Fishing reports
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 22 – Mon 22 June 2026
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 22 commencing 22nd June 2026 Conditions remained settled and warm across Deeside for much of last week, with the river holding low and steady rather than receiving anything resembling a useful lift. While the wider UK baked under a...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 13 -Mon 27 April 2026
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 13 commencing 27th April 2026 The last week of April seems to have flown by, and I have been looking at the year-on-year statistics. Perhaps we have had better weather conditions, more fish running, and more fishing effort this April...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 12 – Mon 20 April 2026
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 12 commencing 20th April 2026 This week we’ve seen some beautiful, very silver spring fish to Dee rods, with seventeen beats catching. I heard the cuckoo for the first time, so it’s officially spring. Finally, our smolts from the River...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 9 – Mon 30th March 2026
This week fish were caught from Banchory Beat upstream to Headinch and Cambus O May. A total of Sixteen Spring Salmon were landed over the course of the week on middle and upper river beats. Banchory Beat welcomed back Gerald Middleton on Thursday who caught another...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 10- Mon 6th April 2026
The week brought typical spring weather to Scotland—four seasons in a single day and little predictability. The northeast experienced noticeably cooler conditions than the central belt, and fish seemed reluctant to move, holding tight in the deeper pools.It was,...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 7 – Mon 16th March 2026
Week seven of the fishing season on the Dee proved lucky for some, with 29 fish reported to FishPal. It marks the best week of the season so far and the strongest March week in several years, giving us renewed optimism for the weeks ahead. Spring is clearly making...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 6 – Mon 9th March 2026
The river was up and down like a yo-yo last week, according to several ghillies and anglers I’ve spoken to recently, but thankfully it began to settle by Saturday. I’ve also heard that more fish are starting to run, so fingers crossed they continue making their way...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 5 – Mon 2nd March 2026
It was a  steady week of weather, with another rise of water levels caused by mild daytime temperatures and midweek snowmelt. A  bright full moon, cold starry nights and a touch of early morning frost made for beautiful conditions, complimented by sunshine and blue...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 4 – Mon 23rd February 2026
I can’t quite believe we are in March already and I’ve really noticed a difference in daylight; the birds are singing like crazy early in the morning with light at breakfast time making a difference to nature and humans alike. We had 34 salmon to the Dee rods for the...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 3- Mon 16th February 2026
We appear to have been tricked into an early spring, leaving nature a little confused. I had frost on the lawn on Saturday morning, yet tomorrow the forecast predicts 12 degrees. The snow on the hilltops is melting again, but the blue sky and sunshine make a welcome...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 2- Mon 9th February 2026
After a prolonged spell of very wet weather, Friday and Saturday brought a crisp chill to the air, but it was a real pleasure to see the sunshine again—and not to have to dry out after being outside. Nature is already stirring toward spring, with the first bulbs...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 1- Mon 2nd February 2026
I have just about dried out from a very wet and sleety opening day at the Milton of Crathes, but despite the weather it was wonderful to come together again, put 2025 behind us, and look ahead with optimism to the 2026 season. So far, the tally stands at six beautiful...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 37 commencing 6th October 2025
The last full week of fishing and the last report of the year for me. September was a better month with 580 salmon reported to FishPal and so that’s up on the same month last year by 176. As you will all know the season overall has been very tough, with seriously low...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 36 commencing 29th September 2025
It is hard to believe that this was the last week for fishing above Aboyne Bridge, it seems to have come around really quickly in the last few weeks, and the trees have really turned along with the darker evenings coming in now as well. This week was challenging with...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 35 commencing 22nd September 2025
As we head towards the end of September, we see the highest number of fish to the rods this week that we have recorded all season, it is good to know that fish are travelling up the river now with the cooler days and nights. The River Dee Trust auction is running...
River Dee Fishing Report – Week 34 commencing 15th September 2025
This week our fortunes seemed to turn with the arrival of more water and cooler air temperatures, close to 150 salmon to the Dee rods with a fish at one of the lower river beats weighing in at 28lbs, I can imagine it took a while for the adrenaline to subside on that...
River Dee Fishing Report – week commencing 8th September 2025
Another welcome uplift in water levels on the Dee this week thankfully and a very autumnal feel to the weather overall, 99 salmon/grilse reported to FishPal, and it was great to be out and about seeing anglers heading to beats with rod racks on, up and down the Dee...
River Dee Fishing Report – week commencing 1st September 2025
River Dee Fishing Report – Week commencing 1st September 2025 The turn into the first week of September brought an uplift in river levels, even though we are still fishing in low water conditions it did move the fish, and we had over 120 salmon/grilse on the score...
River Dee Fishing Report – week commencing 25th August 2025
River Dee Fishing Report – Week commencing 25th August 2025 A very similar week to last week in terms of the weather, fishing effort and number of fish to the Dee rods, we got some rain overnight on Friday and a small lift in water and then more rain across the...
River Dee Fishing Report – week commencing 18th August 2025
River Dee Fishing Report – Week commencing 18th August 2025 This week I heard a heartwarming story of the first salmon for a young person. I can see from the photos sent that more coloured fish are starting to appear in the river and it is already feeling like autumn...
River Dee Fishing Report – week commencing 4th August 2025
River Dee Fishing Report – Week commencing 4th August 2025 Storm Floris arrived with gusty winds and not as much rain as we expected, the numbers of fish to the rods this week were roughly the same as last. I do always try to stay positive when I write the weekly...
River Dee Fishing Report – week commencing 28th July 2025
River Dee Fishing Report – Week commencing 28th July 2025 We are waiting for storm Floris to arrive  as I write the report this week it is starting to get blustery and hopefully we will get some rain in too, as the last week has been dry and river levels have dropped...
River Dee Fishing Report – week commencing 21st July 2025
River Dee Fishing Report – Week commencing 21st July 2025 At last! A decent uplift in water levels certainly made a significant difference to the numbers of fish this week for me to report on with over 130 salmon/grilse to the Dee rods. I am hearing about some bright...
River Dee Fishing Report – week commencing 14th July 2025
River Dee Fishing Report – Week commencing 14th July 2025 Finally, the rain came over the weekend and Aboyne on upper Deeside had an incredible 74.7mm of rain in just 16 hours from Saturday afternoon to Sunday mid-morning. Levels are slowly going down now, but it was...
River Dee Fishing Report – week commencing 7th July 2025
River Dee Fishing Report – Week commencing 7th July 2025 The week of the third heatwave came and anglers were out early mornings and late evenings on the river, the majority of  the beats decided not to fish from the middle of the week due to the high air and water...