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Salmon Fishing in Scotland River Add
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O.S. Map 55
In the
nineteenth century, catches of 1000 salmon a season were reported
from the River Add. By the mid twentieth century, this had been
reduced to around 200 salmon a year. Today a good year would see the
catch reach double figures.
To view a larger scale map of a particular
section of the River Add, click on a selected area of the map below. |
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River Add - Fishing Map
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The maps on this website have been
reproduced with the permission of Collins Bartholomew.
Please note that these maps may date back several decades.
Much of the human detail will have changed but the character of the rivers and
lochs, and the trout and salmon in them, will be much the same as they have
always been.
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. See Ordnance
Survey Maps. |
Salmon Fishing on the River Add
A combination of
modern adversities – water abstraction for hydro power, excessive
afforestation and more recently, off-shore salmon farming, has combined
to further reduce the fishing potential of the Add, to the extent that a
normal year might see a meagre ten salmon caught on this once prolific
river. The river is fished on three beats – Minard, Kirnan and
Poltalloch – and the fishing is best in July and August.
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