On Tuesday the Dunearn party reported Vincent Brigiode had success in the Upper Falls at 4pm with a coloured fish of 10lbs on a Dusty Cascade.

Friday morning on Altnahara Peter Graham caught and safely released a 9lb salmon in Black on a 1" Conehead green & yellow.

Total Catch: 2
Dunearn: 1
Daltra/Altnahara: 
Day Lets: 1

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On Monday Nick Wright reported a positive start to the week on the Dunearn beat with Luke Pearce landing a 3lb grilse just after 6am in Nettle Hole on a 1" Cascade. There were also fish reported on Darnaway and Logie which could mean the grilse have finally arrived. On Daltra there were reports of a big fish lost in Loop after an epic battle, with the fish running from the neck to the tail at high speed. Older fish were spotted in most pools, before a small run of grilse come into Dalnashaugh. 

On Tuesday afternoon at 3.30pm there was more success on the Dunearn beat with Stephen Good landing an 8lb salmon from Polnachesse on a Cascade. Murray Wilson was fishing Mini Daltra for the first time from the left bank and he caught and released a 4lb grilse in Laird's on a Alistair Cone Head tube.

The heatwave finally arrived on Wednesday which made the conditions even tougher. There were reports of a fish on briefly in Loop on Thursday and a good pull in Black on Friday, but otherwise it was fairly quiet. Then the thunderstorms arrived on Friday night with heavy localised downpours. The river rose about 9" and was still dirty on Saturday afternoon when a decent sized fish was lost in the tail of Loop.

Total Catch: 3
Dunearn: 2
Daltra/Altnahara: 0
Day Lets: 1

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On Wednesday evening around 7.30pm, Chris Mills landed a 9lb salmon from the White Stream on the Daltra beat. Earlier in the morning he had briefly hooked a salmon in the very bottom of the Daltra pool. On Thursday, Chris concentrated on the Black pool on Altnahara and moved a good fish in excess of 15 pounds around 8pm. On Friday morning the river was up slightly giving a much better flow. Chris rose the same fish twice halfway down Daltra first thing but no contact. On revisiting the pool an hour and a half later probably the same fish launched itself at the hitch fly resulting in a vigorous fight for several minutes before breaking free. It looked a fresh fish in the 8 to 9 pound bracket. Once the river dropped by Friday evening all went quiet again and no fish were seen or encountered on Altnahara during Saturday.

The water on the Dunearn beat was a lovely height on Thursday and running pretty clear, but the weed that grows in the low water was being washed out so every 2 or 3 casts caught a big clump. On Friday the Dunearn beat a fish rose to the hitch fly in tail of Morgan’s a couple of times - but it wouldn’t take, and just before dark there were a couple of half hearted offers in the neck of March Stream.

Total Catch: 1
Dunearn: 0
Daltra/Altnahara: 1
Day Lets: 0

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Another hot and dry week. The river was very low and the thunderstorms at the end of the week didn't bring much relief and barely shifted the river height. Several fish came up to flies during the week, around five in total, but none connected. Fish were seen throughout the river, although not in the usual numbers. Only three infected fish were seen.

Total Catch: 0
Dunearn: 0
Daltra/Altnahara: 0
Day Lets: 0

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Jack Christison started the new week with an evening visit to the Dunearn beat on Monday and was rewarded by a mint fresh 9lb salmon from Morgan’s Haugh on the smallest black fly in his box and a full floating line. He saw a sprinkling of fish here and there, but more clean healthy fish would help with grilse  starting to show up on other rivers. He confirmed the general condition of the river is good, and a small rise over the weekend made it very fishable. On Tuesday evening Richard West was out on Dunearn and he also had success in Morgan's Haugh at 9pm with a silver 9lb salmon in good condition that was safely released. There were reports of several grilse jumping in the lower Daltra beat on Wednesday evening. It was fairly quiet on the Dunearn beat on Friday and also on Altnahara on Saturday with reports of a 3lb grilse in Upper Chair that had a look at the fly twice and a nice resident 12lb fish sitting in Deadman's that the fly spooked him every time.

Total Catch: 2
Dunearn: 2
Daltra/Altnahara: 0
Day Lets: 0

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Monday morning on Dunearn the water rose and fish were showing steady for a while in Morgan’s Haugh. Both rods out had half hearted offers in the same pool and we were hopeful of some success, but things went quiet and they didn’t see a thing after midday. The water and weather conditions were perfect and it should have been a productive day’s fishing. There is still signs of Saprolegnia with the odd diseased or dead fish around and that seems to really spoil the chances of catching one of the healthy ones.

Tuesday on Altnahara was absolutely perfect fly water. It was an enjoyable day as every stretch fished perfectly, but again very few fish were showing an interest despite the ideal conditions.

It was hard going last week, with only a few local rods out mainly fishing mornings and evenings. Only a few fish were spotted and there wasn’t any sign of running fish during the week.

Total Catch: 0
Dunearn: 0
Daltra/Altnahara: 0
Day Lets: 0

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Our first blank week of the season. Despite rain over the weekend and a slight rise in the river, conditions were difficult at the start of the week with reports of resident fish showing signs of disease and some dead fish. The rain was more consistent on Tuesday and later that night there was a rise of over a foot. The river was dirty on Wednesday, but it dropped off nicely and conditions were ideal for the rest of week. Only a few fresh fish were seen entering the river meaning a frustrating end of the week. On Saturday we received reports of a mid morning run of fish through Loop on Daltra, and shortly after a fish was on briefly. There are fish in most pools now which is encouraging for the week ahead.

Total Catch: 0
Dunearn: 0
Daltra/Altnahara: 0
Day Lets: 0

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Paul Kelly and Jack Christison were out on Altnahara on Monday. Paul reported that although the beat was pretty quiet, Jack landed a 13lb salmon on a small orange tube in the Chair pool just before lunchtime. It gave a very good account of itself with long runs and leaps out of the water. Eventually it was netted and safely returned. 

The May heatwave finally reached the Findhorn during the week. Fishing conditions were extremely difficult with clear skies, rising temperatures and no rain. The river temperature was close to 68°F (20°C) by Friday and some of the resident fish were really starting to struggle. Fortunately we had some scattered showers at the weekend and week ahead is expected to be much cooler and wetter.

Total Catch: 1
Dunearn: 0
Daltra/Altnahara: 0
Day Lets: 1

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James Verney got the week off to a good start on the Dunearn Beat on Monday with a 6lb salmon from Morgan's Haugh on a size 8 Willie Gunn in medium low water. It was safely released. Unfortunately that was the end of the scoring for the week. Even with a nice 8" rise mid week and fairly ideal fishing conditions, there were very few fish showing.

Total Catch: 1
Dunearn: 1
Daltra/Altnahara: 0 
Day Lets: 0

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It was a much cooler week with scattered showers not really bringing a significant river level rise until heavy downpours on Wednesday meant the river was up over a foot on Thursday morning and very dirty. It had settled down and cleared by Friday morning and at midday we finally had some success  when Jason McCruden landed a 7lb bar of silver in the tail of Loop on Daltra, using 8 ft sink tip and his version of a Crabby Pattie fly. Jason also noted 3 fresh fish running through the tail of Island.

Total Catch: 1
Dunearn:  
Daltra/Altnahara: 1 
Day Lets:  

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