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Wherever you are whatever you observe Nancy, Boss and I send greetings and best wishes for happy holidays and a good 2019 season to you. BTW, Boss is my German Shepherd :cool: Ard

In Scotland, we have a wonderful tradition of taking a break from fishing between 1pm and 2pm to allow for a lunch break. Lunchtime in a Scottish salmon fishing hut can be a convivial affair when anglers have a bite to eat and discuss the morning's events. Many talk to the ghillie and enjoy a...

Catches across Scotland last week were on a par with previous weeks. There is a general feeling that the spring run has not arrived in any great numbers to our shores yet. Hopefully, we will have not too long to wait. In the Scottish Highlands, water levels remained on the low side on many...

NYLON OR FLUOROCARBON, A ROLE FOR BOTH? For years, nylon or copolymer has been a firm favourite among salmon anglers for leader material when fly fishing. The old-fashioned nylon is reliable, stands up to stress and abrasion well and is also great when it comes to tying knots. In recent years...

Ghillies 10! This month, Jim Ferrie, co-manager of the Delvine and Burnbane Beat on the River Tay, sits in the hot seat and faces the 10 big questions!... READ MORE 1. SSFS: What is the biggest salmon you have ever caught? 
JF: The biggest Atlantic Salmon that I have landed was 32lbs caught...

The scene was set in our minds for the annual Easter foray up to Speyside. Good water levels, warm spring sunshine, light winds and even the odd barbeque. How wrong could we be? ... READ MORE Scotland's first online salmon fishing magazine | SSFS

NEXT WEEK'S SCOTTISH SALMON FISHING PROSPECTS We have now moved into April and Easter has now come and almost gone. It always seems to be a date on the calendar when you think spring in Scotland has finally sprung. The days are getting longer, and the clocks have gone forward. This, of course...

Looking ahead to next week, the weather is set to become more settled initially, as high pressure dominates our weather. This will lead to overnight frosts and bright, crisp days. However, from midweek onwards it is set to get milder, as weather systems from the Atlantic push in from the west...

The eagerly anticipated Scottish Fly Fair gets underway this upcoming weekend in Stirling. This should be a fantastic event and one to mark in the calendar for any keen fisher. There will be a number of exhibitors at the event on Saturday and Sunday and attendance numbers are set to be high...

We have now moved into March and entered the meteorological spring. So, you would think with the days getting noticeably longer, it should feel pleasant when the sun comes out and the wind drops. Around us, the landscape should be changing with green buds on the trees and newborn lambs taking...

We will be moving into March next week, which heralds the start of the meteorological spring. However, the weather is set to be anything but spring-like. In the past few days, it has been gradually getting colder and it appears that a big freeze being termed the "beast from the east" may be...

The Scottish salmon fishing season opens in mid-January. The first rivers to open are located in the Scottish Highlands and include the Thurso, Helmsdale and Halladale. These rivers open on the 11th of January. Four days later, the mighty River Tay opens its banks to anglers. At this time of...

We have now moved into February, and with several famous rivers opening their banks to anglers over the past few days, the 2018 Scottish salmon fishing season is now truly underway. Anglers on rivers like the Dee, Teith and Tweed have all wet a line in recent days, and there have been some nice...

Ghillies 10! This month Lee Craig, Ghille on the prolific Carham Beat of the River Tweed, sits in the hot seat and faces the 10 big questions. 1. SSFS: What is the largest salmon you have ever caught? LC: ...READ MORE Scotland's first online salmon fishing magazine | SSFS

As salmon anglers, we all dream of catching that fish of a lifetime. For each angler, size is relative and subsequently what he or she classifies as being a big fish. Generally catching a salmon of over thirty pounds is a fish of a lifetime for most anglers. Each year in Scotland there are...

We can now confirm that this stunning spring salmon was the first fish caught in the UK in 2018. The salmon was caught by the highly talented Gordon Armstrong on the River Moriston at 11.21hrs. Shortly afterwards, at around 1300hrs Stephen Little caught a cracking springer on Loch Tay and he was...

We were lucky enough, once again, to commence our salmon fishing season on the fabulous Newtyle Beat of the River Tay on the 15th of January. The river had been settled and was running at a medium height since the turn of the year, and prospects were looking good. Unfortunately, mother nature...

The 2018 Scottish salmon fishing season finally got underway last Thursday in the Highlands. Rivers like the Thurso, Helmsdale and Halladale, as well as a few others in the area saw anglers grace their banks. There were... READ MORE Scotland's first online salmon fishing magazine | SSFS

Ghillies 10! This month Garry Mcerlain, Ghillie on the prestigious Ballathie Beat of the River Tay, sits in the hot seat to face the 10 big questions and reveals all!...READ MORE Scotland's first online salmon fishing magazine | SSFS

There are a few advantages of fishing in high water, which can often work in your favour. Firstly…READ MORE Scotland's first online salmon fishing magazine | SSFS