Lost at Sea
I saw this film and thought it had some very good points. Orri Vigfússon - Government and scientists refuse to believe, by killing too...
Line choice for your double handed or Spey rod
Matching your double handed or Spey rod with the correct line. The late 1990s saw a massive leap forward with regard fly line design,...
Salmon at Sea. Why are our salmon lost at sea?
The correlation between weather and food in the ocean and the effect on Atlantic Salmon.
Trout and Salmon Spey Report 2003
For many years I wrote the Trout and Salmon monthly report for the Spey and have just came across some old ones. Over the next weeks I'll...
Who Are Salmon Fishermen/women?
Who would be a Ghillie?! How many people can put their hand on heart and say they look forward to Monday? Who can honestly say “My day...
Why go to Norway, Iceland or Russia to catch salmon?
Why I take my clients abroad to fish for salmon.
Final week of 2017 on the Spey
2017 season comes to an end on the Spey. They say the older you get, the quicker time seems to pass! Not that I’m too old yet, but my...
River Spey - The truth and reality.
The good old days “I remember when we used to caught 20 before lunch”, “aye and 15 of them were over 20lbs”. All my fishing life I...
Spring Salmon, an Obsession
Ian Tennant (head Ghillie on the Brae Water) and I were discussing how the river had now become a spring river, with little or no grilse....
Sandy's big fish and Loch Maree!
This was the biggest fish I've ever seen on the end of any salmon rod..
