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The River Dee at Potarch Bridge now has a live webcam. Right now its showing the heavy snow falling on Deeside but its not that cold as the river Dee has no ice on it. The webcam is located on the roof of the fishing hut located next to the Portarch Bridge. Excellent viewing for fishers or those that just like viewing the river. Thank you to the ButterWorth Gallery blog for bringing the webcam to our attention.

Interested in what the fishers have been catching on the River Dee?  The latest catch news, including river levels can be found on the FishPal – Scotland website.

After months hiking up the hills I decided a walk along the river Dee east towards Kincardine O’ Neil would make a fine change.  Out in the hills it is a fairly solitary experience but the walk on the banks of the Dee was truly social this weekend, every fishing beat had a line or even two being cast in it.

Fly fishing river dee

The river was in good flow, snow melt rather than rain providing its rush but the anglers were yet to report the first catch of the day. Salmon were being seen in the clear waters but none were biting. The wildlife were enjoying the warm and sunny day with lots of different birds to see and take photos of.

The river Dee opened for fishing today, the BBC where on location along with Billy Connolly and a wee splash of whisky.