Cargill beat- River Tay

Cargill beat- River Tay Pics of the layed cobbles in the Pot shot. This was constructed as a clean area to shoot salmon nets in what would have been a very productive netting shot 100 years ago.

 

 

Cargill beat- River Tay

Cargill beat- River Tay 86 year old Joan Hurd with a 10lb fish from lower Cargill. As you can tell from the size of its paddle it put up a spirited fight. Joans party had 4 fish from their 3 days in very hot conditions.

 

Cargill beat- River Tay Grilse

Ben Ewart with a 5lb fish from upper Cargill on Saturday. Taken from Rumbling stone it was Bens first grilse. Well done Ben!!! Bens pal Mike Howells also landed a 5lb grilse the evening before from the Sands on the lower beat.

 

Cargill beat- River Tay

Cargill beat- River Tay. A caasting lesson on lower Cargill. If you would like to bruch up on your casting this season our fishing school can provide you with the tuition that you need. Follow the fishing school link above for more info.

 

Worming today on Lower Cargill. A quiter day today with only one fish being hooked and lost.

 

Cargill beat- River Tay

Cargill beat- River Tay. 1 fish landed on upper Cragill today. It came to the worm and was taken in the Rumbling stone pool and weighed at just obver 5lb. 3 other fish were hooked in the afternoon including a grilse on the fly. In the afternoon a few grilse were showing as they moved through the beat. The river level is still low at -1inch.

 

Cargill beat- River Tay. Grilse and summer salmon

Cargill beat- River Tay. 4 fish captured including 2 grilse. Biggest fish weighed in at 9lb and was caught by 85 year old Joan Hurd. It is certainly good to see well conditioned grilse around in June. Hope the run continues into July. The river is still sitting below summer level at -2in.

 

 

 

Cargill beat- River Tay 2 fresh fish today despite blistering heat

Cargill beat- River Tay. Upper Cargill saw 2 fish captured today from the Pot Shot depsite the very warm conditions. One weighed in a 10lb and the other 8lb. The are a few fish lying in the beat with a few pulls throughout the morning.

 

Cargill beat- River Tay Report

Cargill beat- River Tay. This last week has been dissapointing in that a few fish have been seen in the low clear water conditions, but running through in small pockets they have been coming short with lots of follows but few hooked. When hooked the encounters have been fleating. It has been a very hot week with the river running low and clear again after last weeks rain. Fish have been coming to the fly and the low water is providing lovely conditions for fly fishing. Highlight of the week was a very large fish which was hooked in Clocksden on the upper beat on a size 10 casacade. Hooked in the tail it continued to push into the pool and then sulked on the bottom for a good 10 mins doing very little until it rubbed the leader through. Very unlucky for angler Chris who did little wrong but ultimately lost which would have been his first ever salmon. Weather for next week is to be again dry with clear skies. The river height is now off the gauge at -1" so when numbers of fish begin to push upstream again conditions will be favourable.

Cargill beat- River Tay Fly fishing the pot shot

Cargill beat- River Tay. Fly-fishing the pot shot today from an achored boat on upper Cargill. A few more fish seen today especially in the afternoon. A few coming short for lures and a very big fish hooked on a cascade and floating line in Clocksden played for 10mins but unfortunatly resulting in a broken line.

 

 

Cargill beat- River Tay upstream from Sands

Cargill beat- River Tay Photo taken today looking upstram from the Sands pool on lower Cargill. The gauge is currently reading 2inches above summer level, which is very low for this time of year. There some availability in July. For info follow the book salmon fishing online link above.

 

Cargill beat- River Tay Brian Drury

Cargill beat- River Tay. Brian Drury with a nice fish taken in the Rumbling stone pool on Saturday.

Cargill beat- River Tay Fly fishing clocksden

Cargill beat-River Tay. Low summer level conditions in the Clocksden pool on upper Cargill. A couple of fish hooked today but no final reward.

 

 

Cargill beat- River Tay clearing river

Cargill beat- River Tay. Fly fishing of the cradle wall today. Nice conditions with the water clearing but apart from a couple of good pulls nothing to be had.

 

 

Cargill beat- River Tay Summer level

Looking upstream today across upper Cargill towards the bridge. At summer levels all the ledges are clearly visible forcing fish into tight areas of water.

 

Looking downstream across lower Cargill. At the end of last week the river was a dark peaty colour. This is clearing nicely making prospects good for the coming week.

 

Cargill beat- River Tay 24lb summer salmon

Cargill beat- River Tay. This beauty was caught last night by head ghillie David Godfrey. Not bad for your first cast Dave. It was taken in the cradle on red and gold floating devon. The river is still running at a good height but is still carrying a peaty colour form the recent rainfall. Given a settled couple of days this will fine down making better conditions for some good catches.To book a summer day on Cargill follow the book salmon fishing online link at the top of the page.

Cargill Beat Autumn Fishing Available

A very rare opportunity to book Autumn fishing on the Cargill beat has arisen. Details can be found on the availability page.