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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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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