Salmon School

From £1,350 per person
Now in our 19th year! Hosted by Anthony Steel of Kirkwood - Real Farms & Mark Bowler of Fly Fishing & Fly Tying Magazine with expert casting tuition from our instructors. If you want to learn and improve spey casting while standing a good chance of catching a salmon with expert guidance on techniques and water craft, then the Salmon School is for you. There’s no need for previous salmon fishing experience. The school ideally suits anglers who have caught trout on flies, but possibly never salmon.

You will be fishing on two top-class beats, Kirkwood and Jardine Hall. On each beat you will be accompanied by experienced anglers and instructors for casting tuition. You will mainly fish hard and learn by experience but there will be talks and tuition sessions as well.  The spey casting tuition is second to none & we catch fish!  Nearly every year there has been at least one caught.

Many anglers come again and again as they want to refresh their skills, keep improving their techniques, and also to take advantage of these fantastic fishing retreat packages!  With all your food, accommodation, guidance and fishing included our schools offer tremendous value for money.

At the Summer School we will teach depending on weather/conditions, ie if the water is high we will be going for salmon, if the water is low we’ll be showing you how to fish for trout or sea trout.  So this is not specificially a Salmon School but is being run as a Summer School as we expect to go for a range of fish on this one.

Upcoming dates 

7th – 14th July 2024

Full Week Special Price – £2300
4 day 7th – 11th July – £1700
3 day 11th – 14th July – £1350

6th – 13th October 2024

Full Week Special Price – £2300
4 day 7th – 11th July – £1700
3 day 11th – 14th July – £1350

To book please call  01576 510 200 or email Anthony on AS@SalmonSchool.co.uk

Your salmon school

All meals, tuition, accommodation, permits and guidance are included within the price, making these the ultimate in all-inclusive salmon school experience.

* – couples (or people from the same household) can join us, and will get a discount if they share a bedroom/bathroom

The ladies joining us will be given their own cottage. ie not sharing a cottage with men.

Terms and conditions

Sadly, we must remind you that weather is a major factor in fishing and if faced with poor weather conditions we may have to change how we fish or the location. In very high water spinning and worming is possible and permitted. It is unlikely that we would not be able to fish at all, but it is possible. If so, we would have extra tuition and talks and organise more fly tying sessions etc. Once booked and paid for no refunds are given under any circumstances and we recommend that you purchase a suitable holiday insurance policy to cover you for any unseen eventualities.