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Lethen Estate

River Findhorn Fishings & Accommodation

Weekly Report

Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Jason McCruden was out on Daltra on Monday night and reported a few fish splashing about throughout the beat. At 10.30pm in Daltra he hooked and landed a 10lb hen from the neck of the pool on a size 10 gold bodied Willie Gunn. It wasn’t fresh, but as it played out other fish were jumping.

On Tuesday morning at 7am Rupert Leigh-Wood, staying in Dunearn Lodge but also fishing Mini Daltra landed a 4lb grilse from the Loop on a micro-hitch. It was very fresh and safely returned.

Then on Wednesday David Schmidt made contact with a grilse in Morgan's Haugh tail around the big bedrock boulders, but unfortunately the hook was pulled as they were manoeuvring the fish to the net. It was seen rising to the fly several times before eventually taking. There have been a few other pulls and plucks and fish have been seen leaping throughout the pools.

Richard West was out on Daltra on Friday evening and saw lots of fish showing. He successfully caught and released a 5lb grilse in Dalnashaugh that was a bar of silver.

Jason McCruden was up early on Altnahara on Saturday morning. Boat and Black were both quiet so he went for the extra fast sink tip and brass Findhorn Tube in Upper Chair and hooked and landed a nice 12lb salmon that was lying behind the big boulder in the tail. It had been in a few weeks and swam away well. Rupert Leigh-Wood was also out early and at 8am he had more success in the Loop on Mini Daltra with an 8lb salmon caught on size 12 Executioner Red that was safely released.

Total Catch: 5
Dunearn:
Daltra/Altnahara: 3
Day Lets: 2

2024: September; 23 September Weekly Report
The Dunearn party reported the start of the week was difficult with low water. They all had follows but no connections on hitch flies, a Red Frances and a shrimp fly. The...; 16 September Weekly Report
Frank Kennedy and Colin Apperley got the week off to a good start with 3 cock fish on Monday all from the Loop on the Daltra beat. There were two grilse at 6lb and 5lb an...; 9 September Weekly Report
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&rsqu...; 2 September Weekly Report
On Monday Roger Dowling was out on the Dunearn beat as it rained constantly and reported that despite fishing all day and getting soaked the river level never moved and n...; August; 26 August Weekly Report
Vincent York and his party, fishing Daltra, got the week off to a great start with a total of 7 fish for the day. Vincent had 5 fish to his own rod with a 10lb salmon, a ...; 19 August Weekly Report
Jason McCruden was out on Daltra on Monday evening and started at Dalnashaugh at 7pm. In the fast water with the first five casts the fish were coming at the fly, and the...; 12 August Weekly Report
On Monday we had reasonable water with a mix of fresh and stale fish showing in all the pools. However they were very unsettled and in the morning Roger Dowling landed a ...; 5 August Weekly Report
The Charlie Keyser party was in the right place at the right time on the Dunearn beat on Thursday to end the day with five grilse. At 10am Archie Keyser landed his fir...; July; 29 July Weekly Report
On Monday evening Jason McCruden was out on the Daltra beat around 8pm and he reported fresh grilse showing in the necks of Miss Hunter’s, Whin, Dalnashaugh, White ...; 22 July Weekly Report
The Vincent York party on the Dunearn beat started the week positively on Monday with Bruce Wright landing a 4lb grilse in Nettle Hole on a Green Tosh and he followed thi...; 15 July Weekly Report
The week got off to a good start for the Dunearn party with two fish for Monday. Niall Ballantyne had an 8lb fresh salmon from Peter's Pot on a 1" Cone Head and ...; 8 July Weekly Report
