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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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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.
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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.
 
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)
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.
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.
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 from
the Mill pool
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
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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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