Yesterday saw quite an intense day of thunderstorms moving through the Thurso catchment, this has gi…

Another bright start to the week but hopefully it will cloud over today. 

We still managed 6 fish d…

Yesterday saw the river rising most of the morning, this morning sees another rise in levels with th…

Another slight  rise overnight after heavy rain yesterday.

There is a threat of thunderstorms in…

The river is rising slightly this morning after yesterdays rain, and it looks like there may be more…

Yesterday was not the best fishing day with glorious blue skies and little or no wind.

Today loo…

Another unsettled day ahead with strong winds and periods of light  rain.

Its encouraging to see…

Yesterday saw a day of mixed showers and strong winds from the north, today looks like much of the s…

It's a cooler start to the week after the heat and humidity over the weekend.

It is damp with a bri…

Today doesn't look as if it will as bright as yesterday but will still be warm 

Yesterday was a tough day once the sun burnt the cloud off.

Today looks like it may be our hotte…

The weather turned more summer like yesterday and this afternoon looks like the sun may make an appe…

We start the week with more rain in the forecast through today and this evening. 

Air temperatur…

Most of yesterdays  heavy showers passed over the lower river and has made little difference to rive…

A bright looking day ahead with a few showers in the afternoon, gentle  south west breeze.

A good day yesterday with 14 fish caught.

The thunderstorms yesterday have put the river levels up …

A fine settled start to the week with the river running at just over 10 inches.

A light southerly b…

All, sorry about lack of weekly report, it will appear but I think operator error has caused a probl…

Heavy rain on Thursday has given us a good rise in the river levels to 23 inches. The bottom of the …

Yesterday was a difficult day, river rising most of the da,y a gale with winds up-to 75 mph at the t…

While yesterdays rain was not always heavy it was certainly persistent and we would expect to see th…

It was encouraging to take fish from both our highest and lowest beats yesterday and with fish seen …

The rain has almost filled the loch to the top, but it has just stopped short of the fish pass. With…

Well, it looks like we are back in business, with over 12 hrs of rain, already falling on wet ground…

Yesterday rain was mainly light with the odd heavier shower mixed in and the weather looks much the …

It's a wet start to the day and looks set to continue on and off  most of today and tomorrow. 

 Fin…

After last weeks hot  and long unbroken periods of bright sunshine this week looks to be a little co…

After a week of bright overhead conditions today looks like more overcast and promising from an angl…

Looking at the forecast ahead it looks like the bright conditions are going to continue for the rest…

Yesterday, although cold and raw gave us a good days fishing and shows that it is the weather condit…

After two days of very bright conditions, today we have some unexpected rain, which has also given u…

A cold start, with snow on tops of the hills this morning and a strong northerly wind, but not a bad…

Looks like there is a change in the weather coming, with more northerly winds and hence cooler condi…

This morning the conditions were quite favourable and we picked up an early fish from beat 9, but af…

After the strong breeze and bright sun of the last week, we have finally got some fishing weather. I…

The weather is not being kind to us fishermen and it feels a bit like groundhog day, with a strong e…

So far this week it has been hard going, if the wind isn't blowing out of the east, the sun is shini…

The east wind looks set to continue for the week, the early part of the week looks overcast with bri…

It's a clear start this morning with very little cloud cover, the wind still has large amounts of ea…

After last weeks high water the river has settled down. Monday was a good fishing day and we took…

Well, it rained and rained! The last two mornings have seen some very difficult conditions for fishi…

The heavy rain from yesterday, plus the heavy rain today has meant that the river is still rising. T…

We have at last have had a few fish in the river, with 6 fish taken in the past three days. The fish…

The gales which have made fishing so tough over the past few days finally subsided yesterday. It has…

It was good to get a fish yesterday, the river is in perfect order and it had been a while since we …

We had another fish yesterday from beat 7, well done again to our resident ghillie and spring fishin…

The weekend saw heavy showers of  sleet,hail and snow and once again the river has risen well above …

There has not been a day this week that the river hasn't risen by a few inches or more, and this mor…

A few weeks ago the banks of the river Thurso was basking in glorious sunshine and record breaking t…

A cold start this morning with showers of hail and snow with a brisk north west wind.

