It has been a great post lockdown return to the rivers generally and Scotland has been no exception. The Tweed and Spey seem to be on fire as most rivers report some fine sport.

Red letter days have been reported on the Spey as 2 local experts landed 10 fish to their own rods in one day on Orton and the Brae water. Ronnie Fraser had a grand day with 4 fish on Orton until he had a break, in the next pool he fished he had 6 offers and another six fish landed to round off an incredible days fishing. Then it was the turn of Graham Ritchie on the Brae water who landed 9 salmon and one grilse to mark yet another outstanding day on Speyside.

The lower river seems to be holding a substancial head of fish and with the river at around 6" the fish seem in no hurry to run the system too quickly. having said that I was still confident when I got the call to have a cast up on Wester Elchies opposite Aberlour on Friday. The new Solar Alistair tungsten conehead wes deployed fished off a full floater for a road test and it did not disappoint. The resilts are below from Delbreck, Delene and the Rhynd pool. Very few fish were seen on the beat but I managed to land 3 and break one due to pilot error. Willie Stephen had a couple and Ronnie Fraser also had 3 on the day.

The hot flies right now are Alistairs, Yellow Allys, Willie Gunn flamethrowers and Ronnie Frasers Roncade shrimp.

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A sparkling fresh grilse

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