Spring Salmon Fishing Dunkeld House Beat

 Not long now till the 2026 salmon fishing season starts on the mighty river Tay. 

Happy New Year to everyone when it comes. and Tight Lines for 2026.

Salmon Flies

 

Yokanga Gold Salmon fly.

 

A nice fly for spring time.

Salmon Spawning Problems

 

For the last few years I have really noticed one of the many problems relating to salmon spawning habitat that not many people seem to have noticed. Salmon spawning beds on the Tay are becoming seriously chocked up with silt showing in this small video clip and it’s getting worse the last few years. Salmon need clean fresh gravel to be able to cut their redds . If they are lucky enough to dig a redd how can the eggs stay alive without being chocked up with silt . Even trying to dig and rake gravel you clearly see the problem, hard compact and full of silt what chance have our fish of spawning properly when the spawning beds are in this state . It’s something I feel need to be looked at . It’s a fairly easy fix too after all the old ghillies used to go out and rake the gravel for spawning time .

Tying a Spring Salmon Fly with Tanuki..

Dunkeld House Beat

 

Like to wish you all a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year  

Tight lines for 2026 lets hope its a good one.

Dunkeld House Beat River Tayn

 

With the season on the Tay not that long away now, its a good time to get all the gear ready again especially on those dark wet nights .

CDC Medicine Fly tyed by Davie McPhail

Tying the MacKenzie Cascade (Salmon Fly) with Davie McPhail

Tying a Claret Flamethrower Salmon Fly by Davie McPhail

TYING THE GHILLIE SALMON FLY WITH RYAN HOUSTON

Tips on how I store my Salmon Tube Flies..

Tying a Scandinavian Style Salmon Tube Fly with Davie McPhail

Fly Tying Spring Flys