The Easy Secret to Saving Salmon
Man’s influence on fish stocks. The use of modern technology when fishing has a significant impact on many species, strangely enough,...
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Ian Gordon
- Oct 20
- 7 min
Scotland, Iceland, Low Water Flows and Salmon
Another summer season ends and I’m now on the way back to Scotland from the land of fire and ice. For me, and most of my guests, 2023...
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Ian Gordon
- Sep 1
- 9 min
A Massive Fish Tail!!
1st of September 1987 A date that always sticks in my “fishing” mind, as this was the day Sandy Milne, head Ghillie for many years at...
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Ian Gordon
- Aug 24
- 7 min
Please Help Me Help Salmon
The business of Salmon FIshing in Scotland could and should be an amazing asset to the Scottish economy. However, in 21st century...
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Ian Gordon
- Jul 7
- 4 min
How to make £100m and 1000 Jobs! In Salmon Fishing
Stocking With Smolts Stocking salmon rivers with late parr and smolts can have several benefits and a few “potential” drawbacks. In...
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Ian Gordon
- Jul 2
- 4 min
Conquering The Giants: Epic Salmon Fishing Adventures on the Alta River in Late June
Just over a week ago I prepared for an adrenaline-pumping journey to the legendary Alta river in Norway, a river where monstrous Atlantic...
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Ian Gordon
- Jun 7
- 7 min
A Great Fishing Experience
Saltwater Fly-Fishing Mexico Fisherman’s Lodge Ascension Bay 23 Having spent the best part of 30 years listening to people talking about...
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Ian Gordon
- May 9
- 3 min
Salmon on the up
The River Deveron 1st – 6th May 2023 Having spent every spring of the past 30 years on the river Spey, this year, I decided to change my...
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Ian Gordon
- Mar 12
- 4 min
A Fantastic Week on Speyside
It was nice to be back on the river with clients again this week and I have to say, as always, after a long winter, it’s great to be...
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Ian Gordon
- Feb 22
- 3 min
Never be Confused over Fly lines Again!
Of all the innovations linked to fly fishing over the past 20 years, changes in fly lines and fly line design has brought the biggest...
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Ian Gordon
- Feb 20
- 5 min
It's Easy To Catch Salmon In Scotland
I am delighted to have acquired some genuinely nice fishing on 2 of the Castle Grant beats in 2023. I have been trying to access those...
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Ian Gordon
- Feb 12
- 2 min
My Best Opening Day Ever
Having been present at many River Spey opening days over the years, 2023 was the year I had the privilege of opening the river myself....
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Ian Gordon
- Feb 9
- 3 min
A Story From the Riverbank
I was thinking about some stories, I could tell at the opening of the river on Saturday and Sandy Milne's Mrs Alston Story sprung to...
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Ian Gordon
- Feb 6
- 2 min
Fancy Some Really Sought-after, one off fishing on the Spey in June?
For me, the river Spey in the month of June offers the best fishing and is just the nicest time of year to be on the river. Spring is...
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Ian Gordon
- Jan 29
- 1 min
Fancy a New Fly line for 2023?
Having just finished the new range of Cadence I went to put the prototype lines into the box and found the boxes were full. Full of lines...
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Ian Gordon
- Jan 25
- 5 min
Ian Gordon Hosted Salmon Trips – My Final Year
After a Life-times Work in the Salmon Fishing business, lots of travel and the most amazing fun life working in the fly-fishing business,...
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Ian Gordon
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
Want to Catch a 20 pounder in 23?
The past 15 years has seen me hunting those bigger fish in Scotland, Norway, Canada, Russia and Iceland and I have come to the following...
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Ian Gordon
- Nov 15, 2022
- 9 min
Ghostly Voices From The River Spey. A Must Listen From 1986!
Looking back over a long life of salmon fishing, the main differences between salmon fishing pre 1980 and now was, not only were most...
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Ian Gordon
- Oct 19, 2022
- 5 min
The Future of Salmon Fishing
"I remember when we used to catch 20 before lunch", "aye and 15 of them were over 20lbs"! All my fishing life I have heard stories like...
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Ian Gordon
- Oct 3, 2022
- 4 min
What's Changed on the Spey since 2007?
Below is the Spey fishery report I wrote for the Trout and Salmon in December 2007. I'm finding reading through those really interesting,...
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