The Beats

Rock Pool, Beat 2

Rock Pool, Beat 2

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The eight Gordon Castle and Brae Water beats run for eight miles downstream from Orton to the old railway bridge at Spey Bay. This lower part of the River Spey flows through beautiful countryside and is a designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

The beats are double bank and each beat has a ghillie, boats, nets and a fishing hut  to shelter in and have lunch but with no additional facilities.  The Brae Water beats three to five rotate daily whilst the lower three beats rotate only later on in the Season.

Fishing is with fly only, and a largely catch and release policy for salmon and sea trout is in force.

BeatLengthPools
Beat One (3 rods)
Length 1000 metres
Named pools include
20lb
The Turn
Junction
Beat Two (4 rods)Length 1000 metresNamed pools include
Flats
The Rock
Ewe
Beat Three - Brae Water
(5 rods)		Length 1300 metresNamed pools include
Lower Ewe
Lord March
Otters Cave
Aultdearg
Beat Four - Brae Water
(5 rods)		Length 1200 metresNamed pools include
The Pipe
Lower aultdearg
Lennox
Cruive Dyke
Beat Five - Brae Water
(5 rods)		Length 2000 metresNamed pools include
Intake
Grilse
Upper Dipple
Dipple
Lilley's
Bulwark
Castle Water (6 rods)Length 1700 metresNamed pools include
Bridge
Upper Birks
Birks
Spoot
Lower Water One (6 rods)
This beat is available to
fish from August 10th		Length 1800 metresNamed pools include
Quarry
Cumberland
Island Stream
The Pot
Braehead
Lower Water Two (6 rods)
This beat is available to
fish from August 27th		Length 1900 metresNamed pools include
Braehead
Willows
Essil
The Bridge

For a full account of fishing the beats at Gordon castle please see Roy Arris’s account of his fishing in the Spring  ”Following In The Footsteps of A.E. Knox“

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