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June

Fresh water but nothing to write home about

The Helmsdale rose to 2ft on the Salscraggie gauge and the excitement reached fever pitch but the river only managed to produce a disappointing 18 - 20 salmon for the week. The sea-trout arrived also and most took the chance to speed up the river and some of the burns but, there have been some very nice ones caught along the way. Phillip Marshall landed the biggest at 6lbs on the Association water where numerous others in the 1 - 3lbs category have been caught at night.

2 weeks on from the spate and things are not looking too good yet, only a few grilse and some sea-trout are giving moderate sport so hopefully in the next few weeks the main summer run will quickly build and July will save a rather dour season so far.

We have all the flies you need ofcourse, especially RS Baby Tds, Cascade and Willie Gunn Firetails and don't forget to have some Alistairs at the ready, we have our Baby TD Alistairs back in stock. And, we have a very special new set of summer flies available in a set or individially. New RS UV SuperStoat doubles, coneheads, hitch and micro tubes. You can see them all below....if you cannot catch summer salmon and seatrout with the stunning flies mentioned above then there is no hope!

We are also now adding reels and great fly pics regularly to our Instagram and facebook pages so you can find and follow us there, please feel free to sign up also to our regular newsletter where you will get the first chance see our latest offers and new flies etc - sign up easily right here by simply adding your email address - https://www.helmsdalecompany.com/newsletter-registration.html

Grab a set of these deadly RS UV flies right here along with other favourites - https://www.helmsdalecompany.com/index.php

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June

The river is up at last!

The Helmsdale has had another very quiet week. The run of bigger fish is now almost over so the grilse are next to come. It’s a little early for that yet but the river has caught some of the rain this weekend and risen to around 2ft on the gauge. This is a hugely welcome refresh to get the stock moving and should pave the way for some great fishing in the week ahead.

Aside from the fishing, Ron has just topped up some of the absolute best sellers here at Helmsdale Co. Take a look at our stunning sell out Cascades with JC and the Solar Firetail option along with our deadly Firetail Willie Gunn and breathtaking RS Solar Flamethrowers. These will hammer fish all summer and into the autumn so make sure you grab some while we have them in stock.

You will find all these and many more in out "Latest in" category so please have a look as many of our big favourites are back in stock just in time for the best of the summer fishing - click here to see all the latest in - https://www.helmsdalecompany.com/latest-flies-in.html

RS Solar Flamethrower gold Patriot double

RS Solar Cascade Firetail gold double

RS Solar Willie Gunn Firetail gold double

RS Cascade Tungsten gold conehead, you need a fistful of these beauties this week for the rise in the water.

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June

Red Alert, "Sell out" flies back in stock - grab now

The Helmsdale had another handfull of fish last week and now it is a waiting game for water grilse and sea-trout. Aside from that we are fast approaching peak season and just in time for this we have stocked up on our best selling flies which always sell out fast.

Below are pics of just a few to get the juices flowing but be warned, you need to be quick as these once advertised they will not be around for long, they never last so please try to grab your stock as soon as you see them.

The micro versions of some of these flies are incredible as an example micro Willie Dog conehead, just sensational along with many others.

Please order from our "Latest Flies In" category link right here - https://www.helmsdalecompany.com/latest-flies-in.html?page=all

RS Baby TD

Alistair Flamethrower

Willie Dog Conehead

Cascade JC Silver Double

Cascade Tungsten conehead