BEAT PROFILE Morphie

The Morphie is a beat with everything a salmon angler might hope for, but the team aren’t resting on their laurels, says Sam Carlisle

In 2012, cracks appeared in the Morphie Dyke. The barrier, which corralled fish into one of the most prolific salmon fishing pools in the world, had long been out of use. Its wooden and iron struts were decaying and its concrete crumbling. The 2012 cracks were exacerbated by high water in 2013. Two years later, Storm Frank was the final nail in the coffin. The dyke was fully breached, and passage for salmon on the North Esk, one of the most productive salmon rivers in Scotland, was eased. Despite the unobstructed passage for salmon, Morphie remains one of the finest beats to fish, and for the first time in many years is available to day Rods. Previously, a syndicate of timeshares divided the fishing, which very rarely came on to the…

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