Annual Public Meeting – Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board The Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board (TDSFB) will hold its Annual Public Meeting at 2pm on Sunday, 26 July 2026, at the Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam. The meeting will take place in the Centre’s auditorium....
(River Tay weekly report week ending 28th June 2025) We are currently in the midst of the Scottish summer, with July almost upon us. Last year, the main summer salmon and grilse run on the River Tay coincided with Wimbledon fortnight (which commences on Monday). The...
TDSFB Annual Public Meeting 28 April 2025 The Board's Annual Public Meeting for 2025 will be held on Monday 28 April at the Summerhill Hatchery, Almondbank, Perth. The evening will commence at 6.30pm where there will be opportnity to see first hand the Board's...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 12th April 2025) 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 better understand how...
TDSFB Annual Public Meeting 28 April 2025 The Board's Annual Public Meeting for 2025 will be held on Monday 28 April at the Summerhill Hatchery, Almondbank, Perth. The evening will commence at 6.30pm where there will be opportnity to see first hand the Board's...
TAY DISTRICT SALMON FISHERIES BOARD ANNUAL MEETING OF PROPRIETORS Thursday, 5th December 2024 at 11am Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam AGENDA Welcome from the Convener Consideration of AGM Minutes held 6th December 2023 Consideration of 2023 Accounts Consideration of...
Entries to this years Malloch Challenge Trophy close on 31st December 2024 Awarded by the Tay Rivers Trust, the Malloch Challenge Trophy is Scotland’s most prestigious award for salmon fishing. Atlantic salmon over 20lbs may be contenders for the trophy and all fish...
THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES 2024 The Board has published its latest strategy for the protection and improvement of salmon stocks in the rivers of the Tay district. The Board recognises this involves maintaining a healthy environment that adult salmon can easily...
JOHN APTHORP CBE, 1935 - 2024 John Apthorp CBE died peacefully on 9th July 2024 aged 89 after a short illness. Serial entrepreneur and Guardian Young Businessman of the Year, John founded Bejam frozen food and turned Majestic Wine into the national success it...
TDSFB Annual Public Meeting 23 April 2024 The Board's Annual Public Meeting for 2024 will be held on Tuesday 23 April. Following last year's successful hybrid field trip / meeting event, it has been decided to combine this year's meeting with a tour of the Summerhill...
OPENING OF THE RIVER TAY SALMON FISHING SEASON, 2024 Once again, we are pleased to support the Opening Ceremony for the 2024 River Tay salmon fishing season, to be held on 15 January 2024 at Meikleour. Full details below. ...
FOLLOWING THE TRIENNIAL BOARD ELECTION 2023, WE ARE NOW INVITING APPLICATIONS FOR CO-OPTED MEMBERS TO THE BOARD On 6 December 2023, the triennial election of qualified proprietors to the Board took place at the Birnam Institute. No vote was required for the two lower...
Pitlochry Dam Fish Counter As we have stated in recent Annual Reports, there have been problems with SSE’s fish counter at Pitlochry Dam for several years. While the Pitlochry Dam counter is not any of our responsibility, we do, of course, have an interest in...
The 2023 River Tay salmon fishing season will open on Monday 16 January. Beats up and down the river will be celebrating the new season in their own ways. There will be a larger public ceremony at Meikleour, to which all are invited. Please see the "poster" on this...
Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board Tuesday, 13th December 2022 at 11am at the Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam The following matters will be considered: - The activities of the Board for the year to end of 2022 season - Consideration of the annual report and accounts - The...
(River Tay weekly report week ending 15th October 2022) The River Tay finally closed its banks to anglers on Saturday. The weather was typical autumn fare last week for mid-October with frequent showers and some longer spells of rain from time to time. River levels...
Tay Rivers Trust Host Fund Raising Dinner Guests dressed in black tie with a touch of tartan attended the Miss Ballantine 100th Anniversary dinner at the Murrayshall Hotel in Perth, Friday 7th October. The event raised over £18,000 for the Tay Rivers Trust which...
Salmon Leaping Tay Fisheries staff captured salmon leaping on the river Almond, a little upstream of the...
Huge gravel deposit The catchement was hit by extreme flooding following a yellow weather warning by the Met Office earlier this month. [video width="848" height="480"...
The Burn has changed dramatically Last week fisheries officers began taking fin clip samples from the upper Garry. Allt Glas Coire, below the intake, has changed dramatically from being devoid of life to a much more natural environment with good fry and parr...
