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The North Esk
The North Esk is formed in the southern Grampians by the meeting of the Water of Mark and the Water of Lee in Angus. It flows east and south east through Glen Esk, before flowing through the southern end of the Howe o the Mearns through rich farmland to enter the North Sea 4 miles (6 km) north of Montrose. Its chief tributaries are the Water of Tarf, Luther Water, West Water and Craick Water and its total length is 29 miles (47 km).
From a point 2½ miles (4 km) north of Edzell until it meets the sea, the North Esk forms the boundary between Angus and Aberdeenshire.
Salmon are likely to be up past the Loups of the Burn, a series of falls about fifteen miles below Loch Lee, and into the upper beats by April. The lower river flows through a series of long holding pools, giving excellent fishing on the lower beats. . The North Esk is very much a spate river, requiring rain to give good sport especially in the summer months. The later months of September and October are usually the most prolific months as long as there is sufficient water to let the fish run the river. This is the time when bigger fish start to run the system, fish between 20lbs and 30lbs are not uncommon.
Sea trout also run the river from late may to august and may also be caught following a summer spate, perhaps on a small silver stoat tube fly fished on a single handed rod of about ten feet.




 

 

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Tackle
 We can now offer a selection of  high quality fishing tackle for sale. For a listing of whats available click on the link below.

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Weather

As the North Esk is a basically a spate river and the height of the water determines whether the fish will be running it follows that the weather will play an important part in how good the fishing will be.
Local weather information can be obtained here.

The beat is only about 5 miles from the sea therefore the state of the tides can give an indication of when a run of fish may be expected to enter the beat.
Local tide info can be obtained here.

 

 

How's it Fishing

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W/E 12-05-12
Good week on Pert a couple of catches this week are shown below. For full report click on the above link.

Sea liced sea trout      returned fish
Mr O'Briens Sea Trout     Mr Walkers 9lb fish
(Click on images to enlarge)

W/E 29-04-12
The first grilse of the season was caught on Monday 23rd a 4 3/4 lb grilse(sea liced)  lower bridges on black and gold devon minnow Mr G Carr, Lumgair farm Stonehaven
Other notable fish for the week were as follows.
April 25th 13lb boat pool, flying c (Mr W Park, Stirling see photo below). April 26th 12lb boat pool run off , floating devon( Mr G Armstrong , Haltwhistle). April 28th 20lb upper br, gold willie gun (Mr T Walker, Kintore).  14lb& 8lb lower bridges, posh tosh ( Mr C Candlin , Stirling)

mr park


W/E 07-04-12 was a poor week on the river only 1 fish of 5lbs taken on the Luther pool by Mr J Murray of Ayrshire using a devon minnow.


Only one fish caught for w/e 31-03-12 and that was a cracking 16lb fish taken on a  Sunray Shadow from the Luther Pool by Mr J Gorman from Dundee. The water is very low at the moment and rain is urgently needed to freshen up the system and let the fish run.

Another fine fish caught on the 22nd of March by Mr Ian Strachan jnr from Laurencekirk. The fish was caught on a  red pot bellied pig  from the Boat Pool and weighed in at 14lb.

14lb springer

On Tuesday 13th Of March 2 fresh run springers were caught. A 12lb (see pic below) fish was caught on  Monkey tube fly variant called a Barugh Monkey. The fish was taken in the Luther pool by Mr R Bond from Northumberland.  The fish was returned safely to the water.

12lb mr r bond

Again in the Luther pool Mr D Flack from Glasgow had an 8lb fish using the Flying C

On Friday 24th Kevin Obrian from Falkirk caught 2 fresh run springers, a 20lb fish from the Luther pool a nd an 8lb fish from the Mill pool. both fish were caught on a black and orange monkey fly.

8lb springer
8lb Springer from the Mill pool

20lb Springer
20lb Springer from the Luther  pool

The opening day on Pert  produced a 12lb springer from the Bridges Pool. The fish was caught on a tube fly  by  Mr J Furness from Shropshire.

The following dates are still available
for the 2012 season

July 2nd  (1 rod) Luther/Bridges beat


Contacts  
All enquiries and bookings should be made through the following :-

PERT FISHINGS Ltd
Pert farm by Laurencekirk
Kincardineshire
AB30 1QP
Tel :- 01674 840894
Mobile :- 07775690080

All bookings to be confirmed in writing

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Prices
The prices for the 2012 season are as follows
(Please note prices are per rod)

February :- £50.00
March :- £55.00
April / May :- £60.00
June / July :- £50.00
Evening sessions June / July :- £25.00
August :- £65.00
September :- £90.00
October :- £95.00

(Pert Fishings Ltd reserve the right to retain 1 rod for personal use)

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