Ueli's report on the Scottish Salmon Course

Ueli Zellweger kindly took the trouble to send us his report on our recent three-day salmon course on the river Tay. Here it is, in his words:

"The invitation for the River Tay Spey Casting Course May 2013 came out of the blue and rather under short notice. Having fished for salmon quite a bit over the last few years, I would not say that I am a beginner but the most enjoyable 3 days on this perfect fly water of Kinnaird House (Lower Kinnaird Beat) certainly improved the full pleasure and enjoyment of my salmon fishing a lot. 

"The 3 AAPGAI instructors - Illtyd, Glyn and Bob - had a look from close for each of us in turns giving tips, advice and correcting bad habits in most useful and easy understandable way. Of course all of the 8 participants failed and struggled a lot but after a while we picked up what was meant and got the real feeling when the line went out much farther than ever before with a fine tune “sschhhh”– all this without the former huge body efforts but with elegance and fine timing of the perfect rhythm. 

"Looking at some of the photos which were taken I do find it hard to believe the perfect D loops I had in the air with the latest Scott McKenzie 15ft #10 rod lent to me by Glyn for free. It did not come as too big a surprise that with this casting I managed to hook and land two beautiful lively spring salmon (both sea-liced and this some 35 miles above the estuary).

That D-Loop

"A huge THANK YOU to all 3 AAPGAI instructors  Illtyd Griffiths, Glyn Freeman and Bob Sherwood."

Thanks for the report, Ueli. We'll look forward to seeing you next year...

- Bob