Meeting with Perth Kinross Council - David Summers met with engineers from Perth & Kinross Council, Thursday 25th August, to listen to their proposals to repair the weir. The engineers wish to reinstate the deteriorating east half of the weir at Brig o Blair. ...
(River Tay Salmon fishing weekly report week ending 27th August 2022) It has been noticeable over the past few weeks that the shadows have been growing longer and the evenings becoming darker. The hand of autumn is beginning to tighten its grip as we say goodbye to...
Tay Rivers Trust Fundraising - Education Salmon in the Classroom is a popular project but has been constrained by having people to deliver the project and the cost of bus hire. The Tay Rivers Trust are aiming to raise funds through fundraising to add to those...
Tay Rivers Trust Fundraising 2022/23 - Invasive species We wish to see this threat managed or hopefully eliminated altogether. The Tay Rivers Trust are aiming to raise funds through fundraising to add to those resources obtained through the Tay proprietors annual...
Tay Rivers Trust Fundraising 2022/23 - Habitat restoration The life cycle of salmon gives it the status of a 'Barometer' species, proiding detailed information about our environment. We need to do everything we can to help Atlantic salmon when they are in our care in...
Tay Rivers Trust Fundraising 2022/23 Smolts & Juvenile Population Boosting egg and juvenile production in the Summerhill Hatchery and improving survival rates of juveniles in the Tay Catchment The Tay Rivers Trust are aiming to raise funds through fundraising to...
Tay Rivers Trust Fundraising 2022/23 Some of the projects proposed in the Management Plan produced by the Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board for 2022 to 2024 on the Tay, Earn and Eden are beyond the resources currently available. The Tay Rivers Trust are aiming to...
Weir removed on Eden - Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board staff were involved in a fish rescue at Gateside Mill where a weir is being removed to allow movement for migratory fish. A fish rescue was required first before in river workings could proceed. This area...
We want your feedback Tay District River Management Plan 2021 Outcomes As a Board, we wanted to carry out a satisfaction survey in 2022 to give you an opportunity to let us know how you think we have performed during that year. We’re interested in listening to your...
Eden Triggers SEPA's Water Scarcity Plan - The lack of rain and the hot weather of the last few days is really beginning to show in some parts of our district. The River Earn really looks to be struggling, right along its length, but particularly in its upper reaches....
Board MEETING 9th August The Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board will be holding a board meeting at 7pm on Tuesday 9th August 2022 at the Summerhill Hatchery and on Zoom. You are all welcome to attend. In person at the Summerhill Hatchery, Site 6 Cromwell Park,...
LOW FLOW CONCERNS ON THE RIVER ERICHT With water levels falling and the threat of potentially record-breaking heat early next week, concerns are once again being expressed locally regarding the water abstraction situation on the River Ericht at Blairgowrie. The...
NATIONAL ADULT SALMON SAMPLING PROGRAMME With better salmon catches, we have been sampling adult salmon on the lower River Tay as part of the National Adult Sampling Programme in conjunction with Marine Scotland and Fisheries Management Scotland. The fish sampled so...
The 2021 winner of Scotland’s most prestigious angling award, the greatest honour in British game fishing, announced The 2021 winner of the Malloch Trophy – for one of the largest salmon caught by an angler on a fly and safely returned during the year in Scottish...
We asked Dr David Summers to look at an eighteen pound fish caught by Gordon Donaldson on Lower Bolfracks beat on the upper Tay. The adipose fin had been clipped. Gordon's eighteen pound fish is a three sea wintered fish (3SW), meaning itwent to sea as a smolt in...
Fishing Weekends on the Tay The Tay Rivers Trust are holding a series of special Fishing Celebration Weekends during 2022 with the aim to encourage anglers of all ages and abilities to visit the river Tay and its tributaries. "A day down by the flowing water of the...
ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING The Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board will be holding its Annual Public Meeting at 7pm on Tuesday 15 March 2022 over Zoom. You are all welcome to attend. This is your opportunity to hear the Board presenting on its recent work and proposals for...
Ladies Fishing Day 19th March The Tay Rivers Trust, Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board and FishPal are organising a series of ladies days across the river during 2022 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the legendary Miss Georgina Ballantine and her 64lb Tay...
ARE TAY SALMON GETTING BIGGER? Since the start of the season a few weeks ago, there have not been that many spring salmon caught yet, but, of those that have, the quality has been excellent. The average weight is well up in the teens of pounds. There has even been a...