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Fishing Trips in Scotland – July Round Up

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We had a variety of fishing trips in Scotland during July. July was a hot month, we experienced 30 degree temperatures on a number of days, with some fisheries recording water temperatures over 20 degrees – not great for Salmonoid species such as Trout and Salmon. That didn’t stop us from landing some special fish, particularly towards the beginning of July.

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Dan enjoys the downstream view on the River Tay

Daniel was out Salmon fishing on the river Tay in low conditions and although we didn’t manage any Salmon, we had a great day and Daniel learnt to Spey cast using top of the range rods from Loop. He worked hard and deserved a Salmon for his efforts – maybe next time Dan!

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Lady Caroline fishing the mighty River Tay!

I had the pleasure of looking after Greg for three fishing trips in Scotland, we decided to do a day of Salmon, Pike and Trout. The first day we fished for Salmon and Greg was fully aware the conditions were going to be tough but it’s not often you get the chance to fish for Salmon in Scotland – the home of Salmon fly fishing! He plodded on but could not connect with one of natures finest creatures!

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22lbs of Trossachs Pike!

Next day saw Greg on our guided Pike fishing trips in Scotland! Greg had to be talked into Pike, it’s not often a fish associated with Scotland but we have some outstanding Pike fishing in Scotland. We didn’t have to wait long, Greg had literally only been fishing 5 minutes and we connected with the new Scotia Fishing big fish record – a 22lb Pike!

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Not long after he managed this stunner weight 16lbs on the fly using one of Callum’s own tied Pike flies on the Loop Cross S1 9ft #9 fly rod. Greg followed this with another 5 smaller jack Pike to 6lbs – a great day by anyone’s standards. Next up was Trout and we fished one of our favourite brown trout lochs. We managed half a dozen or so Wild Brown Trout to 3/4lb, the average wild stamp of fish.

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Golden Browns!

Greg remarked how much he enjoyed the variety of the three days and really enjoyed his fishing trips in Scotland with Scotia Fishing! 

With the fishing hard on our local Brown Trout water and little Salmon activity we took South African father and Son on a guided trout fishing trip in Edinburgh to a reservoir that offers great sport for Rainbow Trout on dry flies. Here’s a little video I took with talented young angler Rhu catching and releasing a lovely Rainbow Trout on a daddy long legs!

 

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Yes, this is Scotland!

Callum headed up to the far north of Scotland to look after a group of German anglers with fly fish dreamer’s head guide Wes. Weather wise it was perfect, you couldn’t have asked for better weather to see this beautiful part of our country but for Trout fishing it was far from ideal to be honest. We had temperatures up to 29 degrees with not a cloud to be seen for four days! 

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Dennis releases a nice sea trout

With this in mind we turned our attention to fishing in the sea. The group managed to get some lovely Sea Trout and Mackerel which became a staple part of our diet over the four days, freshly cooked by the water, delicious – you can’t get any fresher than that! 

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A whopper for young Alexander on his first ever outing fly fishing!

We also managed to introduce three newcomers to the wonderful sport of fly fishing this month! Lennie was looking after father and son from Dubai Alex and Anas. After some tuition from our guide Lennie, a qualified SGAIC casting instructor, Alex managed to catch three hard fighting rainbow trout fishing buzzers on a floating line – out fishing his father I may add! Father & Son fishing trips in Scotland.

 

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Fish on for Wu!

Sang and Wu all the way from Korea managed to connect with a few rainbow’s too after some qualified instruction from head guide and Loop Akademi member Callum. They done very well considering the conditions, with Wu releasing a lovely 4 pounder on the fly! Looking forward to taking the guys Salmon fishing later this year.

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The sun sets in the beautiful highlands of Scotland!

August has got of to a flyer with one lucky client landing three Salmon on the river Tay. With some much needed rain arriving we expect the Salmon fishing to really start picking up from now into September, especially now with the grilse (1 sea winter Salmon) are finally arriving in numbers. We still have some availability for the rest of the August and September so if you fancy a days guided fishing in Scotland please get in touch by pressing the “EMAIL US” box at the top of the site.

Stay tuned for our August round up of our guided fishing trips in Scotland with Scotia Fishing.

Tight lines & best wishes!

Callum & Lennie

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Salmon Fishing Near Gleneagles

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Scotia Fishing specialise in guided Salmon fishing near Gleneagles. We use a number of locations throughout the Tay system, with the opportunity to fish prime beats on the mighty River Tay, only a short car journey from Gleneagles.  The River Tay is famous for producing the British record rod caught Salmon of 64lb, caught by Miss Georgina Ballantine back in 1922.

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Miss Georgina Ballantine’s 64lb Atlantic Salmon

That special fish remains the rod caught record for the British Isles to this day! 2013 So the Tay have one of it’s best seasons for a long time. The cold start to the year seemed to really help the Spring fishing, with many beats on the river breaking records.

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Salmon fishing near Gleneagles in stunning Tay Valley scenery

Scotia Fishing will carefully select the beat and river that has the appropriate facilities, suits your experience levels and offers you the best chance of catching the king of fish!

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Clients Salmon fishing near Gleneagles on productive scenic beats of the River Tay

We provide a hassle free service – just click and fish! Our packages include transport, permits, personal qualified guidance & tuition, fishing equipment, waterproof clothing & footwear, waders, packed lunches and water.  Our guides will also capture photographic memories of your day as a souvenir for each paying guest. (Check out the Scotia Fishing Gallery, all images are taken by our own guides).

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A fine spring Salmon, as fresh as they come..

Don’t worry if you haven’t tried Spey casting before, our experienced fishing guides will teach you the basics in no time using tried and trusted professional instruction techniques. Our Head Guide Callum Conner is a qualified SGAIC Instructor and Loop Tackle Design Ambassador.

We can fish for Salmon using both traditional and modern Spey rods and lines.

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Learn to Spey cast using double handed fly rods

 

There’s also the possibility to spin fish for Salmon if you wish and when conditions/rules allow, this can be a devastating method on its day. We use modern spinning tackle outfits from excellent lure fishing brand Sakura-Fishing.

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Great spring Salmon for Alaskan guest Jim – River Tay perfection!

Here’s a typical Scotia Fishing Salmon fishing package itinerary;

  • 8am Your personal guide will collect you from your accommodation
  • A short car journey to chosen location
  • Arrive at chosen beat, guide will set up tackle etc and introduction to the Ghillie
  • Complimentary dram of Whisky
  • Brief safety & tackle talk
  • Casting demonstrations (if required)
  • Commence fishing
  • Guides will give further one to one tuition and take photos
  • 1pm  Lunch break (Mandatory on most Salmon beats to rest pools and for anglers to rotate)
  • Commence fishing in fresh pools
  • Guides will give more one to one tuition and take further photos
  • Pack up & refreshments
  • Drop off back at destination for 5:30pm

Our guides will edit your photos of your day as soon as possible and these can be sent via Dropbox.

All clients booking with Scotia will receive a PDF welcome pack with all the information you require for your upcoming trip, This can be stored to a smart phone, iPad or tablet for future references,

Check out our Salmon Fishing Scotland Package to book now or If you’re interested in Salmon fishing near Gleneagles please do not hesitate to get in touch. You can contact us via the “Contact Us” button at the top of the page.