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Ian Gordon's Blog
Discover Sustainable Fishing Practices and Salmon Conservation Insights
Ian Gordon's blog is a treasure trove for salmon fishing enthusiasts and conservationists. Dive into his insights on sustainable fishing practices to protect our rivers and ensure the longevity of salmon populations. Whether you're interested in flycasting tuition, top fishing destinations, or the role of sustainable fishing practices in modern angling, this blog provides valuable knowledge and inspiration to enhance your fishing experience.
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Salmon Fishery Owners Take Heed!
The end for the “Business” of salmon fishing in Scotland as we know it. Or is it?? The graph above shows he impact of Smolt releasing on...
Ian Gordon
May 6, 20186 min read
Changing times in Salmon fishing! Good or Bad?
How Tackle and fewer Salmon has changed fishing.
Ian Gordon
Apr 16, 20185 min read
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...
Ian Gordon
Apr 8, 20184 min read
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...
Ian Gordon
Apr 5, 20183 min read
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...
Ian Gordon
Mar 25, 20184 min read
A massive question for Salmon Fishers?
What, After Catch and Release? A recent e mail sent to me by an American client in reply to a film I posted in a recent blog -...
Ian Gordon
Mar 19, 20183 min read
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...
Ian Gordon
Mar 18, 20184 min read
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...
Ian Gordon
Mar 15, 20183 min read
Predators are the problem! But what can we do?
It looks like, after nearly 40 years of harping on about the river not producing enough juveniles, new research on the River Dee has...
Ian Gordon
Jan 23, 20186 min read
Reply To Tony Andrews, Former CEO of Atlantic Salmon Trust
For ease of reading, my answers to Tony's questions to the last post - Lost at Sea, are in red. A REPLY TO IAN GORDON after viewing the...
Ian Gordon
Jan 11, 201811 min read
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...
Ian Gordon
Dec 27, 20175 min read
Lost at Sea
I saw this film and thought it had some very good points. Orri Vigfússon - Government and scientists refuse to believe, by killing too...
Ian Gordon
Dec 17, 20176 min read
Line choice for your double handed or Spey rod
Matching your double handed or Spey rod with the correct line. The late 1990s saw a massive leap forward with regard fly line design,...
Ian Gordon
Nov 21, 20174 min read
Salmon at Sea. Why are our salmon lost at sea?
The correlation between weather and food in the ocean and the effect on Atlantic Salmon.
Ian Gordon
Oct 21, 201710 min read
Trout and Salmon Spey Report 2003
For many years I wrote the Trout and Salmon monthly report for the Spey and have just came across some old ones. Over the next weeks I'll...
Ian Gordon
Oct 17, 20174 min read
Who Are Salmon Fishermen/women?
Who would be a Ghillie?! How many people can put their hand on heart and say they look forward to Monday? Who can honestly say “My day...
Ian Gordon
Oct 13, 201712 min read
Why go to Norway, Iceland or Russia to catch salmon?
Why I take my clients abroad to fish for salmon.
Ian Gordon
Oct 6, 20175 min read
Final week of 2017 on the Spey
2017 season comes to an end on the Spey. They say the older you get, the quicker time seems to pass! Not that I’m too old yet, but my...
Ian Gordon
Sep 29, 20172 min read
River Spey - The truth and reality.
The good old days “I remember when we used to caught 20 before lunch”, “aye and 15 of them were over 20lbs”. All my fishing life I...
Ian Gordon
Sep 12, 20173 min read
Spring Salmon, an Obsession
Ian Tennant (head Ghillie on the Brae Water) and I were discussing how the river had now become a spring river, with little or no grilse....
Ian Gordon
Sep 6, 20174 min read
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