On Monday Mark Maitland-Jones, fishing the Daltra Beat, caught a 4lb grilse around tea time and reported fish showing, mostly lead and lilac spring fish, in most pools. N...; 1 July Weekly Report
On Monday Chris Buttress, fishing the Dunearn Beat, got the week off to a good start at 11am when he caught a 9lb salmon from the March Stream on a size 10 Shrimp. Chris ...; June; 25 June Weekly Report
Jason McCruden was out on Daltra on Monday night and reported a few fish splashing about throughout the beat. At 10.30pm in Daltra he hooked and landed a 10lb hen from th...; 17 June Weekly Report
Conditions were ideal on Wednesday after an overnight rise and it was a productive start to the day for Jack Christison and Scott Mackenzie on the Daltra beat. They lande...; 10 June Weekly Report
Jason McCruden reported the water was perfect on Daltra on Monday with fresh fish showing in all pools. He started by hooking a lovely fish in the tail of Miss Hunter'...; 3 June Weekly Report
On Tuesday evening Richard West was out on the Dunearn beat and caught and released a 7lb salmon from the Haugh Stream. Glyn Phillips and his party had an interesting ...; May; 27 May Weekly Report
On the Dunearn Beat on Tuesday Nick Thomson caught and safely released a 9lb salmon in the Haugh Stream. Jason McCruden was out on Altnahara on Wednesday morning and c...; 20 May Weekly Report
On Monday Geoff Cruickshank caught and released a 17 pounder from head of Dalnashaugh at 10.30am on a small ½" Body Black hitch tube and also lost a very fres...; 13 May Weekly Report
The Dunearn party got off to a good start on Monday. Sandy Herd had one from the Kennel at 6lbs at 5.30pm and then shortly after at 6pm another from the Garden at 7lbs on...; 6 May Weekly Report
On Monday Jack Christison got the week off to a good start with two fish landed on the Altnahara Beat. Both were from Black on a Willie Gun, around 8lb and 14lbs ju...; April; 29 April Weekly Report
Gerry O'Neill landed an 11lb salmon in Dalnashaugh on Monday evening to open the scoring for the week. On Wednesday 1st May Vincent York scored our first fish off ...; 24 April First Fish
We are pleased to report our first fish of the season was landed on Wednesday 24th April 2024 by Steve Hulme, an 11lb salmon from the White Stream on Daltra. Our secon...; 22 April Weekly Report
We are still waiting for our first fish of the season. The river water temperature has fluctuated between 48˚F and 42˚F the last couple of weeks. The river has dropped ni...; February; 12 February 2024 Fishing Season opening day
The Forres Angling Association hosted the annual opening ceremony on Monday 12th February 1pm at the Stoney Pool. We are all looking forward to a better season of fishing...
2023: September; 25 September Weekly Report
Irving Warnett, fishing the Dunearn Beat, reports they've had a very enjoyable few days fishing the beat in high water. On Tuesday afternoon, although still high, the...; 18 September Weekly Report
On Monday Frank Kennedy & Colin Apperley, out on the Daltra beat, reported a good start to their week with Colin landing 3 fish for the day. A 3lb cock fish from Dalt...; 11 September Weekly Report
The river was low and the water temperature was warm on Monday at 62°, but the cooler start to the week meant it had dropped to a better 52° on Tuesday. Tony Rush...; 4 September Weekly Report
Jason McCruden was out on Mini Daltra on Tuesday evening at around 7.35pm and sent the following report "Went to Loop and sat there until 8pm, no fish showing, start...; August; 28 August Weekly Report
Heavy rain at the end of last week meant a proper spate early Sunday morning. The river slowly settled down through the day on Sunday. It was hard going on Altnahara on M...; 21 August Weekly Report
