Cornhill beat week beginning July 27th.
02/08/2026
Week beginning July 27th.
Mon 27th. Yet another week starting out with the River at a low level when i got to river this morning at 09.00 hrs there was 3″ inch on the water gauge. The only reason i went over was to see if i could see any movement of Salmon & Grilse in the pools as last night Sunday and in the early hours of this morning the river bumped up again very briefly from 1″inch to approx 4.5″, coinciding with high tide at approx 02.00 hrs but as i said it was already down to 3 inch and dropping.
I fished for two and a half hours and saw disappointingly absolutely nothing show but i was delighted to land a very plump fresh 5lb Grilse in the Little falls pool in the first run through the pool, it broke the surface to take a hitched fly beautifully.
Tues 28th. Water level 1 inch.
Wed 29th. River stayed low for the rest of the week basically averaging about 1 .5 inch the odd time bumping up a few inches over night. So for the rest of the week i got on with my monthly strimming of the river banks.
Thur 30th. Disappointing that as i moved down the beat strimming i never saw a single fish move.
Sat 1st. River level 2 inch.
weeks total 1 Grilse
Cornhill beat week beginning July20th.
28/07/2026
Week beginning July 20th.
Mon 20th. This week started out with the river showing its bare bones and even lower with the water gauge showing Minus — 1″. 5 Inch .
Tue 21st. Water level Minus — 1″ inch.
Wed 22nd. Water level Minus — 1/2″ inch.
Thur 23rd. Water level Zero — 0″ inch.
Fri 24th. Water level 1/2″ inch.
Sat 25th. Water level 1/2″ inch at approx 20.00 hrs the river bumped up quickly to about 3″ inch.
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Cornhill beat week beginning July 13th.
20/07/2026
Week beginning July 13th.
Mon 13th. Once again we started out another week with the river low at 3.1/2″ inch and destined to get much lower with no rain in the foreseeable future.
Wed 15th. Water level 1″ inch.
Fri 17th. Water level now showing Zero 0″inch on the water gauge after long periods of bright sunshine and blue skies the river will drop further.
Sat 18th. The river level today got to Minus — 1/2″ inch.
The beat was not fished.
The worst aspect of the warm summer weather is the non stop bull shit about man made Global Warming. We had all the Hysteria about the hole in the Ozone layer 30 years ago now not a mention about it since years i guess the hole must have healed up.
We are now just going to to all die in a heatwave the government just love hyping it all up one news item actually said the the most harmful thing for humans in a heatwave is the HEAT ! Just waiting on the Doctors and nurses out dancing again like they did during THE COVID SCAMDEMIC.
I am quite aware of the coming and unavoidable ” Catastrophic Tree Die Back Event ” coming later in the year. I just call it Autumn.
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Cornhill beat week beginning July 6th.
16/07/2026
Week beginning July 6th James England & party.
Mon 6th. The river was up and running at 3ft 4 inch this morning after heavy rain yesterday and overnight. A couple of Grilse and a Salmon were lost but unfortunately nothing was landed.
Tue 7th. A good height today 1ft 10″inch fish were seen in a few pools particularly the Gledfield pool which is encouraging as they have been loathe to show so far this season.
Wed 8th. Water level 11″ inch
Thur 9th. Water level 6″inch very quiet nothing at all seen
Fri 10th. Water level 5 inch very quiet nothing at all seen
Sat 11th Heavy rain last night put the river up to a good height of 1foot Charlie Cameron caught a 4lb grilse in the McKenzie pool and that turned out to be the only catch of the week.
WEEKS TOTAL 1 Grilse.
Cornhill beat week beginning June 29th
Week beginning June 29th.
The river was low all week down around the 2 inch mark, I was back at the strimming again so i got on with that and interestingly or i should say disappointingly i never saw a fish show anywhere as i progressed down the river.
Fri 3rd July. Heavy rain overnight put river up to 1ft i had to carry strimmer out from whirl pool to the Carron bridge, easier than carrying all the way up the beat again. So i took my rod no other gear i had enough to carry I tried the Raven pool literally second cast hooked and managed to land a fresh sea liced 4lb grilse. so i was delighted a little bit of luck right place at right time i was pretty knackered but the Grilse made the walk out to the bridge a little bit lighter.
Weeks total 1 Grilse
Cornhill beat week beginning 22nd June
01/07/2026
Week beginning June 15th. Ian Patterson & party.
Mon 22nd. The week started off with the river level very low at minus — 2 inch and would stay at this level till around midnight thursday when it shot up to approx 5 ft 6″ inch
Tue 23rd. Minus 2″ inch
Wed 24th. Minus 2″ inch
Thur 25th. Minus “2 inch
Fri 26th. We had the most spectacular thunder and lightening storm last night that lasted from about 20.00hrs through till about 03. 00hrs of this morning Friday, it was pretty much continuous, a truly magnificent light show with rain heavy at times and thunder and lightening coming through from south of Ullapool I have never seen anything like it ever.
Sat 27th. As can be seen on the SEPA water level data the water level peaked and dropped back quickly so much so that on Saturday the river was down to 1ft 1 inch. Ian had to leave on the Friday and said for me to fish on the Saturday. I managed to land a 6lb Grilse in the Little falls , the first Grilse off the beat this season,Allan hooked another very briefly on off in the Lairds cast.
