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Written in 2013 The River Spey at this time.

Dec 2, 2019
4 min

Written in 2013 The River Spey at this time.

Below is a blog I wrote in 2013 but I found interesting given the initial findings of the Missing Salmon Project. Why can I not find salmon fishing on the River Spey? An interesting question and using the River Dee as an analogy, one that’s fairly easy to answer! Prior to the “perceived” collapse of rivers run the 1990s, irrespective of social background, or anything else for that matter, the chances of fishing those classic beats of the River Dee during prime time, at best,

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Ian Gordon

Mar 10, 2019
5 min

Salmon, More Salmon and Fun!

Our fishing courses on the River Spey and River Findhorn. Speyonline casting courses and salmon fishing Holidays offer a level of service un

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Ian Gordon

Oct 20, 2018
6 min

Hatch and release - A Follow Up

The two sides of the hatchery debate.

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Ian Gordon

Aug 29, 2018
3 min

Finally, The Real Reason Biologists Hate Salmon Stocking

Kyle Young – Stocking works, but is detrimental. The green numbers relate to the time frame on the you tube clip where Kyle refers to the particular point. No doubt that, if carried out in the right way, stocking works! 10.45 No doubt that if carried out in the wrong way, it doesn’t work! 15.59, 16.40 Both in the wild and in hatchery - 10% of spawners = 90% of the adults. Just as 10% of the anglers catch 90% of the fish! Suggesting only one in every ten wild fish picks the co

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Ian Gordon

May 31, 2018
3 min

Decision Time for Salmon!?

Fluctuations and not Cycles. Massive Decline in salmon Runs across Scotland in 2018! When did it [the decline] begin? OK, I've heard so much about salmon runs being cyclic, and that its all happened before, and those promoting this suggesting we "ride the storm" and wait for it all to come better again. Some things to understand. Yes, for sure there are fluctuations in runs of salmon, this has happened since at least the last ice age, possibly beyond and is controlled by many

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Changing times in Salmon fishing! Good or Bad?

Ian Gordon

Apr 16, 2018
5 min

Changing times in Salmon fishing! Good or Bad?

How Tackle and fewer Salmon has changed fishing.

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Ian Gordon

Apr 8, 2018
4 min

Ian Gordon's Speyonline, the first 10 years!

10 years in organising and hosting fishing holidays, running fly casting and fishing courses and being connected to what is the world's most recognisable fly fishing brand, has taken me to a place where I now need to involve a few more people to keep up with demand for our, "first rate service" (not mine, but the words of our clients). I began “Speyonline” at the same time as I joined Hardy as their principal salmon consultant back in 2007 and two years later, after training

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Ian Gordon

Apr 5, 2018
3 min

Fishing The River Findhorn

I had a lovely day in the company of Ian Neale www.speycaster.net on one of the beats he manages on the River Findhorn yesterday. I have to say, for the trout fisher, looking to break into salmon fishing, this river really has it all. However, don’t be fooled by that statement, its not the smallest of rivers and in most cases, in this part anyway, requires a double handed rod to make the best of it. This said, even here on this beat, some pools are perfectly easy to fish sing

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What is most important in your Salmon Fishing Holiday?

Ian Gordon

Mar 25, 2018
4 min

What is most important in your Salmon Fishing Holiday?

What makes a good fishing holiday? Plenty of fish? Good company? Nice beat? Relaxation? Good service? So, given the numbers of fish we have at the moment and will have in the next years. As a salmon angler, what would you say is the most important of the above ? Plenty of Fish – Given the information we now have courtesy of the internet, everyone knows that 98% of salmon fishing is now very similar, I.e. outside the 2% of generally inaccessible beats, The chances of catching

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Ian Gordon

Mar 18, 2018
4 min

Different Strokes and Ghillies Week

The middle week of March is often “Ghillies Week” on Tulchan, so the week is given by the estate to the Ghillies to invite their friends for a cast on those fantastic beats. Although the first main run of fish seldom appears here on the Spey until nearer the end of March, there are always a few fish running the river at this time. Interestingly, when I began ghilliying in 1985, many of those early fish would run the river and be caught on the middle and upper Beats, however,

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Finally, I'm Writing My Book and Making another Film

Ian Gordon

Mar 15, 2018
3 min

Finally, I'm Writing My Book and Making another Film

A lovely day with friends on the river yesterday and a conversation with a certain estate factor yesterday, reinforced to me the need for me to get my book written and another film made. With so much changing in the world of salmon fishing I believe I owe it to my friends, the salmon fishing community and wider public to tell the story of what's really happened here of the past 40 years. As a hint to part of the content, I’ve found this lovely little film on Steelhead fishing

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Ian Gordon

Feb 26, 2018
4 min

My People in Salmon Fishing.

A bout of the flu during one of Europe’s casting courses reinforced my thinking that, in order to move forward, I need to have more people trained in my particular style of both teaching fly fishing and casting. The past ten years has seen the number of customers steadily increasing, with both fishing/casting courses and hosted fishing becoming ever more popular. Like any other business, people want to be involved/associated with those seen as being “the best” and due to the

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What provides value to Salmon Fishermen?

Ian Gordon

Dec 27, 2017
5 min

What provides value to Salmon Fishermen?

A recent comment left on one of my film clips on You Tube interested me greatly as to what exactly it is people are looking for when visiting the Spey and other Salmon Rivers. In relation to the River Spey they wrote - "Overpriced and over-rated river like the Tweed, that sucks your money dry"! I found myself thinking, Is the Spey over-priced and over-rated? Well, I'd say that it really depends on your own personal expectations. Personally speaking, some of the best days fish

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Get out There and Fish !! The fish are Here!!

Ian Gordon

Mar 19, 2017
5 min

Get out There and Fish !! The fish are Here!!

13th – 18th March 2017 The second week of March turned out to be quite a nice weeks fishing for those fishing on beats fished by, and offered to, my customers. “Ghillies week” on Tulchan meant that fishing here was by invitation of the Ghillie in what is a really nice social couple of days with friends. The first saw My some and I fish A Beat on Tuesday, which weather wise, was the worst day of the week, with storm force winds sweeping the country, not the best for fishing bu

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