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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Ian Gordon
- Aug 26, 2022
- 6 min
Increase your personal chances of catching Salmon.
There are a few different ways we can increase our chances of personally catching salmon. This blog deals with the best of those.
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Ian Gordon
- Aug 16, 2022
- 3 min
Should Catch and Release Be Mandatory by law in Scotland?
This is a question being posed right now by the Scottish Government. For my readers, this is my response and take on it all. Many thanks...
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Ian Gordon
- Aug 11, 2022
- 4 min
The End Of an Era
Catherine Wills - My Employer During my Time at Knockando. On this day in 1985 I learned I had secured a job as a Ghillie on the...
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Ian Gordon
- Jul 25, 2022
- 3 min
The Blanda Fly Fishing Lodge
"How refreshing it was to know I'm not fishing over stones or empty pools"! I lost count of how many times I heard this over the past 3...
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Ian Gordon
- Jul 6, 2022
- 3 min
Salmon Recovery Creates 1000s more Jobs.
Have a little look at what I believe to be the only project that can honestly say, with almost 100% certainty, has helped salmon recover.
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Ian Gordon
- Jun 29, 2022
- 1 min
Two Different Spey Casting Styles
A slightly different blog today giving those who have come on my courses and those subscribed to my Blog some valuable information. I'm...
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Ian Gordon
- Jun 9, 2022
- 6 min
Big Wye Salmon
Big Wye Salmon we’re commonplace in the not too distant past but to catch a 30pounder on any British River is now very rare.
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Ian Gordon
- May 29, 2022
- 0 min
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Ian Gordon
- May 8, 2022
- 3 min
Cadence Ian Gordon Rods Open for Business
It has been a long time in planning, testing, and getting everything in place but we are finally there with the new rods and reels. I had...
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Ian Gordon
- Apr 9, 2022
- 5 min
River Spey 2022 - Why are the fish running through the lower beats?
The Spey season of 2022 has got off to great start. Well, that is of course you happen to be fishing on the middle beats. In those days...
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Ian Gordon
- Jan 7, 2022
- 3 min
Don’t Look Up! Or back! Onward and upward in 2022!
I am sure I will not be the only one to have really enjoyed this movie over the Christmas period. I for one really liked the film and...
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Ian Gordon
- Dec 31, 2021
- 5 min
Great Salmon Fishing to Be Had in 2022
As 2021 ends I can only look on this year as a positive one, a year where we all got fishing again, and OK, this was fraught with hassles...
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Ian Gordon
- Dec 22, 2021
- 6 min
2+2 Still Makes 4!
Covid politics - Measuring Politics - Salmon politics. They are all linked by one thing. Scientists fiddling around whilst Rome burns....
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