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Salmon Fishing Where to fish in Scotland
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Maps and information on the
salmon fishing rivers of Scotland featuring details of 75
Scottish salmon rivers
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where are we to fish for salmon in Scotland? The drive north through Scotland gives
only a hint of what might lie in store for the adventurous salmon angler.
Just before the border, he will cross the wide tidal reaches of the Border Esk, a river renowned more for its sea trout fishing than its
salmon
fishing. A little
further on, he might catch fleeting, tantalising glimpses of the river Annan,
a good salmon and sea trout river often overlooked by visiting anglers
in their haste to reach the hallowed waters of the Spey, Dee or
Tay further north. Next along the way is the very fishy looking upper
Clyde near Crawford, excellent for trout and grayling but, alas, salmon
and sea trout are kept in the lower river by the impassable Falls of Clyde
at New Lanark. So
onwards and upwards.
Another hour will pass before he sees the
next salmon river, as he crosses the bridge over the river Forth at
Stirling, not far above the tidal limit....... (continued below) |
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From here on, things pick up a bit. He crosses the Allan at Dunblane then, a little way past Auchterarder,
the meandering course of the lower Earn comes into view. After skirting
around the city of Perth, he will drive over the little river Almond
before following the scenic valley of the mighty river Tay, on past
Dunkeld to Ballinluig and the junction with the river Tummel. On through
Pitlochry and Killiecrankie, up Glen Garry and on to Dalwhinnie at the
northern end of Loch Ericht. Then it's down into the valley of the great
river Spey. All the while, though, on that long journey northwards, the
traveller is perhaps unaware of the hidden treasures, the many salmon
rivers, large and small, which lie to left and right, unseen from the busy
roads. The following pages will try to uncover some
of those hidden treasures, those rivers and streams that lie just a little
way off the beaten track. With the aid of detailed maps, I hope to give
useful information on the salmon rivers of Scotland, large and small. I
have organised the information as best I can by dividing the country, as
shown on the map, into four main regions - North, Central, South and the
Islands. Like the child in the sweetshop, though, the salmon angler in
Scotland is faced with a difficult choice.
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| The detailed maps on this website have been
reproduced with the permission of Collins Bartholomew. In addition to
the information provided here, I would recommend that anyone planning a
fishing or walking trip in Scotland should equip themselves with a
compass and the appropriate Ordnance Survey map. The most useful of the
O.S. maps for the fisherman is the Landranger series, scale 1:50,000.
For each of the lochs and rivers listed here, I
have given the relevant O.S. Map number. I would also recommend
that anyone planning a fishing trip to Scotland should get a copy of
Bruce Sandison's excellent book "Rivers & Lochs of Scotland - the
angler's complete guide".
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Salmon Fishing in Scotland - Where to Fish
Size isn't
everything in salmon fishing. Those who find the large Scottish rivers like Tweed
and Tay a bit daunting, who prefer the intimacy and variety of the
smaller streams, will find much that appeals in the north. While there
are some sizeable rivers like the Conon and Beauly, whose flow regime is
now moderated by Hydro-electric schemes and therefore less dependent on
rainfall, sport on most of the northern spate rivers of Scotland is very dependent
on summer rain to bring salmon in from the sea. Some more accessible,
some more affordable than others, renowned rivers like the Helmsdale,
Thurso, Naver, Halladale, Dionard and Laxford can, on their day, provide
salmon fishing unrivalled anywhere in the world...... for information on
the salmon fishing in the north of Scotland, click
here
Central Scotland
has some of the best and most famous of all salmon rivers, including
three of the big four - Spey, Dee and Tay. More than enough for
starters..... but also many more lesser known but productive salmon
rivers, from the Findhorn, Deveron, North and South Esk, Earn and Teith
in the east to Loch Lomond, River Awe and Orchy in the west...... for
information on the salmon fishing in central Scotland, click
here
Not all the best
salmon fishing is to be found in the highlands. Some of the most
productive salmon rivers in Scotland lie to the south of the central
belt. There's the Tweed, of course, where something in excess of 15,000
salmon were caught in 2004. Others worthy of attention are the Nith and
Annan in the south and the Stinchar and Doon in the west, to name but a
few...... for information on the salmon fishing in the south of
Scotland, click
here
Last but by no
means least, we have some great salmon fishing on the Scottish Islands,
specifically in the Western Isles, summer and autumn salmon fishing in
both river and loch in Lewis, Harris and in the Uists...... for
information on the salmon fishing on the Scottish Islands, click
here
How is one to choose?
For some help in that difficult
choice of where to fish, see the
links below for more information on the trout rivers and lochs of
Scotland.
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