Week 13

With a stable river at around 1'6" for most of the week every pool is fishing now! This week was a party which took Commonty, Banchory, aboyne castle and Craigendinnie. 2 fish were landed for AC and Craigendinnie beats, one from crofts on George's bank and the first fish from the Lorne AC bank. There is a gravel build up at the top of the Lorne this year so let's see if it starts producing a few more fish. Another good fish was lost from Symonds. Monkeys did the trick with float and sink tip lines. And most fish seem to be getting caught in the afternoons or evenings. We are at the 5 year average now so another on Monday would do nicely! 

Short Film - ABOYNE CASTLE SPRING 2014

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Spring on the Upper Dee - Aboyne Castle

Last cast saloon!!

After a difficult 3 days of seeing no fish showing, high downstream winds and high water it has been testing to say the least. However Gary and Karen persevered and Gary was rewarded with a cracking 8lb spanking fresh bar of silver from crofts at 5:00pm!! A very well deserved fish!!! Let's hope they start playing ball now!! 

Last week...

Well last week the river was like a yo-yo! With rising and falling water we didn't see too many fish, the water dropped away nicely Wednesday and Thursday resulting in Tony landing a nice 7lbr, but with mild temperatures and high winds it was soon back up! A very well deserved fish for Tony, adding it to the craigendinnie numbers.

Let's hope the river settles a bit for next week!

Here's a few pics, who says fishing in March is always cold and wet!

First week....

With the warm temperatures and high waters through February we were all very optimistic for the first week! George started opening day with a cracking springer from the craigendinnie bank in Jockie Fyfe for his guests, although the remainder of the week seemed to be pretty slow. By Thursday a few fish seemed to be moving about with another fish being landed from Rail End, Waterside, and Deecastle all landing fish. Friday aboyne castle landed the first springer of the season! Caught by Alex Coutts, we knew he would winkle one out! The water has come up again on Sunday so I'm very hopefull for this coming week! There are still plenty of fish in the middle dee with reports of long tail seas liced fish being caught as high as Commonty! These fish are moving up quick!!

The foundations are in for Craigendinnie's new hut!