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
Cornhill beat Week beginning May 4th.
14/05/2026
Week beginning May 4th.
Mon 4th. The exact same scenario as last week we had rain on Sunday which put the river up but we lost the benefit of it as it ran of during Sunday and over night to Monday morning leaving just 3.5 inch on the gauge.
Tue 5th. Water level 3 inch. and continued to drop all week. The beat was not fished.
Wed 6th. 2 inch
Thur 7th. 1.5 inch
Fri 8th. 1 inch
Sat 10th. 1 inch
Weeks total 0
Cornhill beat Week beginning April 27th
Week beginning April 27th John Maginnis & party.
Mon.27th. A little rain overnight saw this week start out at the same water level that last week ended on 4 inches and with a lot of bright sunshine the River continued to drop all week. Subsequently the beat was not fished.
Tue 28th. Water level 3 inch
Wed 29th. Water level 2.5 inch.
Thur 30th. water level 2 inch.
Fri May 1st. Water level 1 inch
Sat 2nd. Water lever 1 .5 inch.
Weeks total 0
Cornhill beat Week beginning April 20th
02/05/2026
Week beginning April 20th. Allan Donaldson & party.
Mon 20th The water level was 8″ inch in the morning Allan Donaldson lost a salmon in the McGregor pool, In the afternoon at approx 15.00 hrs the river began to rise and just on the rise at the same time Ian Bissett lost a Salmon in the McGregor pool, and Allan lost a Salmon down in the Gledfield pool. The river rose quickly and by 17.00 hrs the gauge was showing 2ft 3″inch and rising.
Tue 21st. The river dropped a lot over night going by the gauge up at Sgodachail The river peaked around 23.00 hrs at approx 3ft 3″ inch on the gauge, This morning we had 1ft4.5″ inch on the gauge In the morning Allan Donaldson landed a 7lb Salmon in the Clump pool, and folowed up with a 10lb Salmon in the McKenzie stream, and a 12lb Salmon in the Raven pool. The 10 & 12 pounders were carrying long tailed sea lice.
Wed 22nd. Water level 8.5″ inch Ian Bissett lost a Salmon in the McKenzie stream, and Allan lost a Salmon in the McKenzie pool.
Thur 23rd. Water level this morning was showing 7″ inch Colin More landed a 12lb salmon in thre Raven pool.
Fri 24th. The water level continued to drop and this morning was showing 5″ inch.
Sat 25th. Water level was 4″ inch and stayed steady at that height all day. . Over The last three days of the week i only fished about 2 hours, the first three days i fished as best i could . My back went on the Saturday evening 18th before the fishing not as bad as it can go fortunately but bad enough i was in real agony till Friday 24th and eased a bit over next three days, it is now about back to normal as i write this report on May 1st as normal as that is, As i always have a bit of slight back pain. With 5 other Salmon lost during the week with a bit of luck we could have had nine but thats the way it goes. Good that we had a bit of water during the early part of the week as it was running off quick and was destined to go very low as next weeks report will show.
Weeks total 4
Cornhill beat week beginning April13th
26/04/2026
Week beginning April13th. Patrick Gilmour & party.
Mon 13th. Starting off the week with a good water level after heavy rain yesterday afternoon and overnight, the river was running at 2ft 5 inch. Oliver shute landed an 8lb Salmon in the Clump pool
Tue 14th. River level 11.5 inch Patrick Gilmour landed a couple of Salmon in the McGregor at 8lbs and 6.5lbs.
Wed 15th. Water level today 9.5 inch Patrick Gilmour landed another brace today an 8.5 pounder in the Gledfield pool and an 8lb salmon in the McKenzie pool.
Thur 16th. The water level today was 7.5 inch
Fri 17th. River level 8.5 inch
Sat 18th. River level today 8 inch, I was on the river the last couple of days with Valerie Gilmour, I was delighted when she landed a lovely fresh sea liced 8lb Salmon in the McGregor pool.
She had tried so hard and was well rewarded, Grandson Jack was delighted to see the Salmon played and landed. Well done Valerie.
