Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas and we hope you have a prosperous & healthy New Year. Many thanks for supporting us, let's have a superb 2015!

Check out our latest RS Kola Tiger fly...we will have them on sale soon. I would advise you to pre-order on this one!

Its looking good for the big river Opening in just a couple of weeks. The long range weather forecast does not show anything to fear in particular. the river is running very well and temps are above average for the season. There is every chance that springers will be entering the river from now on so get your accom booked and get the rod out!

I will be offering guiding services this time round and I am booked for the first 3 days of the season, but, Thursday Friday & Saturday are still available. If you want to get right into the heat of the action I will take you through the cream of spring pools on the Helmsdale. Give me a call or email and ill book you in for a day or two. I will be fishing through the hot spots with you and ill only guide for 2 rods per day.

Don't forget to have a look back at our archive fishing reports to get a feel for what's coming up, We have some great video footage there also. On the tackle side make sure you grab some of our copper tubes and coneheads in 1.5 - 2". last years opening day fish fell to our RS Alistair tiger tail tube (below) order right here - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/tiger-tail-alistair-copper-tube.html

Also remember its easy now to sign into the Helmsdale Fishing Forum where all the insider chat is happening on the river. Its a place where people can have their say and engage with each other on many fishy topics. Massive change is on the way for fishery management, why not join the discussion and see how it may affect the Helmsdale river....

I was passed on this interesting link by a friend which shows what can happen to localised atlantic salmon stocks if managed properly and given a fair chance to flourish - http:// http://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/Atlantic-salmon-populations-%E2%80%98against-the-current%E2%80%99-in-the-northern-Baltic-Sea.aspx