Fishing reports

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...

River Dee Fishing Report – Week 23 commencing 30th June 2025 So here we are in midsummer and moving into July already, we did have some respite and rain this past week, but we still need a lot more, we have seen more grilse in the river and so it looks like the run is...

River Dee Fishing Report – Week 22 commencing 23rd June 2025 As I write this report we have 23 degrees of heat again, and the river is very low, but the good news is that I can see plenty of  rain in the forecast due later today and for at least the next seven days,...

River Dee Fishing Report – Week 20 commencing 16th June 2025 I can’t quite believe it is week 21 of the season already, and the longest day on Saturday came with sunset at 10.20pm and sunrise about 4am, we are certainly lucky to have more time to fish, if the sun...

River Dee Fishing Report – Week 20 commencing 9th June 2025 A week of warm and muggy weather that finally broke with a thunderstorm on Saturday, I headed out for a walk on the Deeside way with my two labradors and the heavens opened, and it lashed it down for a few...