Tighter lines on lower River Tay

On the lower River Tay most beats had some better sport last week.

Almondmouth had a good week with 16, while Lower Redgorton and Waulkmill had 22 between them.

On Waulkmill, local rods proved effective with fish caught most days. Upper Redgorton and Fishponds had fish during the week but in lesser numbers with a guest from Panama landing a 7lb fish with lower Scone.

Upper Scone had 10 for their week, the Toby doing well, especially for Silvio Erne who landed a fish up to 17lb. On Stanley, Ronnie Fraser caught a small grilse from the Long Shot on the fly and on Saturday Roby Burch caught a 15lb fish on a Toby from the Plain Water.

On the Pitlochry beat, owner Francis Jennings caught a fresh grilse from the Woodside on the fly. Further upstream, Taymount and Stobhall amassed 13 between them.

Cargill and Ballathie had better weeks. Both beats got off to a flying start with five apiece. On Ballathie a local party enjoyed success early in the week, with Jim Ferrie, Barry Ward and Simon Furniss.

On Cargill it was Steve Curnow who had a day to remember with a 28lb monster. Other successful rods included Steven Coles, Andrew Martin, John Campbell, Graham Raffan and Iain Jardine.

Up on Islamouth another consistent week was achieved with Tim Greenfield’s party doing well early in the week.

Upper Islamouth and Meikleour had a superb week with 22 fish. A 16 pounder was caught by Joe Beale, Darren Matheson caught his first salmon, Roger Jackson had four up to 15lb, Chris Lyon had a couple and Simon Littlejohn had five in a day.

The middle river had a few fish in the week. Kercock had five, with Delvine Burnbane and Glendelvine managing singles. Fish were also reported at Dalmarnock and Dalguise. The upper river had single fish reported from Lower Farleyer and Findynate.