This Tay 'coble' boat was hand made by famous River Tay boatbuilder John Ferguson who's based in Stanley in the Tay Valley. These traditional salmon fishing boats serve many different fishing applications and are a pleasure to be out on the Tay in one for the day. This photograph of me in the boat with my fly rod & my labrador dog 'Selkie' was taken in the Cottar Pool on the Newtyle Beat of the River Tay by professional photographer Peter Sandground.

Salmon Fishing Permits

20 years ago, while working as Head Ghillie on the River Tay’s Newtyle Beat I assisted FishPal by being one of the very first Tay salmon beats to introduce their superb ‘revolutionary' online permit booking platform to the Tay. These days FishPal has been developed into Europe’s leading booking platform for supplying experienced salmon anglers with their fishing access permits.

I’m delighted to be partnered with this industry leading salmon fishing access provider and for any experienced anglers who are looking for salmon fishing permits on the majority of the famous Scottish rivers here’s the link to follow to the FishPal homepage where an ‘extensive' selection of salmon rivers are represented.

Jock Monteith

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