Simon Finch-Noyes, fishing on Daltra on Monday, got the week off to a good start with a 3lb cock fish from the Loop at 10.15am on a size 12 Usk Grub. There was a nice ...; 14 August Weekly Report
It was a much quieter week with very few fish seen. Wednesday on the Dunearn Beat, Gavin McDowall caught and safely released a 5lb fish in Gaffers on a ½" ...; 7 August Weekly Report
On Monday Jason McCruden was out on Daltra at 7.30am and reported a few fish showing in most pools, both fresh and resident. He had a few fierce tugs in the tail of Dalna...; July; 31 July Weekly Report
On Monday Roger Mould had an excellent start to the week returning to Dulsie Cottage after a few years away. Roger landed a 5lb grilse in Lairds at 11:20am, caught on a s...; 24 July Weekly Report
On the Daltra beat on Monday Vincent York landed an 8lb salmon in the Daltra pool on a ¾" Ally Tube and Bruce Wright also scored with a 4lb grilse in the Loop...; 17 July Weekly Report
On Monday on the Dunearn beat Quentin Ballantyne landed a 6lb fish in the tail of Polnachesse on a 4" Sunray and then a 9lb salmon in the Haugh Stream on a 1½...; 10 July Weekly Report
Jason McCruden was out on Altnahara on Monday evening and at around 7pm, he fished the tail of Boat and stripping the fly he managed to land a nice 9lb hen fish that had ...; 3 July Weekly Report
The weather was mixed again this week. Jason McCruden was out for an evening foray on Altnahara on Monday and he reported the fish were not shy! The first few casts in Bl...; June; 26 June Weekly Report
It was a cooler and wetter start to the week, although again the rain seemed to have little impact on the river height. Wednesday on the Dunearn beat, Nigel McDonald got ...; 19 June Weekly report
Heavy rain through the night on Sunday cooled things down for the start of the week but the river was only up about an inch. Jason McCruden was out briefly on the Daltra ...; 12 June Weekly Report
The weather finally broke over the weekend with thunderstorms and rain on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately the river height didn't move, but then on Monday we had anot...; 5 June Weekly Report
On Monday Tony Rushton was out on the Daltra Beat at 5am and rose 2 fish in Dalnashaugh on a sunray shadow. He was back out again in the evening but nothing else to repor...; May; 29 May Weekly Report
Fishing conditions continued to be extremely difficult. The very low water and the hot sunny weather made for poor prospects. Only a few fresh fish were seen and there ar...; 22 May Weekly Report
On Monday Neil Cruickshank caught and released a 3lb fresh sea trout from Dalnashaugh. He also reports no salmon touched to their knowledge but a few seen, especiall...; 15 May Weekly Report
On Monday evening Quentin Ballantyne managed a fresh fish of 8lbs from Morgan’s Haugh with a 1" Willie Gunn. It was the only fish of the day, but he did confir...; 8 May Weekly Report
Our first blank week of the season. The weather was mixed but the river remained stubbornly low. The party in Dunearn Lodge lost a fish on Wednesday and Frank & Colin...; 1 May Weekly Report
On Tuesday Stuart Denholm who was fishing with David Wilson on Mini Daltra reports "We had a grand day. Saw nothing all day then my pal David Wilson took his nephew,...; April; 24 April Weekly Report
Steve Hulme, fishing the Dunearn Beat, got the week off to a good start with a 15lb cock fish from the tail of Polnachesse and reported seeing another 5/6 fish running. ...; 22 April First Fish of 2023
John McQuade landed a fresh 10lb fish from the neck of Morgans Haugh on the Dunearn beat, late on Friday afternoon on a small orange conehead fly. Earlier in the day the ...; February; 11 February 2023 Fishing Season Opening day
The new salmon fishing season opened on Saturday February 11th 2023 and we are all looking forward to a better season of fishing on the River Findhorn. The fish usually d...
