Craig Macdonald is now the ghillie on the Headinch & Cambus O May beat on the river Dee in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In this video on the Waterside and Ferrar Beat he tells us about a couple of different salmon fishing tactics he likes to use when fishing in the early spring season. Craig likes to use 14′ rods on the …

TOSH – NED RITCHIE One of the Dee’s most popular flies was born on the Spey and in this article, first published in Trout & Salmon, I look at the origins of this wonderful pattern.  Dressing The dressing varies and going by the samples we have of Ned Ritchie’s originals, which were a plain long black wing, it is clear …

The early months of the season are a special time to be on the river. Conditions can be challenging with low temperatures and gusty, icy winds. The fish at this time are fewer and farther between than any of us would like, but as in so many things, scarcity increases desirability.  If restricted to one fish a season, most of …