The river …

The river levels continued to rise through much of yesterday from loch More, the delayed effect from…

While yesterday started of cool with occasional showers these showers intensified into the afternoon…

Yesterday was a beautiful clear calm early spring day on the  banks of the Thurso with air temperatu…

Storm Freya's effects had little effect around caithness over the weekend other than a few heavy sho…

After many days of bright calm and unseasonably warm weather for late febuary it looks like the high…

Still no sign of the first fish of the season although a fish was seen yesterday on the upper river.…

The river has remained settled over the weekend with no rainfall.

 Lights winds and temperatures in…

Yesterday saw temperature records for February broken in Scotland, while caithness wasn't the highes…

Other than the occasional heavy shower the weather has remained settled and looks like it will conti…

We start another week with the weather remaining settled.

Other than some breezy conditions there i…

Well, it is a real spring day to day, up earlier this morning a sky lark was singing for all it was …

It's a warmer feel this morning and yesterdays temperatures reached a dizzy 12'c.

It looks to re…

We start the week with the river running 27 inches, thankfully caithness didn't feel the full impact…

It was nice to see a few rods out on the river yesterday, light winds and periods of winter sunshine…

The river is running steady with the continued snowmelt on higher ground above loch more.

It is …

The river level went up  early a foot overnight due to snowmelt on the main river catchment, there i…

Although yesterday was the warmest day in a few week with temperatures up 7 degrees c we start today…

After 2 weeks of hard overnight frosts and snow it looks something slightly  warmer  is on the way t…

January has come and gone with no sign of an early Springer, truth be told the weather hasn't been h…

It seems the weather is getting colder.

Temperatures throughout the night dipped well below freezin…

It has been a cold start to the week with hard overnight frosts and a covering of snow.

The rive…

It looks like it is going to be a wet day ahead, 

The river is up 6 inches overnight and looks set …

The cold weather midweek made the river very difficult to fish due to the ice flows which were reluc…

Winter continues in caithness on the banks of the river Thurso.

Like much of the country it is a ve…

We start the new week with overcast and breezy conditions.  It is a slightly warmer start to week wi…

This morning  sees the coldest  of the winter so far  with inland temperatures falling as low as min…

The first signs of winter has arrived in caithness,We have had our first dusting of snow on lower gr…

Yesterdays rain lifted the river levels slightly yesterday evening and we sit this morning with 2nd …

We start our first full week with a calm and settled morning. 

We had a fair amount of rain on Satu…

While it is still breezy the gales have finally subsided from yesterday.  The few trees caithness do…

Well we are now into 2019 and we are just 10 days away from the opening day of the season.

Every…

A very mery Christmas from the River Thurso. 

 We hope everyone has a fantastic christmas 

Just ov…

Well doesn't time fly. 

3 weeks today we will be toasting the river for the start of the 2019 seaso…

The weather has remained settled over the first half of the week and looks set to continue the same …

We go into the last full week before Christmas this morning with calm settled conditions after storm…

Only a few weeks remain of 2018 and the weather can only be described as settled for the past few we…

We have been out over the last few weeks to get an idea of the 2018 spawning. Above loch more we hav…

To all River Thurso anglers.

An Apology.

It the latest addition of Trout and Salmon, the Oct…

Nearly the end of October and since the end of the season, the water hasn't stopped coming over the …

Not the biggest spate we have had,, but the biggest for 6 months! yesterday's rain fell on wet groun…

Well we have had at last had some rain and we are running at 12 inches! It is still very stormy, as …

It did rain and there is a little more to come later in the week. Much of the rain just soaked into …

Well, it does look like it might rain over the next couple of days. We had rain over the weekend and…

Not a fishy blog, I think most readers know of our conditions! One of the great privileges about bei…

Another overcast start with thepromise of some heavy rain from mid morning.

One fish yesterday w…

A cooler start to the week with a fresh breeze and overcast conditions.

