08/11/2026
Season 2026
The 2026 season following on from the 2025 season which had been a pretty disastrous one probably the worst i have ever seen. This season 2026 which has just finished i feel is a bit more worrying we did have low water and for quite long periods but not to the same extent as the previous season, so the distinct lack of fish this season when the river was in a condition that the fish could run the river was very concerning.
Very early on back in January February March once again there was a real absence of kelts but this is not a new phenomena this lack of kelts has been on going for very many years but has been a very noticeable feature for the last 10 years or so.
The season for Cornhill got underway on March 5th when Howard MacIver landed a 10lb Sea liced Salmon in the Little falls pool. After that it was pretty hard going at no point during the rest of the season did their appear to be a good head of fish in the beat and running fish certainly were not showing themselves and this was proved to be the case as the beats upstream were in general reporting the same situation when i spoke to a couple of the Ghillies upstream.
Cornhill beat ended up with 56 Salmon & Grilse in the book for the season which is in my opinion is a surprisingly good catch for a two rod beat, certainly under the circumstances and conditions that prevailed in the 2026 season. Rods per beat tends to level and average out things a bit more and is a very important way to gauge what going on up and down a river system or on other fisheries.
CORNHILL BEAT 2026
SALMON GRILSE
47 9
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56
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January 0 February 0 March 14 April 12 May 10 June 4 July 3 August 5 September 8
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HEAVIEST SALMON
1 = 14lbs Clump pool
1 = 13lbs McKenzie Pool
3 = 12lbs Raven pool
1 = 12lbs Lairds cast
1 = 12lbs Clump pool
1 = 12lbs McKenzie pool
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