Weeks Total 6
Cornhill beat week beginning April 6th
19/04/2026
Week beginning April 6th Alison Galloway & party.
Good water throughout the week. with a water level of 4 ft 6 inch and dropping over Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th
Wed 8th. The water level today was 2ft 5 inch to 1ft 10 inch
Thur 9th. River height 1ft 4 inch. 10lb Salmon landed in the McKenzie pool.
Fri 10th. River level 1 ft
Sat 11th River level 1ft 2 inch.
Weeks total Salmon 1
Cornhill beat week begining march 23rd
29/03/2026
Week beginning March 23rd Jamie Hammond & party.
Mon 23rd. The week started out with the river running low at 4 inch.
Tues 24th. River this morning 5 inch and on the rise, Mark Jamieson landed a 7 lb salmon in the Gledfield pool.
Wed 25th. Water level 1ft 2 inch Jamie Hammond landed a couple today both 9lbs one was caught in the Raven pool and the other caught in the Clump pool.
Thur 26th. Water level today 10 inches Jamie had another brace today a 10pounder from the Little falls and followed up with an 8lb Salmon in the Raven pool.
Fri 27th. Water level 1 ft 4 inch we had strong blustery winds and all four season not just during the day sometimes within an hour
Sat 28th. Similar weather to yesterday with more rain, Jamie Hammond rounded of the week with a beautiful 14lb sea liced Springer.
Weeks total Salmon 6
Cornhill week beginning march 16th.
27/03/2026
Week begining March 16th Mon, Tues, Wed, Tom Dawson & Paul Roberts.
Thurs, Fri, Sat, John Waggott & party.
Mon 16th. The river was running at 1ft 4 inch at 09 00 hrs and the river continued to rise all day long to a height of 1ft 9 inch at 17.00 hrs
Tues 17th. The water level today was 2ft 9 inch and dropping which was an excellent height for several of the pools, a couple of salmon were seen but nothing was touched.
Wed 18th. River level 1 ft 2″ inch Tom Dawson landed a a 9lb Salmon in the Clump pool a nice plump sea liced fish which had a very fresh Seal damage to its flank. I must say a very well done to Paul for trying so hard and being so enthusiastic, even when things were getting a little difficult for him Paul does not mind me saying he is battling with Parkinsons and is bearing up to it with courage. hope to have a cast with you again Paul.
Thurs 19th. River level 9 inch
Fri 20th. River level 6 inch The beat was not fished today
Sat 21st. River level 5.5 inch The beat was not fished today
Cornhill week beginning march 9th
Week beginning March 9th. Dr Anthony & party.
The week ended Blank.
Cornhill beats first Salmon of the Season
09/03/2026
Thursday March 5th,Friday 6th, Saturday7th. Ryan Bunyan & Howard
Thurs 5th. The water level was approx 5.5 inch in the afternoon the water level crept up a little. Howard McIver caught a sea liced 10 lb Salmon in the Little falls pool this got us off the mark as it was Cornhill beats first fish of the season.
Well done to Howard who had came accross from Stornoway to meet up with Ryan, Its Howards earliest ever Salmon Howard Ghillies up on Grimersta and they don’t usually get going till May.
My first cast of the season
17/02/2026
Just into another week of the fishing season and the conditions are still not great. We have not had any big water since way back just as the season started due to snow melt.
last week i fished for the first time this season on the Monday the 9th, the river level was running at 1ft 2 inch i fished for around 3 hours and nothing at all doing, I gave it a go again for a couple of hours on the Thursday the 12th and again absolutely nothing doing.
I was down cutting back bushes today and the water level was running at 6 inch.
Oppening day of the 2026 Salmon fishing season
18/01/2026
This season the oppening day 11th January fell on the Sunday so Monday 12th was the first day. With the thaw well under way the river was very big and unfishable, as usual i went over to he river but did not attempt a cast even one as the riverbanks were rock hard and absolutely lethal with ice so it was to dangerous with the big river. I did have my dram though.