Hopefully the current condi…

The overnight rain did not come to much, but we do have a rise in the river from the loch. The top o…

Yesterday saw some rain and the loch has come up a couple of feet. This will give us a small rise in…

Another bright day forecast from midday onwards, however the continuing heat is giving us a threat o…

The promise of some overnight rain was not fulfilled. As is often the case when the rain comes from …

Some very heavy shower yesterday and overnight, gave us a very small lift and the river has just rea…

There is no doubt that for us in the north there is a change in the weather, and we might at least h…

A dull damp start but unfortunately we have lost the steady breeze from yesterday so the midge may b…

Its looks like we have more cloud and cooler conditions to start the week

With tides building as th…

The picture shows Loch More, the size of the loch has reduced by around 50% and more and more sand i…

Today we are experiencing our hottest day of the year so far at 25C and with not much change in the …

We are still waiting for rain, you can see from the picture the water is now not even reaching the b…

The rain yesterday and overnight did nothing to the river, although heavy rain was forecast all we g…

With a very low river and the need for some decent rain, the forecast for the next 48hrs looks inter…

The dry weather continues with another bright day, some rods were out this am, but with no success, …

It looks like another week without rain. However I think we will have better fishing conditions this…

Early and late fishing produced a couple of fish yesterday, it also gave us our hottest day of the y…

Another bright start to the day! However it does look like there may be a chance of more cloud than …

The rain forecast on Sunday night through to Monday came, but it was mainly a heavy drizzle, the ris…

Yesterdays bright sunshine did us no favours. We start today, again with bright sunshine, but with a…

Any rain is welcome! Although we had some heavy rain overnight on Saturday and into Sunday morning i…

It was a good day today. Although the river is low, the day was a very good day to fish, overcast an…

The weather this week has given us near perfect overhead conditions, a good breeze and good cloud co…

We start the week with a hard frost and bright blue skies, not great fishing conditions, the forecas…

The heavy showers from yesterday have given us a couple of extra inches, but this will quickly fall …

Yesterday saw a better day for fishing with a bit more cloud cover and a friendly more westerly wind…

Another bright start this morning with little in the way of a breeze!

It does look as if we will ha…

Well what can be said, it looks like another bright day ahead, it should cloud over later today to g…

As with most days this week, snow is not far away and we awake to a light dusting. The forecast for …

Yesterday was a difficult day to fish. Snow and sleet for the morning and a rising river in the afte…

What a difference 24 hrs makes, Tuesday was an awful day for fishing with many rods, having battled …

Rain overnight rain has put the river up to just over two feet and it looks to have peaked early thi…

Its another fine start to the day with broken white cloud and light southwest winds. 

The river has…

Yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far in caithness with a rather balmy 12'c.

Today looks…

Yesterday's rain did little to affect river levels and today looks like it will be a brighter more s…

After a couple of nice days it looks like some more weather will be approaching from the west over t…

We start the new week with a hard frost and bright blue skies and it looks like high pressure will d…

With the second fish off yesterday, fishing is picking up, the river looks in very good order, at th…

After the rain on Sat/Sun the river rose to around 40" on Sunday evening, it has now peaked and is s…

Just a very quick Blog tp say that we at know off the mark, with Pat Quinn taking the first fish of …

The picture is looking down Cruives eye on beat 10. Much of the river has a covering of ice and for …

As with many parts of the country we are in the grip of cold temperatures and snow showers. Rods wer…

Looks like a great day to be out, a bit cold, but with the river looking perfect could this be the d…

With the water running at 12 inches it is a good height for fishing and also a good height to get so…

We start the week with snow on the ground  as winter returns to the banks of the River Thurso.

It h…

The hunt for the first fish of the season continues.

We have a cool week ahead with cold winds comi…

We start a new week with the river running at just over 2 half feet after heavy overnight rain.

Jan…

Both the weather and the river have settled down nicely after a wet and windy first half of the week…

Most of the ice and snow has melting leaving us with higher unsettled water levels. 

The next coupl…

A slightly warmer start to the week with the first signs of a thaw in progress.

Many pools are stil…

Winter continues to keep an strong hold on the banks of the Thurso with many parts of the river beco…

Winter has hit caithness as predicted. 

The river continues to hold steady at just over a foot and …

We start our first full week of the season this morning. 

