Cargill beat- River Tay 8 today on upper beat

Cargill beat- River Tay A good day today on the upper beat. 7 salmon and 1 grilse plus another 4 hooked and lost. 5 from the pot shot head, 3 on fly, 1 on worm and one on floating devon. 2 from Rumbly (harling and rapala) and 1 on flying c from Clocksden. The river level dropped nicely overnight and is clearing nicely. Below is a 4lb grilse i got tonight from the potshot on a raider. Sorry no other pics from today, camera problems!!

 

Cargill beat- River Tay 9lb summer salmon on floating devon

Cargill beat- River Tay This is a cracking 9lb summer fish landed by Chris Gibson in the Cradle after being hooked in Hackey on a floating devon. The fish was returned safely. We also lost a bigger fish harling late in the afternoon again in the cradle. The river rose steadily this afternoon with some extra water from the Isla and Ericht.

 

 

Cargill beat- River Tay 3 summer salmon and 1 grilse

Cargill beat- River Tay. 4 fish from the upper beat today. Biggest caught by Chris below weighed in at 13lb and was matted with long tailed lice. Gavins grilse came from Rumbly. A few other fish lost including a massive fish in Clocksden which eventualy pulled the hook free. The river is still dropping slowly.

 

 

Cargill beat- River Tay 3 grilse and 1 salmon

Cargill beat- River Tay 1 grilse and a 9lb cock fish caught this morning from Clocksden and this afternoon 2 grilse from the pot shot. Another 4 fish hooked and lost this afternoon. The river has begun to rise slowly after todays rain. It has stayed clean so far and shouldn't rise much. Lots of fish beginning to lie up in the beat.

 

 

Cargill beat- River Tay 20lb from the cradle

Cargill beat- River Tay Landed this 20lb summer salmon from the cradle tonight on a flying c. The water settled this afternoon and a few fish began to show. This is the stamp of fish the Tay is famous for. During the day a couple of fish were hooked and lost.

 

The return.

 

Cargill beat- River Tay 3 summer fish from bridge stream

Cargill beat- River Tay. Had a good hour this morning just before lunch. Landed 3 from the bridge stream. All 3 were returned safely. The river started to drop about 12pm and the fish responded. Biggest was a hen around 12lb. The afternoon was quieter with only one hooked and lost.

 

 

 

Returning fish

 

Cargill beat- River Tay Dago 20lb sea licer

Cargill beat- River Tay. A cracker for Tay salmon staff member Dago tonight on a flying "c". Covered in sea lice. Not bad for first cast.

The release

Cargill beat- River Tay. Sea liced grilse on the fly

Cargill beat- River Tay. 2 sea liced grilse caught from the cradle this week on the fly. There are strong runs of fresh grilse running every day. Also large summer fish are present. Biggest yesterday weighed in at 16lb harled from Clocksden. Yesterday there were 5 caught on various methods.

 

 

 

Cargill beat- River Tay 3 today on lower Cargill

Cargill beat- River Tay. 3 sea liced fish today on lower Cargill. 2 from the Sands on a flying "c" during the day. I was lucky enough to get this cracking grilse on the fly in the evening. Also held and lost a much bigger coloured fish on a Monkey. Again lots of running fish seen just before dark.

 

Cargill beat- River Tay- 2 Summer fish on upper beat

Cargill beat- River Tay There were 2 summer fish caught today, both came on the harl. The morning saw one hooked and lost and a nice little Tay pike. The afternoon was much more productive with 2 landed by Jamie Parrot and another 6 hooked and lost. After 4pm a good run started to show and in that time most of the fish were hooked. They were slashing at flies and tobies and when we started harling they were jumping over the lines. Good to see such good numbers of running fish.

Cargill beat- River Tay 4 Salmon on upper Cargill

Cargill beat- River Tay. 4 fish landed today on uppper Cargill biggest around the 10lb mark. Shown below is Sandy Rankin who landed 2 fish during some tuition. All fish caught today were sea liced. Small pockets of running fish were seen all through the day.

 

 

 

 

Cargill Beat- River Tay Weekly report

 

Cargill Beat- River Tay. This week we enjoyed nice and settled water conditions with only small rises throughout the week, this kept conditions excellent for the fly. Fish were caught everyday with Saturday ending up the most productive with 4 caught. There are plenty of fish running through the beat every day with signs that they are starting to slow down giving us an even better shot at capturing them. Again all the fish caught this week were in fantastic condition and most were hanging with sea lice. There is more summer salmon running now and they are puting up a serious scrap in the clear water. There are fish getting caught on the fly every day right now so take advantage of these summer conditions and capture a Tay salmon.

Cargill Beat- River Tay Andrew Custer

Cargill Beat- River Tay. 4 fish today from upper Cargill. 2 on fly (bridge stream and potshot), 1 harled 12lb from Rumbly and 1 on the flying c in the bridge. 4 others were hooked and lost well into the fight. Can't help your luck sometimes!! Pictured below is Andrew Custer with his 2 fish. There are heaps of fish running all through the day right now. Follow the Tay Salmon links above for special August deals.

 

 

 

 

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Cargill beat- River Tay Sea liced grilse on the fly

Cargill beat- River Tay. Some action shots from last week on Cargill. The week saw better runs of grilse and 2SW salmon. 13 were rcorded but many more were hooked and lost. Almost all fish were caught on the fly.

 

 

Cargill beat- River Tay Sea trout on the Sunray