Cargill beat, River Tay Scotland

Cargill Beat - Saturday Action

2012-01-30T03:56:00.000-08:00

Ideal conditions with the river dropping back. First action of the day to get the blood pumping.

Only to find out it was last year's model, another kelt.

Conditions are looking very good for the week ahead and rods still available. visit www.taysalmon.co.uk

Cargill Beat - Birds Eye View

2012-01-25T23:56:00.000-08:00

Aerial view of Upper Cargill Salmon fishing beat on the river Tay. Spring and Summer rods available. www.taysalmon.co.uk

Cargill Beat - Tay Salmon Fishing Season Opening Day

2012-01-17T03:03:00.004-08:00

Beautiful winter weather for the opening day of the 2012 salmon season. Robbie macGregor of Anglers Choice Dundee playing a kelt on the spinning rod.No fresh fish caught but a great day had by all. 7 kelts and a rawner was the bag for the day.

Paul Devlin of Galsgow angling centre playing a rawner of the fly.

Conditions are good, river sitting at 4ft a great chance of a Springer.

Cargill Beat - Salmon Fishing Season River Tay 2012

2012-01-13T06:25:00.000-08:00

Three days to go until the Salmon Fishing opening day on the Tay, the excitement is buzzing and conditions are looking good. All of the boats have had there lick of paint and back on the river. A new log burner has been fitted to the upper hut ready for the Spring Fishers and the beat is looking great. We are posting regular on facebook(Tay Salmon Fishing) and twitter (Tay_Salmon) keeping you up to date with news, views and availability on the Cargill beat river Tay.

Cargill Beat - September Fish

2011-09-28T01:36:00.000-07:00

A few of the fish caught w/c 19th Sept

Cargill Beat- 40lb Salmon Upper Cargill

2011-09-16T07:07:00.000-07:00

40lb Salmon Upper Cargill River Tay
David Rees landed this magnificent cock fish on the Upper Cargill beat. Fishing the potshot pool on a floating devon. The fish was played for 25 minutes before being safely landed and returned by Ghillie Ali Scott.
A few dates still left for October fishing see availability page on our web site.

Dates Released For Extension To The Season

2011-08-24T00:39:00.000-07:00

Dates have now been released for the extension to the season.See availability page for up to date information.

Cargill Beat- 33lb & 24lb Sea Liced Salmon

2011-06-09T01:23:00.000-07:00

Two cracking sea liced fish from upper Cargill yesterday. Hugo Greer from Linconshire pictured with his 33lb fish.Later in the day Ray Price from Dunbarton landed a 24Lb silver bar.

Cargill beat- River Tay 2 sea liced springers and 1 lost

2011-05-05T13:17:00.000-07:00

Stewart Jennet landed a cracking 22lb sea liced springer on a rapala today in the cradle. Brian McLeod hooked and landed a 14lb sea licer on fly and also lost another in the morning. There were lots of fish running today in the more favourable weather conditions.

Cargill beat- River Tay 15lb springer from clocksden

2011-05-04T11:05:00.001-07:00

A nice fish I got today from Clocksden on the upper Cargill. The water is getting very low now and is exceptionally clear. There are fish lying in every pool.

Cargill beat- River Tay 2 sea licers from Clocksden yesterday

2011-05-03T12:27:00.001-07:00

These are the 2 fish hooked on the harled fly. They were both landed by Sanjay Chataroo. One weighed 12lb and the other 8lb. 2 other fish were also hooked and lost

Cargill beat- River Tay 10lb springer for Bruce Campbell

2011-04-25T07:17:00.001-07:00

Bruce with a cracking fish today from the bridge stream. It was hooked on fly from the boat.

Cargill beat- River Tay 11lber for Tam Burt

2011-04-24T12:50:00.001-07:00

A nice fish landed by Tam in the bridge stream on Friday. It was hooked harling. There are fish lying in most of the pools with fresh fish running through every day

Cargill beat- River Tay Jim Davidsons 20lber

2011-04-21T10:50:00.000-07:00

This is a pic of the 20lb fish landed by Jim Davidson in the cradle on the fly. This was Jims first fly caught salmon. Not a bad way to start. The fish was covered in sea lice.

Cargill beat- River Tay 3 springers on fly off upper beat

2011-04-20T09:53:00.001-07:00

Ally Scott with 2 crackers today. Both from the bridge stream on fly.

Cargill beat- River Tay 2 springers from upper beat on fly

2011-04-18T10:27:00.001-07:00

2 for the Bruce party today. 1 on fly in the bridge stream and 1 on harled fly in clocksden.

Cargill beat- River Tay 15lb springer on fly in garden pool

2011-04-13T13:00:00.000-07:00

Keith Schofield landed a cracking 15lb springer today hooked fly fishing from the boat in the garden pool. The long tailed sea licer was in excellent condition and in 1 run during the fight cleared over 80 yards. Screaming reel !!

Cargill beat- River Tay 3 springers lost on bottom beat today

2011-04-12T12:34:00.000-07:00

This is Andrew Schofield playing a fish in the tail of the maggot today. He landed this kelt but unfortunatley he also lost 2 springers in the afternoon. Another one was lost later on.

Cargill beat- River Tay springer from a couple of weeks ago

2011-04-11T10:31:00.000-07:00

This is a pic of a springer i got a couple of weeks ago before sending my camera tumbling to the depths of the Tay. Recovered my camera today after 10 days and a spate and it amazingly is still working. It is supposed to be waterproof but that is impressive. The fish was hooked on a monkey in the garden pool and weighed in at 8lb.

Cargill beat- River Tay Spring time on Cargill.

2011-04-10T02:24:00.001-07:00

The river is stunning just now in the spring sunshine.

Cargill beat- River Tay Playing a fish on the fly

2011-04-10T02:12:00.001-07:00

The high water of the last week is receeding. Unfortunately just a few kelts and a rawner for Robin on the fly. Next week should see some fish caught.

Cargill beat- River Tay Kelts in the high water

2011-04-02T10:40:00.001-07:00

A few kelts caught landed on the bottom beat grabbing tobies and kynochs. No fresh fish today.

8 lb sea licer on a monkey

2011-04-01T10:15:00.001-07:00

Was lucky enough to land a nice spring salmon today on a monkey fly. It was hooked in the garden pool. During the fight other fish started showing in a few moments of activity. We also had a Kelt and Jim Davidson lost couple also on the fly. Sorry no photo as my camera went for a swim after taking the snap.

Cargill beat- River Tay 1 landed and 3 lost this week

2011-03-30T12:29:00.001-07:00

The river settled down nicely this week and fish are running. Unfortunately they don't always stay on after being hooked.

Cargill beat- River Tay A few from 2010

2011-03-22T14:20:00.000-07:00

A few of the big fish landed in 2010 on Cargill