The river height remains settled over the…

The opening day I'd finally upon us and we have a beautiful crisp clear morning with little or no br…

The last day of the season is here and it looks like another windy day! some great fishing yesterday…

An excellent days fishing yesterday. Today looks like it is going to be a bit brighter, but we will …

The rods out yesterday did well. The wind was often brutal at times and coupled with another rising …

I think we are in for a stormy week if the weather forecast is to be believed! Strong winds and blus…

A calmer but brighter day today. The river is looking good at 16 inches. Tight lines to all fishing …

The river rose slowly again yesterday and peaked at 21" overnight. Fishing yester was difficult it t…

A hard day fishing yesterday with a strong south easterly wind, which never makes fishing easy on th…

It looks like a windy day ahead, the wind is remaining in the South East, which whilst warm, it is a…

We had good fishing yesterday despite a slowly rising river, with most of the beats taking or at lea…

This is our last full week of the season and it looks like it is going to give us some good fishing.…

After some great fishing yesterday, it looks like the Sun is going to be out all day today which wil…

The theme of the last couple of week continues, with another rise in the river. The river peaked las…

14" overcast a good breeze and a bit of rain in the forecast.....Should be good.

A cracking day yesterday and it looks like it should be another good day today, The wind is a bit li…

The river has stopped rising! After two days of squally showers, which caused the river to rise slow…

The heavy showers of yesterday and overnight has caused the river to slowly rise. We are expecting m…

A great day yesterday. The river is still running at a very good 22 inches and I would hope for anot…

Yesterday we started to see the river fishing in the afternoon as it dropped from 52 to 38 inches. W…

Well we wished for rain and rain we have had! The river rose all day yesterday, all night and it is …

One should never tempt fate, but are we going to have a better week this week? The river is currentl…

The heavy showers yesterday have given us a decent rise, the river peaked at about 22 inches overnig…

Yesterday's rain has given us a small rise, up 3 inches to 10 inches. Also the temperature of the ri…

The conditions yesterday dropped the temperature of the water down to around 54F, which is no bad th…

A change in weather greats the new week, very overcast a good breeze and the promise of some rain to…

I would like to say something different, but it is very much the same as previous days. Looks bright…

Similar conditions again and not much sign of rain. Some success yesterday, but they are still provi…

Not much change to report I am afraid, good water, lots of fish , but difficult to tempt.

It looks like a bright day ahead, the river was rising a little bit, but has now settled back to 11 …

A start of a new week, some late entries put the total up to 41 fish for last week but it was hard w…

Despite a small rise from little river, we are finding hard to connect with a fish. There are a lot …

We have had some problems, with the blog, over the last few days, hopefully now sorted, (Fishery man…

It is a bright start with cloud coming this pm. 

The river is running nicely at 9 inches and we are seeing fresh fish in the lower beats, but the upp…

Some good fresh fish yesterday from 2 and fish seen elsewhere, but it is the same story, fish in eve…

It looks like a good fishing day, overcast and 9 inches on the gauge. We have some rain forecast and…

It looks like a calmer day to day after yesterdays winds. After my predictions that the river might …

A great day for many of the rods out on the river yesterday, with 35 fish. But what of today, althou…

A good day yesterday with 27 fish in the book, plus one Pink Salmon. Today a little brighter but, sh…

The river is still rising very slowly, the heavy showers in the hills are keeping water coming into …

The heavy showers of yesterday has given us another small rise, and so again today we have good wate…

We finished strongly last week as the river started to settle, with 50 fish for the last two days. T…

19 inches and falling slowly overcast..........what more do you want!

The river has again had a small rise and we are up to 19 inches. The river yesterday rose slowly for…

The river is in good order at 15". Today, it looks like a good fishing day, a breeze and overcast an…

Heavy showers during yesterday has given us another small rise so we are back up to 15 inches. We ha…

Yesterday's rain has given us a rise in the river, it peaked at around 18 inches overnight, but it h…

We start the new week, with reasonable water and a good number of fish in the river. Early rods out …

Well, it has been a difficult day, the conditions looked good, but we only managed to put a few fish…

Heavy rain yesterday morning and again overnight has given us a good spate, this morning the river w…

The overnight rain was very localised and has not done much for the river, but we have a much better…

Another very bright day in prospect, but keep an eye on the forecast, might be some rain.

It looks like a very bright day in prospects and with 7 inches on the gauge it is going to be a hard…

We have an overcast start to the day with a promise of rain but it still remains very muggy.

 the w…

A fresh start this morning with more wind and occasional showers and a few bright spells

After days of waiting more steady cloud is around this morning.

 still plenty of fresh grilse enter…

Another Bright calm day in prospect.

 fresh grilse are still being picked up despite the unkind ove…

A difficult day yesterday with very calm humid conditions despite plenty if fresh fish seen througho…

Another week begins with the river running at 7 inches, larger tides over the weekend will help to p…

Nice conditions for fishing today, breezy and overcast with a chance of light rain.

