The Scottish Fly Fishing CO

28/09/2024

What a great end to Mr Franks 60th birthday celebration, with the birthday boy landing his second ever fish right at the end of the day. Perseverance paid off and his partner, best friend and wife were all there to witness the fish being hooked, played and landed. Great memories were made.

27/09/2024

Over the moon for our guest David, who caught his first ever salmon today as part of his two day guided trip with us. David is now toasting his fish by the fire in the .house hotel

16/09/2024

It was a pleasure to have helped Tricia with her fishing and casting. It’s fantastic to see how many ladies the River Dee Damsels have supported on their fly fishing journey, Hopefuly the first of many for Tricia Schooling

Superb result for this damsel who got her first salmon at the weekend 👌🎣❤️. Tricia has been working hard on her casting this year and it's great to see her hard work paying off with help on the day from Nicol Paton

14/09/2024

showing us how it’s done! We were absolutely delighted for Tricia when she landed her first ever Salmon on the beat on the Dee today. A big thank you to for organising the day. Great to see a few of the catching fish throughout the Dee this week.

24/07/2024

A great evening exploring our new beat which has over 3 miles of fishing in beautiful surroundings, with the chance of catching salmon, sea trout and some big brownies. The beat has huge potential and it was great to have landed a fresh grilse from it last night.

22/07/2024

A highland Grilse 🐟 🏔️

17/07/2024

The early bird catches the worm. It was nice to land this fish for shortly after he lost one. A fantastic few days guiding on the River Beauly, what a special place it is. A big thank you to for the opportunity.

14/07/2024

A fantastic few days helping on the Beauly. Great to meet some lovely people and to see them get some good sport with grilse and big summer salmon.

16/06/2024

A lovely few days spent with Julie and Vanessa from Cambridge. Vanessa lost a salmon after a good few runs which was a real shame, however- both ladies progressed very well with their casting and river craft and had a great time.

09/05/2024

A very happy guest with a beautiful River Dee spring salmon.

03/05/2024

It’s been a pleasure to look after Sue and Vanessa this week, both ladies have picked up spey casting very well, pictured here is Sue, who at 79 years young, tried spey casting / salmon fishing for the first time. Sue was rewarded with this beautiful spring salmon from the Mill pool on the Carlogie beat. The fish was caught on a classic setup, a full floating spey line, tapered leader and a silver stoat fly. What a special moment for all involved.

18/04/2024

If you have visited our website in the last few days, you may have noticed a change.

After a busy few years as Nicol Paton Fly Fishing, from today we will be known as The Scottish Fly Fishing Co. However it’s more than just a name change, our business is evolving too.

Our existing fishing offering has expanded to include more beats on the rivers Dee, Don and Findhorn and we now have more capacity for guided fishing trips to these, and other beats across Scotland. We will continue to offer lessons to new and experienced anglers as normal.

We have big plans for the next few weeks and months so watch out for more news coming soon. In the meantime, check out are new website www.thescottishflyfishingco.com and email [email protected] if you are looking for your next fly fishing adventure. We look forward to seeing you on the river.

19/03/2024

Today was a day for doing a recce on the absolutely stunning Cambus 0’ May beat on the River Dee, prior to running my spring fishing clinic in a couple of weeks time. I hooked what turned out to be a cracking looking springer in the beats Mill Pool. After a dogged fight, Cambus Ghillie, arrived with the net and just as the fish was beginning to tire, it slapped its tail and threw the hook. Arghhh! 😩 that’s salmon fishing for you! Craig and I thought it would’ve been in the mid teens. On the bright side, there appears to be a few fish in this area which bodes well for the clinic. We have 2 spaces left. Please DM for more info. 📸

08/02/2024

It's that time of year again where we are getting ready for our 2024 Spring Salmon Fishing Clinic at the beautiful Cambus O' May beat on the upper River Dee.

Our three days last year were a big success with what turned out to be the biggest fish of the season caught on the Dee, a 99cm spring salmon (pictured below) another cracker for our guest Gordon was caught and landed by beat Ghillie Craig McDonald and another fish was lost.

The Cambus O' May beat is very private with a stunning backdrop of the Cairngorm Mountains, it's just shy of 3 miles double bank with 21 pools which fish in a variety of heights. The beat is fully booked for the 2024 season, so we are lucky to have a week here.

If you would like to learn more about spring tactics and fishing with sunken lines and bigger flies, please get in touch, we have a few spaces remaining

01/02/2024

I was delighted, alongside Cambus O’ May Ghillie, to receive the best fish of the 2023 fishing season on the river Dee, on behalf of my guest, Ken. Ken had booked on to my spring salmon fishing clinic and managed to hook and play a magnificent 22lb spring salmon at the stunning Glashan pool on the Cambus O’ May beat. There was teamwork with Craig giving a thorough description of the pool and myself being there to watch the battle and land the fish. We have spaces available on our 2024 clinic at Cambus O’ May in April. Please get in touch to book your space.

05/12/2023

A great offering from Somers Fishing Tackle

24/11/2023

Some great Black Friday deals to be had when you buy an Ian Gordon or Stevie Munn Cadence Fly Fishing rod

CADENCE FLY FISHING BLACK FRIDAY DEALS!
Our Black Friday deals are live!
CF20 IG SALMON ROD – BUY ONE, GET A £80 VOUCHER FREE!
CF20 CSM FLY ROD – BUY ONE, GET A £50 VOUCHER FREE!
To buy visit our deals page here - https://bit.ly/2U0CfLx

23/11/2023

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It’s that time of year again when we’re all starting to think about Christmas presents.

Perhaps something a little different could be in order?

I will be offering a variety of vouchers, including:-

🎄 Spey casting lessons

🎄 Guided salmon fishing packages.

🎄 Fishing experiences with lunch included

🎄 Bespoke options available

Please get in touch by sending a DM or email [email protected] to find
out more.

03/08/2023

Acrobatics from an Icelandic 18lb salmon. Caroline did very well playing this fish on her Cadence 14’6 rod, during .speyonline’s hosted trip to the Blanda.

23/07/2023

It was a pleasure to host Courtney and her family from North Carolina, USA. They all picked up the double spey cast quickly and were unlucky not to have hooked a fish, we saw a good run of fish going through.

15/07/2023

Here’s a few highlights from my recent trip to the River Blanda in Iceland. One of the main highlights was helping Caroline, pictured below, hook and land this 18lb salmon, which was her first ever fly caught salmon. There’s some great footage to follow that highlights teamwork between Ian, Steini the guide and myself making the whole thing happen. It was an amazing experience that I would wholeheartedly recommend to any salmon fly fisher that has never been before. A huge thank you to .speyonline who made everything possible for me and a big thank you to Erik and his team.

11/06/2023

With Father’s Day only a week away. Why not treat your dad to a voucher. We offer vouchers for a number of products, including lessons and guided fishing. Pictured here is Joe with his dad, Simon in the background. They both had a great father and son day together.

08/06/2023

The ladies from Shrewsbury were back again for 2 days of tuition and fishing, what a great time we all had.

30/05/2023

The Spey in May. A fantastic place to be.

17/05/2023

It’s been a lovely few days guiding for Jeremy and Mel on the River Beauly, both are new to the sport and picked up the art of spey casting well, they can’t wait to come back next year!. A big thank you to & for their great hospitality in looking after me, Gordon and his team of ghillies are first class and it was nice to see such a professional set up again.