2022: September; 26 September Weekly Report
On Tuesday the Warnett party on the Dunearn beat reported they had a lovely day's fishing, the water was up about 6” and Nigel McDonald caught and released a 12...; 19 September Weekly Report
Colin Gold, fishing the Dunearn Beat, got the week off to a good start when he landed a 6lb salmon on a Munro from the Kennel on Monday afternoon which was safely returne...; 12 September Weekly Report
It has been a difficult week. The temperature has definitely dropped, but so has the river level and there seem to be few fish about. On Friday evening Gerry O'Neill ...; 5 September Weekly Report
The rain finally arrived on Sunday and Monday, but it was scattered and the river only rose a few inches. Then on Tuesday the heavens opened and there was a proper downpo...; August; 29 August Weekly Report
It was another lovely late summer week, but unfortunately that's no good for fishing as it was another week of bright skies, high temperatures and low water. On Daltr...; 22 August Weekly Report
On Monday evening on Altnahara, Jason McCruden landed a 5lb grilse in Chair with the sparky fly. It was safely returned. Jason also reported some fresh grilse that were k...; 15 August Weekly Report
On Monday Stuart Fell landed a 7lb salmon in the Loop at 8.45am on a very small cascade variant, which was safely returned and about an hour later he was briefly connecte...; 8 August Weekly Report
High temperatures, bright skies and extremely low water made for a very tough week. One of our local rods out on Altnahara and reported he didn’t see any fish from ...; 1 August Weekly Report
Jason McCruden was out on Altnahara on Wednesday night and eventually landed a 6lb grilse. It was caught in the neck of Deadmans and made a 70 yard run wrapping around th...; July; 25 July Weekly Report
On Tuesday there was success on the Daltra beat with Vince York landing a 5lb grilse on an Ally Shrimp and Bruce Wright a 10lb salmon on a Tosh. Both fish were from the L...; 18 July Weekly Report
On Monday Graham Frost caught and safely released a 3lb grilse from the Upper Chair. Then on Tuesday Quentin Ballantyne reported 2 fish for the Dunearn Beat. Jeremy...; 11 July Weekly Report
On Monday Guy Torrance got the week off to a good start on the Daltra beat when he landed a 3lb grilse from the White stream at 10pm, while Andy Torrance unfortunately lo...; 10 July Loch Belivat Closed
PUBLIC NOTICE - Blue-green algae may be present in Loch Belivat. At certain times, depending on weather and other conditions, such algae may produce blooms...; 4 July Weekly Report
With cooler temperatures and much needed rain the week got off to a good start with all the beats reporting catches for Monday. Lawrence Dalgleish, fishing on Altnahara, ...; June; 27 June Weekly Report
Sunday was very unsettled with high winds and then more rain on Monday resulted in a 4" rise and reports of grilse entering pools. The Schmidt party got the week off...; 20 June Weekly Report
We were only lightly fished with a couple of rods out on Daltra and Altnahara at the start of the week. Conditions continue to be extremely difficult with the river dropp...; 13 June Weekly Report
Another difficult week. Dulsie Cottage reported seeing very few fish on Daltra and Altnahara at the start of the week but some fresh salmon and grilse were moving up on F...; 11 June Fish caught!
There was some good news to finish the week with success on Altnahara on Saturday. At 9.15am Matt Wills landed a 13lb salmon in Princess on a small Red Frances and then a...; 6 June Weekly Report
Monday was slightly more positive in cooler overcast conditions. On Altnahara there were reports of a few fresh fish in Black and Cauldron, and one diseased in Rock. Ther...; May; 30 May Weekly Reports
Another very difficult week. Fishing conditions were ideal but at times the river appeared void of fish. There were rumours of a run of small grilse over last weekend but...; 23 May Weekly Report
Unfortunately another blank week. Undoubtedly the last couple of weeks have been difficult, but sightings of newly infected fish have slowed this week and we have had ple...; 16 May Weekly Report
No catches to report for what was a difficult week on the whole river with low water and the fish in poor health. The regular cottage tenants had to cancel for health rea...; 9 May Weekly Report
Conditions were tricky on Monday with low water and diseased fish in many of the pools. Despite this there was success on the Dunearn beat with a 9lb salmon from Morgan&#...; 2 May Weekly Report
It has been a difficult week with reports of plenty of fish in the pools but they were showing little interest. There were a few near misses earlier in the week but no ca...; April; 25 April Weekly Report
A promising start to the week with Martin Chaussy getting the Dunearn Beat onto the scoresheet with his first Findhorn fish, a sea liced 12 pounder from Morgan’s Ha...; 18 April First Fish
Jack Christison landed our first fish of the season with a lovely 12lber on a 2” Willie Gunn from Dalnashaugh on the Daltra beat at 8pm on Monday 18th April. Jack a...; March; 29 March Findhorn DSFB Annual Report for 2021
The Annual Report for the Findhorn DSFB for 2021 is available to download from the FNLRT website at https://www.fnlrt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2021-Findhorn-Annu...; February; 11 February 2022 Fishing Season Opening day
The new salmon fishing season opened on February 11th 2022 and we are looking forward to another great season of salmon fishing on the River Findhorn. We do have a few...