The fish remain in a strange mood, lots of fresh fish in the river, but are they taking.............…

Even with the bright sunshine yesterday we still continued to put a few fish in the book. Today look…

After a couple of relatively good fishing days, it looks like a very bright day ahead.

The new month has greeted us with a river in good condition, yesterday the river continue to rise sl…

Rain yesterday has given us a couple of extra inches and we are running at 10 inches. There are a lo…

A fresher day in prospect.

Rain is forecast from lunch time.

We have a very windy in prospect, with gale force wind forecast for the day.

Good conditions again today, overcast with a bit of breeze, we will put a few fish in the book.

Looks like it is going to be a bit on the bright side today, but we are holding on to a good breeze …

A new week starts, it looks good with some rain this morning and good overhead conditions, there are…

The river continues to fish well. We had some light rain yesterday evening and this has helped tp ke…

Heavy showers have lifted the river again and it peaked at about 24 inches overnight.

With the river dropping nicely and an overcast day with a south westerly breeze, it should be anothe…

We have again had some overnight rain which has pushed the river up a couple more inches, but the ri…

The river this morning is still high, but we will see it dropping all day and I think we will see so…

Yesterday the river was dropping all day and the higher water beats and pools started to produce in …

A big spate, 8 inches over the dam and the river is at 53 inches and rising. We will certainly loose…

A few fish in the book yesterday, a lot of fish were seen running in the middle beats, but they seem…

Very heavy showers on Sunday has given us a small lift up to 12 inches, which is very welcome. It do…

A calm day ahead, early fog is set to lift and it might be a bit brighter than previous days. The fi…

A calm day in prospect, but with good overcast conditions we should be able to get a couple of fish …

Another good day yesterday despite the bright weather. Today looks ok with good overhead conditions.…

The early rods have been out and have had 4 nice fish this am. It looks like an ok day, a bit more s…

After the end of last weeks bright sunshine is was good to see cooler temperatures and overcast skie…

It is going to be another very bright day, good for my solar panels but not for fishing. Some of the…

Another very hot and bright day ahead, early rods have had some success and saw fishing running, the…

It looks like a very bright day ahead. A good number of fish were seen on the river and we have star…

The river was rising in the morning and peaked at 12 inches and the bottom of the river was carrying…

We have had some overnight rain and this has given us a rise in the river and it is still rising. To…

A very bright start this morning.

there are heavy showers forecast for late afternoon early evening…

Light rain has greeted us this morning and it looks like it will be with us for the whole day. We ha…

Looks like a calm day ahead, the fish are still running  the river with a nice sea-liced fish from b…

After days of strong winds, the wind has dropped and the day is starting overcast. It should be a re…

A bright day in prospect! It looks like the cloud might build in the afternoon, lets hope!

A brighter and warmer day in prospect for the rods out today. We still have a good breeze blowing wh…

The forecast rain did come but not in the quantity that would make much difference and we ended up w…

It is a good fishing day, overcast with the threat of rain. We are seeing fish running the river and…

Another overcast day in prospect. The wind has changed direction again to the South East, hopefully …

Another week starts and it looks to be quite a different week weather wise. We have lost the bright …

It looks like we might have some respite from the bright sunny days we have had so far this week. Th…

It is going to be a bright day today! Sun is braking through the early mist and it is going to be br…

It looks like a slightly warmer week ahead, but with a fresh easterly wind, The river is in good con…

What a difference a few days make, early in the week, it was the worst winter weather we have had an…

Yesterday saw our 12 rods take 11 fish for the day, Lots of fish seen running the river and with goo…

The river is dropping slowly, the river is clearing nicely and there are fresh fish running. Weather…

The river peaked at 34 inches yesterday and the lower part of the river was quite coloured. Today is…

The heavy showers have continued overnight and the river has continued to rise. Snow has been replac…

This morning we were greeted with a layer of snow, it was forecast, but a reminder that it is only A…

A bright day yesterday, with a strong wind.