Weeks total 1 Grilse
Cornhill beat week beginning June 15th
22/06/2026
Week beginning June 15th. Wyrley Birch & party.
Mon 15th. Another start to another week with the River level low at 2.5 inch.
Tue 16th. Water level 1.5″ inch
Wed 17th. Water level Zero 0 ”
Thur 18th Water level Zero 0″
Fri 19th. Water level Zero 0″ At mid day we had slow rise of 2 inch up again over night to approx another 3 inch
Sat 20th. Water level 2″ on the gauge, after some heavy showers later in the day the water went up to approx 5.5 Inch in mid evening to late to do any good down at Cornhill. The little lift in the water will be gone by tomorrow Sunday let alone by Monday morning.
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Cornhill beat week beginning June 8th
16/06/2026
Week beginning June 8th
Mon 8th. The water level today was 2 inch and by Wednesday we had hit 0″ Zero on the gauge again. The beat was not fished .
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Cornhill beat week beginning June 1st
09/06/2026
Week beginning June 1st
Mon 1st. We started the week off with the river level at just 2 inch on the gauge. The beat was not fished.
Tue 2nd. Water level 2″ inch the beat was not fished.
Wed 3rd. The river rose very quickly last evening and peaked around around 21.00 hrs at approx 1ft 10 inch and was down over night to 10″ Inch this morning which was very welcome but as has been happening recently we lose a good bit off the top of the rise overnight. Allan Donaldson landed a 12lb Salmon in the Lairds cast. and followed up with a 10 lb salmon in the McGregor pool both salmon Sea liced Allan also moved a very good sized salmon to the fly in the Little Falls pool certainly estimated in the top teens.
Thur 4th. Beat not fished.
Fri 5th. Water levels bumping up and down again which is never great for the fishing it unsettles the fish. however before the first of the rises in water River at 1ft 1″ inch Allan Donaldson landed a 9 lb Salmon in the Clump pool. this Salmon actually had a good bit of colour about him and was probably in the river for a good 4 or 5 weeks. one other salmon was pulled in the McKenzie pool before the river started bumping up again.
Sat 6th. The river was down a lot today to 3″ inch and was not fished.
Weeks total Salmon 3
Cornhill beat week beginning May 25th
03/06/2026
Week Beginning May 25th Brian Emslie & party.
Mon 25th. We started of this week not just with the river low at 2″ inch and dropping but sunny with bright blue skies overhead and getting warmer as the week progressed.
Tue 26th. River level 1″ Inch.
Wed 27th. River level 0″ Zero.
Thu 28th. River Level — Minus 1/2″ Inch.The lowest the river has been since last year
Fri 29th. River level — Minus 3/4 ” Inch. Not surprising the beat was not fished with bright blue skies and sunny and warm, The only person on the riverbank was myself for the first four days Strimming the river banks, but i managed to get it all done. Even with the dire warnings all week about the catastrophic heat wave due to man made global warming, I AM SICK OF HEARING IT WHAT ABSOLUTE AND UTTER BOLLOCKS !
Sat 30th. River level — Minus 3/4″ Inch.
Cornhill beat week beginning May 18th
31/05/2026
Week beginning May 18th. Scott Armitage & John Adamson.
Mon 18th. We started the week off with the river running at 4 inch.
Tue 19th. We had rain overnight putting the river up to 9.5″ inch. John Adamson got things of the mark by landing a good springer at 13lbs in the McKenzie pool, Scott Armitage followed that with an 8lb springer caught in the Little falls pool.
Wed 20th. Water level down and dropping 5″ inch.
Thur21st. Water level 4″ inch.
Fri 22nd. Water level 3″ inch.
Sat 23rd. Water level 2″ inch.
Week Total Salmon 2.
Cornhill beat week beginning May 11th
18/05/2026
Week beginning May 11th Hamish McFarlane & party.
Mon 11th. The river level this morning started week off at 10.5 inch on the gauge before lunch Alf Gamblin landed a 12lb Salmon in the McKenzie pool, and in the afternoon Stephen Urquhart landed a couple of Salmon Stephen landed a 10lbs Salmon in the Raven pool and followed up with an 8 lb Salmon in the McKenzie pool.
Tue 12th. The water level was 5 inch Allan Donaldson landed a 9lb salmon in the Gledfield pool, Allan also very briefly had a hold of a salmon in the Little falls pool.
Wed 13th. This morning we had 7 inch on the gauge, Hamish McFarlane landed an 8lb salmon in the Little falls pool. Allan Donaldson landed a 9lb Salmon in the Little falls pool, and followed up with a 10 lb Salmon in the Raven pool.
Thur 14th. Rain overnight put the river up to 1ft 2 inch and dropping Innes Rankine landed a 12lb Salmon in the Clump pool.
Fri 15th. Water level down this morning to 8 inch it was bright but bitterly cold at times and we had a couple of showers of hailstones. a couple of fish half heartedly moved to the fly and that was all there was to report.
Sat 16th. Water level dropped away with just 5 inch on the gauge. Very quiet and no more salmon were entered in the game book. An on going theme continued as i personally never saw any salmon show the whole week, Two were seen on Monday and one was seen on Thursday interestingly the two days the river level was up at just under and just over 1ft
Weeks total. Salmon 8