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THE BALLINDALLOCH CASTLE water on the Spey holds some very fine pools indeed, including The Junction Pool where the Avon joins the [...]

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THE BRAE SHRIMP came about a few years ago after I was given a present of some heron hackles. I’m sure the [...]

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PRIME WEEKS ON the Spey don’t come along that often, and the weeks that follow are only available because of some changes made in how the Gordon Castle Estate water is being managed.
The Castle Beat and Lower Water 1 and 2 all lie downstream of Fochabers road bridge and offer excellent fishing throughout. Since last [...]

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ONLY A COUPLE of weeks and the season kicks off in Norway. The Bjora (Namsen tributary) will be fishing now, but it is 1 June when the majority of salmon rivers open.
 
 
 
There are some available rods on the rotating beats of the NFC water around Storen. This is fly-water of the highest order, the rods [...]

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THE RIVER TWEED provides the best back-end salmon fishing in the country, and of course being so popular (and productive) rods in the prime weeks on the best beats are dead men’s shoes affairs. However, all is not lost and there is still time to secure a day or two’s fishing at this very special [...]

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DELPHI LODGE IS having a great spring this season. With 140 salmon landed already it looks as though this could be a record breaking spring at the fishery.
However, because of the current economic situation there are some available rods and are being offered at a 33% discount on all new bookings made between now and [...]

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HELLO TO you salmon anglers who drop in on the blog. If you’d like to join the list of subscribers, who receive exclusive salmon fishing information and news by email (sometimes before it’s posted here), please send a message in comments giving your email address and you’ll be added to the list.
Tight lines,
Roy.

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Lower Tweed

THE CREDIT CRUNCH is throwing up some rather interesting opportunities for those who have been canny with their pennies. It was the same when the Lloyds insurance syndicates imploded twenty years ago, we’d never seen so many prime weeks on famous rivers come on the market.
If anyone is looking for a farmhouse to rent in [...]

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MORE OF THE Salmon Annual, this time the 2005 edition. 
This one carries a pool-by-pool guide to the River Erriff, a story about a 50lb+ fish from the Cascapedia, river snapshots of the Foxford Fishery in Ireland and the St Jean in Quebec, plus the season reviews.
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