Brian Anderson had a surprise yesterday, see picture, a…

After yesterdays calm day, the wind has returned. Yesterday was a good day with 5 fish in the book a…

A calm day today. Yesterday we had a day of two halves very heavy sleet/hail and then bright sunshin…

It looks like a calm start to the week, after last weeks winds, it has calmed down. A small rise at …

Another day with brisk north westerly winds and showers of mixed hail and sleet.

A calm bright start this morning with light north westerly winds.

Haevy  showers are forecast fo…

A calmer day today with less showers this morning than yesterday, more showers are forecast in the a…

Strong north westerly winds this morning with a few heavy showers forecast throughout the day.

T…

The strong winds of yesterday afternoon have eased and we start the day with a few showers.

 The wa…

Once again we have another cool breezy start to the week.

 with big tides for the beginning of the …

This morning sees the first calm morning of the week. 

 light westerly winds with the occasional sh…

Well, it looks like the wind has at last dropped! A much better fishing day, I would hope for a coup…

The cold north westerly wind will not abate, hopefully the weekend will give us some better conditio…

Another very Windy day today, but it should start to drop this afternoon, the wind and the cold has …

A bright start to the day, but the forecast is for the clouds to come and the wind to pick-up, so it…

It looks like another settled day to start April, but possible showers in the afternoon. The river r…

A good fishing day yesterday with 5 fish and most carrying sea-lice. The high tides have certainly b…

It looks like a good day ahead, overcast with a light wind blowing, Certain there will be a fish tod…

Today looks a better day, overcast and a bit of wind. The sun that plagued us yesterday has gone.

 …

After last weeks changeable weather, it looks like we will have a more settled week, today is a bit …

A better day for fishing, with overcast conditions and a lighter wind. I would be surprised if we di…

Yesterday saw a lovely fish of 27lbs taken from the Dale Stream on Beat 8. Pictures to follow. We ha…

Another change in the weather, Monday we saw Gales, Tuesday saw the weather calm down and this morni…

A good day to start the week, although it looks like a windy afternoon. River is in fine fettle and …

Thursday saw a couple more fish from the river, beat 3 and Loch Beg both took fish. With the water a…

We had our best day of the season to date yesterday with 3 fish in the book.

 With liced fish being…

Spring was certainly in the air over the past weekend,and it looks set to continue for the next few …

We had 2 fish in the book yesterday, and very encouraging to see fish coming from both top and botto…

The river levels have settled back nicely after the previous weekends floods.

The cold east wind is…

One of our resident Ghillies Eddie Bremner had the third fish of the season from beat 9 and lost a s…

Picture of the first fish taken by Gerald Davidson on Saturday 25th February, a lovely 18lb springer…

The river has risen again and peaked around 40 inches, forecast is a little better over the weekend,…

So starts another new season, after the opening cast yesterday by Dr Mike Leach the river is now in …

A wild day in prospect with gales and squally showers for most of the day. The river has risen a few…

The strong winds have abated for a while and the colour coming from loch more has almost gone. A few…

Slightly cloudier conditions yesterday help the rods out and the lower beats saw some action. Today …

Another bright day in prospect for our rods today. There was some success yesterday, but at least 50…

After the rise on Friday the river has dropped back quickly, but it is a still good 11 inches. Unfor…

The river has settled back down after peaking at 21 inches yesterday afternoon. We have a calm morni…

The river has been rising all day and has peaked at 21 inches after heavy overnight rain. Most of th…

We have seen another very small rise in the water, but it doesn't seem to be making much difference …

As in previous days the fish are proving very difficult to temp to take a fly. We have had another s…

Another hard day yesterday with only three fish. Today it is raining, hopefully it will last and giv…

Another week on the river, the forecast for the week is giving us something of everything and the hi…

We have a fresher day today. Rain yesterday has cooled the river a bit and has given us a very small…

A cloudier day in prospect with some rain in the forecast, could be a better day

It looks like it will be another hard day, with the initial cloud cover breaking up and sun breaking…

A hard day yesterday. the river is full of fish, but they were very reluctant to take. Weather is lo…

Weather and river conditions point towards a reasonable fishing day. The river has dropped to a good…

A very dull day with a strong breeze, we have had some overnight rain which might give us a small ri…

Better conditions yesterday meant that we nearly doubled our catch for the week. Today looks another…

A much better day today with overcast conditions and a good breeze, should see a few fish in the boo…