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Altnaharra set to re-open to salmon anglers this Easter

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Trout and Salmon, 01 March 2010 11:23

One of Scotland’s most-celebrated fishing hotels, The Altnaharra Hotel, is to reopen at Easter following a two-year closure. The new owners are father and son, Roy and Duncan Mason, both keen fishermen for more than 30 years, who aim to put the hotel back on the fishing map. Surrounded by superb scenery in the North-west Highlands, the hotel offers salmon, brown ...

 

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Altnaharra set to re-open to salmon anglers this Easter

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Trout and Salmon,
01 March 2010 11:23

One of Scotland’s most-celebrated fishing hotels, The Altnaharra Hotel, is to reopen at Easter following a two-year closure. The new owners are father and son, Roy and Duncan Mason, both keen fishermen for more than 30 years, who aim to put the hotel back on the fishing map. Surrounded by superb scenery in the North-west Highlands, the hotel offers salmon, brown ...

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River Nith sport opens to various bankside ceremonies

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Trout and Salmon, 26 February 2010 12:41

After some of the biggest floods of recent times, during the autumn and winter of 2009, the River Nith opened yesterday, February 25th with small ceremonies held on more than one location along the river. A hardy bunch of anglers and supporters turned out in Dumfries shortly before 9 am to toast the river and the hopes of good sport in the 2010 ...

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Thousands of salmon return to Welsh rivers

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Trout and Salmon, 23 February 2010 11:53

Once thickened black with coal, Welsh rivers are now seeing the return of thousands of salmon, it has emerged this week. In 2009 the Environment Agency Wales and several local angling groups saw huge increases in numbers of the game fish on several venues, including the Taff, Ebbw, Ely and Neath. The news is the culmination of a 20-year clean-up ...

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Best start to the salmon season in years

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Gofishing.co.uk, 23 February 2010 10:20

Hot on the heels of Christchurch Angling Club’s Salmon Open Day on the world renowned Somerley estate Fishery, enthused salmon rods have had the best start to Salmon fishing for years. Following an earlier fish from the Royalty, Christchurch Angling Club member Colin Morgan took this fresh run 18lb springer (pictured) on a cascade tube fly at Ibsley Pool from ...

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New fish pass to be opened on the River Taff by Gareth Edwards

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Trout Fisherman, 04 February 2010 16:19

A new fish pass at Blackweir in Cardiff is being opened by Welsh rugby legend and fisherman Gareth Edwards, and Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones, to allow the free migration of fish along the River Taff. A smaller pass opened at Blackweir 21 years ago but it was found to be hard for fish to locate during high river flows ...

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River Tay produces 30lb salmon within fortnight of new season

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Trout and Salmon, 03 February 2010 12:57

The first day of February saw only two salmon reported caught on the River Tay but one of those salmon will take some beating this spring. The fish, pictured here, was weighed at 30lb and was sea-liced. It was caught at 4pm to a Salmo Toby fished in the Steps pool at Newtyle by Craig Binnie. Craig was on his first visit to the ...

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New weight guide for River Dee salmon released

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Trout and Salmon, 02 February 2010 11:44

As the Aberdeenshire Dee salmon fishing season got under way on February 1, anglers on the 100 per cent catch-and-release river went armed with not only 15 ft fly-rods and lines but also a state-of-the-art weight-to-length chart tailored for Dee salmon. The chart, according to Dee fisheries development officer Ken Reid is available in A4 sizes for the huts but also ...

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Trout and salmon eggs saved by Rivers Trust staff

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Trout Fisherman, 13 January 2010 12:22

Rivers Trust staff braved the snows of north-east Scotland to rescue some 100,000 fertilised salmon and trout eggs, after a hatchery collapsed on the Drummuir Estate near Keith. Several feet of snow had built up at the tunnel-type hatchery, which eventually collapsed despite attempts to support the structure with timber. The accumulation of snow and ice not only made the ...

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Fly anglers told to return River Tay salmon

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Gofishing.co.uk, 13 January 2010 12:07

Yesterday the Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board announced that all anglers fishing the River Tay in Scotland will have to return every fish they catch until June to help overcome dwindling fish stocks. The game angling season on the River Tay will be officially opened on Friday 15th January by finance secretary and MSP for North Tayside John Swinney. The ...

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Christchurch Angling Club to hold salmon fishing open day

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Gofishing.co.uk, 11 January 2010 12:53

Christchurch Angling Club will be holding their annual Salmon Open day at the Somerley Estate Salmon Hut, Ellingham, Hampshire, Sunday 7th Feb 2010. A team of fully qualified and CRB checked coaches headed by Kevin Styles will demonstrate safe casting with double handed rods, heavy sinking lines and large tube flies. Kevin took the first Salmon from the Avon in ...

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