2021: November; 8 November 2021 Fishing Season
We ended the 2021 season with a total catch of 202, which is our best total for 5 years and compares well with our total of 174 in 2020 and 183 in 2019. Overall we have t...; September; 27 September Weekly Report
Heavy and consistent rain on Sunday night and early Monday morning meant the river was in spate by Monday afternoon. It dropped off nicely on Tuesday and in the afternoon...; 20 September Weekly report
Another very hot week with very low water. Conditions improved slightly on Wednesday with a little bit of rain and Mike Winters caught and released a 12lb hen fish on a &...; 13 September Weekly Report
On Monday Colin Gold's party started the week on the Dunearn beat with two grilse, both of 5lbs, landed and returned from Gaffers on a size 14 Stoat's Tail and th...; 6 September Weekly Report
It was a tough start to the week with very high temperatures and very low water. Wednesday on the Daltra beat, Andrew O'Neill managed to land an 18lb hen salmon in th...; August; 30 August Weekly Report
Our first blank week of the season was avoided when the Paul MacDonald fishing with the McWilliams party staying in Dulsie Cottage caught & released a 5lb grilse with...; 23 August Weekly Report
Roger Dowling got the week off to a good start on Daltra. Roger reports it proved a bit tricky as the river jumped up about 8 inches in the forenoon and then fell back ag...; 16 August Weekly Report
Stuart Fell started the week on Daltra. At 9.30am he caught a 7lb cock salmon in Daltra, after a very energetic and occasionally air bourne display. The fish was starting...; 9 August Weekly Report
On Monday Chris Goddard, fishing on Daltra reported at 8am on Lairds he hooked into a decent sized grilse on the third cast on an Oykel Gunn but after a short fight it sp...; 8 August Coronavirus Regulations For The Season
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Scotland's Strategic Framework update - August 2021 The updated Strategic Framework sets out how the Scottish Governments COVID-19 response...; 7 August Loch Belivat update
Loch Belivat is open subject to certain COVID restrictions. We now only offer the boat for one session per day, rather than day and evening sessions. The cost is st...; 2 August Weekly Report
The week started well on Monday on Daltra for Roger Dowling and Joe Greener. The river was at a medium and dropping and Roger scored with a 4lb grilse from Daltra and at ...; July; 26 July Weekly Report
The week started with high temperatures and very low river levels. Late on Tuesday morning on Dunearn Stephen Habershon landed a 6lb salmon from Lady Mary's on a hitc...; 19 July Weekly Report
There were very tough conditions at the start of the week with high temperatures and very low water. Despite this Frank Kennedy and Colin Apperley, fishing the Dunearn Be...; 12 July Weekly Report
There were more thundery downpours over the weekend and on Monday the river was very high and heavily peat stained. On Dunearn Quentin Ballantyne opened the scoring with ...; 5 July Weekly Report
Jason McCruden was on Altnahara on Monday and spent the day getting wound up by large fresh fish, chasing the fly but not taking. At lunchtime he managed a 4lb grilse fro...; June; 28 June Weekly Report
On Monday evening Chris Mills started the week with an 11lb fish on a black & silver fly from the Daltra pool on the Daltra beat that was safely released. Jason McCru...; 21 June Weekly Report
The river conditions have been tough all week with high temperatures, bright skies and extremely low water. The positive news is that all the beats have reported seeing a...; 14 June Weekly Report
Late afternoon on Tuesday on the Dunearn beat John McDowall opened the scoring for the week when he caught and released a 14lb cock fish in Upper Falls on a very lurid or...; 7 June Weekly Report
Jason McCruden was out on Altnahara on Monday with a new low water fly tied on a size 14 double hook he designed over the weekend. It worked well with a 14lber in Marker ...; May; 31 May Weekly Report
A much warmer start to the week. On Monday morning on Daltra Michael Winterton had a fresh 13lb fish from White stream that was safely returned. Then later on Dunearn Mik...; 24 May Weekly Report
It was a dificult start to the week as heavy overnight rain meant the river was unfishable at times. By Wednesday the river had started to settle down. On the Dunearn Bea...; 17 May Weekly Report
There was a positive start to week with fish caught on all three beats. On Dunearn James Verney opened the scoring with a 7lbs fish in Nettle Hole and then John Edge land...; 10 May Weekly Report
It was a challenging start to the week with a sharp rise overnight on Sunday. It dropped off very slowly and the Rhino was covered for some time. Tuesday morning on Du...; 3 May Weekly Report
On Monday, Jason McCruden landed a 10lb springer from Upper Sawpit on Altnahara, using a 10ft sink 6 line and small brass tube. Iain McLaren also scored on Daltra on Mond...; April; 26 April Weekly Report - First Fish
Gerry O'Neill caught our first fish of the season with his third cast of the morning. A 12 lber on a monkey from Dalnashaugh on the Daltra Beat. On Wednesday Jack ...; January; 29 January 2021 Fishing Season
We ended the 2020 season with a total catch of 174 compared to the 2019 catch of 183. However when you consider the fishing effort was reduced by over 60% and the catch w...
