the prime spring period on the River Tay for many beats. Over the next few weeks, the numbers of fish destined for the Lyon, Tummel and...
River Tay weekly report week ending 16th April 2022 We are now moving towards the end of April which is traditionally a prime time of year for spring salmon fishing on many of Scotland’s rivers. Usually, spring catches start to build from early March and peak over the...
River Tay weekly report week ending 9th April 2022 With Easter only a few days away 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...
River Tay weekly report week ending 2nd April 2022 We have now moved into April and are entering what should be the prime spring period on the Tay system for many beats. In the next few weeks, the numbers of fish heading up the main river should increase as well as...
River Tay weekly report week ending 26th March 2022 We are now moving towards the end of March and as each day passes more hard fighting spring salmon are running the Tay system. Over the next few weeks, we should be entering the prime spring period on the river and...
River Tay weekly report week ending 12th March 2022 We are now moving into the middle of March and as each day passes more hard fighting spring salmon are running the Tay system. Over the next few weeks, we should be coming into the prime spring period on the river...
River Tay weekly report week ending 5th March 2022 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 more...
River Tay weekly report week ending 19th February 2022 It was another week of turbulent weather across much of the country including Perthshire. On Wednesday night going into Thursday Storm, Dudley brought gale force winds and heavy rain, coupled with wide spread...
River Tay weekly report week ending 12th February 2022 It was another week of see sawing temperatures, which has been the theme of this winter so far. There was some heavy snowfall on the higher ground last weekend and at the beginning of the week it became briefly...
River Tay weekly report week ending 5th February 2022 We moved into February last week and are now into the final month of winter. So far it has been a very mild winter and January was relatively dry. However, as we all know February can be a bitterly cold month with...
River Tay weekly report week ending 29th January 2022 It was the second full week of the season on the River Tay last week and the weather was quite settled during the first half of the week with river levels steady. A large area of high pressure centred itself over...
River Tay weekly report week ending 22nd January 2022 A new season dawned once again on the mighty River Tay as anglers made their first casts of the year last Saturday. Numbers of people attending the traditional opening day ceremonies up and down the river were...
River Tay weekly report week ending 15th October 2021 The River Tay finally closed its banks to anglers on Friday. The weather had been quite unsettled last weekend with some heavy rain on Saturday. Thankfully there was very little rain during the final few days of...