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Autumn Salmon Fishing

September 17, 2014 / Mark Cockburn / Leave a comment

It has been a frustrating summer with warm weather, near drought like conditions across the country and then just when we thought our prayers have been answered and  rain forecast we had so much water that many rivers flooded, and as the dust settled many beats saw the serious damage that had been done. Continue reading →

FishPal Malloch Trophy at the Scottish Game Fair

July 7, 2014September 17, 2014 / Mark Cockburn / Leave a comment

The highlight of last week was to be officially announced as the new sponsor of the now FishPal Malloch Trophy at the  Scottish Game Fair in Scone.
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A difficult June and the Scottish Game Fair to look forward too!

June 30, 2014 / Mark Cockburn / Leave a comment

As I write this weeks blog we are saying goodbye to a difficult June with at least weather conditions settling down to more “normal” summer like conditions in the week ahead. Last week was a week where sea trout continued to be caught on some rivers in decent numbers but it was a much tougher challenge to find a fresh salmon to connect with. Continue reading →

Dee leading the way!

June 24, 2014June 24, 2014 / Mark Cockburn / Leave a comment

Last week was a frustrating week for fisherman across the country with some difficult conditions to contend with. Those who were lucky last week were typically reporting that their fish were caught early in the morning and into the evening with pools rested during the day. Continue reading →

30lb Tweed Salmon

June 18, 2014June 24, 2014 / Mark Cockburn / Leave a comment

10155827_720688397970409_4260863248583951315_nThe slow start to June pretty well continued last week with all rivers struggling to post decent catches. There was one exception, an absolute cracking fish caught by Iain Wilson from the Borders Gun Room and our very own Tweed report writer. Continue reading →

Slow Start

June 9, 2014June 9, 2014 / Mark Cockburn / Leave a comment

FishSpeyJune can be a funny month and true to character, we saw flash flooding and rivers rising literally up a foot in 10 minutes and dirty colouring for others at best. All this has meant early June has produced tough fishing conditions across the country and poor catches as a result. Continue reading →

Summer time?

May 27, 2014June 9, 2014 / Mark Cockburn / Leave a comment

River DeeAnother decent week

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Hotting up!

May 19, 2014June 9, 2014 / Mark Cockburn / Leave a comment

Last week saw some settled, warm weather and it was great to see things slowly improve across the country – not brilliant but certainly on the way up.

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FishPal Malloch Trophy

May 11, 2014May 19, 2014 / Mark Cockburn / Leave a comment

Can I start this week with some breaking news. I am absolutely delighted to announce that FishPal are to be the new sponsor of this year’s Malloch Trophy taking over the reins from Savills.  Continue reading →

May On Tweed

May 5, 2014May 14, 2014 / Mark Cockburn / Leave a comment

As I sit down to write this weeks blog the hot of the press news is that a fish of 33lb has been caught today (Monday) on Hendersyde on the Tweed. Continue reading →

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