2020: July; 3 July Covid-19 Fishing Latest
The Scottish Government confirmed travel restrictions for fishing have been relaxed from 3rd July. Self-catering accommodation can also reopen from this date if guidel...; May; 20 May Findhorn Fishery Board Annual Report 2019
The Findhorn DSFB Annual Report for 2019 is now available to download from the website; April; 1 April Adrian Ormerod
We very much regret to report the death of Adrian Ormerod who died of declining health on 26th March 2020 aged 88. Adrian originated from Lancashire and first visited ...; March; 22 March Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
We have been giving the 2020 fishing season a lot of thought the last couple of weeks. This weekend it has become clear that the only sensible way forward is to cancel...; February; 11 February Opening Day on the Findhorn
There was a great turnout for the opening of the River Findhorn despite the freezing wind. George Lily opened the river to the sound of the pipes and hot stovies were enj...; January; 23 January Findhorn Nairn Lossie Fundraising Auction
Findhorn Nairn Lossie Fundraising Auction. The Auction is live for bidding until the 29th February 2020 at www.findhornnairnlossieauction.org.uk Choose from ...; 14 January Putting Wild Salmon First
The Atlantic Salmon Trust was founded in 1967 in response to growing concerns about over exploitation of wild salmon. Since then they have acquired a reputation as an inf...
2019: September; 23 September Weekly Report
Very low water and warm temperatures made for difficult conditions at the start of the week. Fish were seen in a lot of pools but most were resident and proved difficult ...; 16 September Weekly Report
On Monday on the Dunearn Beat few fish were showing but in the morning a fish was lost at the bottom of the Kennel and in the evening Julia Trotter landed a 4lb fish in t...; 9 September Weekly Report
The O'Neill party, fishing our Daltra beat, got the week off to a good start with 2 salmon on Monday, both of which were released. First at around 10.30am Andrew O&rs...; 2 September Weekly Report
Michael O’Neill reported that to his astonishment he caught and released a 14lb salmon on a size 8 tyne toucan fly in the Island pool on Daltra beat within 15 minut...; August; 26 August Weekly Report
It was a quiet start to the week. The Hardinge party fishing the Daltra/Altnahara beat reported seeing plenty of fish running through on Monday but frustratingly not keen...; 19 August Weekly Report
The Dunearn beat reported a good start to the week with 4 fish on Monday. Richard Brown had a 9lb salmon in Gaffers followed by a 5lb grilse in Garden. Tom Blain al...; 12 August Weekly Report
Colin Apperley and Frank Kennedy, fishing the Daltra Beat, got the week off to a great early start on Monday morning with 3 fish before 8.30am. Colin had a grilse of over...; 5 August Weekly Report
On the Dunearn Beat on Monday Marc Corbett caught and released his first salmon, a 7lber on a size 12 cascade in Gaffers. The water level was low for the first two days o...; July; 29 July Weekly Report
Dunearn caught their 1st fish of the week on Tuesday morning when Lucy James landed a 4 lbs grilse in the Middle Falls which was ably netted by her father John Jones. On ...; 22 July Weekly Report
The extremely high temperatures meant it was a difficult and frustrating week. There were reports of good numbers of fish showing in many pools, including some fresh ones...; 15 July Weekly Report
Steve Hunt got things off to a good start on the Dunearn Beat on Monday morning at 9am when he hooked two fish in the Haugh Stream although only one was landed, a 7 pound...; 8 July Weekly Report
Mark Maitland-Jones had a good start to the week on Daltra with a couple of grilse, 3lbs from White Stream and 2lbs from Daltra, both on a micro tube. Andy Torrance follo...; 1 July Weekly Report
Conditions improved at the start of the week with cooler temperatures and occasional showers. On Monday Peter Horsburgh caught and released a big fish estimated at around...; June; 24 June Weekly Report
Irving Warnett got the week off to a great start on the Dunearn Beat on Monday. In the morning he had a 9lb fish in Gaffers and this was followed in the afternoon with an...; 17 June Weekly Report
The river was in fine condition at the start of the week and both beats had success on Monday. John McDowall had an 11lb fish from the Green Bank on Dunearn and Alastair ...; 10 June Weekly Report
The river had settled down nicely for the start of the week. Paul Kelly was out on Daltra on Monday with Jack Christison and all the action was in the morning. Jack had a...; 3 June Weekly Report
The Dunearn Beat opened the scoring on Tuesday. Mike Winters landed two fish of 9lb & 10lbs on a 1" tube from the Haugh Stream, and Tony Rushton had an 8lber on ...; May; 27 May Weekly Report
On Monday Eddie Kuczynski opened the scoring on the Daltra Beat with an 11lb fish on a Monroe tube safely released from Jean's Cast. On Tuesday morning there...; 20 May Weekly Report
On the Dunearn Beat on Monday Patrick Scott caught a fish of 10lbs in Morgan’s Haugh at 10.40am on a size 9 orange cascade. He was under the expert guidance o...; 13 May Weekly Report
Jason McCruden was out first thing on Monday morning and he got us off the mark with a nice fish of 11lb from the Black pool. He also reported fish showing in the English...; 6 May Weekly Report
Glyn Phillips was out on Daltra on Monday evening and at around 7.45pm he landed a 10lb fish from Dalnashaugh on a small junction shrimp. Dave Carson was out earlier in t...; April; 29 April Weekly Report
Jason McCruden was out for a few hours early in the morning on Monday. The air temperature had dropped to a cool 4˚C and the river was steaming. A few fish had a look at ...; 22 April Weekly Report
Jason McCruden on an evening visit to the Altnahara beat on Monday 22nd April lost a big fish at the net in the Black pool but 5 minutes later he hooked and released a go...; 17 April First Fish
Adrian Ormerod has caught our first fish of the 2019 season on Wednesday 17th April at 3pm in the afternoon. He was on the Dunearn beat and fishing the top part of Morgan...; March; 19 March Findhorn Annual Report
The 2018 Findhorn Annual Report is now available at 2018 Findhorn Annual Report.pdf The following link may be of interest and it gives an underwater view of the fish b...; February; 11 February Opening Day on Findhorn
Good weather and fine river levels greeted the Forres Angling Association for the opening ceremony on the Monday 11th February at the Stoney Pool. Association Presid...
2018: November; 29 November End Of Season
At the Findhorn District Salmon Fishery Board meeting on Monday 26th November we discussed the 2018 catch results and we were pleasantly surprised to see that overall cat...; October; 11 October The Atlantic Salmon Trust - The Missing Salmon Project
It’s time to solve the mystery of our missing salmon For the last 60 million years the Atlantic salmon has been making one of the planets greatest natural migrat...; September; 24 September Weekly Report
On Monday Mike Burrell was on the Dunearn Beat and he landed a 4lb coloured grilse in Lady Mary's. He also reported that they managed to raise quite a few other fish,...; 17 September Weekly Report
A very promising start to the week for Frank Kennedy & Colin Apperley, fishing the Daltra Beat, who reported their catch for Monday was 4 fish, all safely released. 2...; 10 September Weekly Report
On Monday just before lunch there was a sharp rise of 2 feet or so that left the river high and dirty for the rest of the day. Things were still settling down on Tuesday ...; 3 September Weekly Report
The river conditions were difficult at the start of the week with the water very low and clear. Fish were still being seen but were difficult to tempt. There was little t...; August; 27 August Weekly Report
The river rose 5" on Saturday and dropped off on Sunday only to then rise 6" on Monday morning and this seemed to freshen things up nicely for Dave Carson and B...; 20 August Weekly Report
Jos Simpson, fishing the Daltra Beat, got the week off to a good start when he caught and safely released a 5lb salmon in Dalnashaugh on a riffled hitch on Monday. T...; 13 August Weekly Report
A cooler and wetter start to the week. There was a very river slight rise on Tuesday and Stuart Fell had success when a 4lb grilse took a fast moving size 14 cascad...; 6 August Weekly Report
On Monday there was a promising start to the week for the Springham party on the Daltra/Altnahara Beat with 2 grilse caught and safely released. The first was a 5 p...; July; 30 July Weekly Report
At the end of the previous week large numbers of fish were reported in the Association water waiting to run. The rain on Saturday lead to a 5" rise early Sunda...; 23 July Weekly Report
There was a slight rise in river levels at the start of week, but conditions remained challenging with high temperatures and river dropping back quickly to very low. O...; 16 July Weekly Report
Fishing conditions remained challenging during the week with river levels still very low. However, on Monday Mike Goold fishing the Daltra Beat caught a 3.5lb grils...; 9 July Weekly Report
There was a cooler start to the week with cloudy skies and drizzle. The river only rose an inch or so but it did slightly improve the conditions and the Maitland-Jo...; 2 July Weekly Report
The prolonged spell of hot weather continued into the week with low water and difficult fishing conditions which, unfortunately, led to our first blank week of the season...; June; 25 June Weekly Report
Despite the continued low water and difficult conditions there was a positive start to the week for Bill Thompson on Dunearn when early on Monday morning he landed his fi...; 18 June Weekly Report
The week started positively on the Dunearn Beat on Monday when Gillies Moffat landed a nice 16lb hen fish in Morgan's Haugh on size 10 Holo Cascade. There was a...; 11 June Weekly Report
Nothing to report at the start of the week. We did however receive a positive report from Paul Kelly who was fishing the Altnahara Beat which makes for rather nice and ev...; 4 June Weekly Report
There were no catches to report at the start of the week, however, Sean McLean, the Bailiff witnessed 40-50 fresh salmon and grilse run up through Broom on the Forres Ass...; May; 28 May Weekly Report
On Monday evening on the Altnahara Beat Marc MacMillan caught and released a lovely 8lb salmon in the head of Englishman’s on a small silver stoat. Unfortunately th...; 21 May Weekly Report
The week started off with some much needed rain through Monday and into Tuesday morning and refreshing drop in temperature. The rise in river level was marginal but enoug...; 14 May Weekly Report
Tuesday 15th May Dunearn Beat : Edward Keyser caught a 4.5 lb salmon from the March Stream at midday on a black/silver no dressing very small fly. Also reported they are&...; 7 May Weekly Report
After another slow start to the week we had 2 fish to report for Wednesday. On the Dunearn Beat Vanessa Tully caught her first fish, an 8 pounder, in the tail of Morga...; April; 30 April Weekly Report
A slow start to the week but on Wednesday things picked up on Daltra. Dalnashaugh was the lucky spot late morning with first Colin McDowall landing a 13lber to be followe...; 23 April Weekly Report
On Monday the first fish of the 2018 season was caught by Iain McLaren who was out on Daltra and just before lunchtime he netted a 10 pounder in the tail of the Sand pool...; 16 April FNLFT Online Auction
Please see below details and link for the above auction: The Findhorn Nairn & Lossie Fisheries Trust Fundraising Auction is now live. The...
2017: October; 2 October 2017 Report
Report on the 2017 Fishing Season at Lethen The season got off to an encouraging start in April with the first fish being caught on the 4th by Adrian Ormerod. The tota...; 1 October Loch Belivat 2017 Report
Loch Belivat 2017 Report Trout caught: Average catch per outing: Average kept per outing: Average weight of kept: Trout releas...

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