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Salmon Fishing in Scotland River Kirkaig
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O.S. Map 15
The river Kirkaig is an attractive river but the
rough and rocky nature of the river makes for very challenging
salmon fly fishing. To cover the pools effectively requires the
agility and stamina of a mountain goat and is not for the faint of
heart, particularly on the uppermost of the three beats, while the
lower beat gives the easiest access.
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Interactive Map of the River Kirkaig
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Salmon Fishing on the River Kirkaig
The river Kirkaig, in west
Sutherland, is only fishable for
salmon in the bottom two miles of the river up to the impassable fifty
foot high Falls of Kirkaig. Nevertheless the Kirkaig produces good
numbers of salmon, some of them big fish, with an overall average weight
of around 10 pounds. The main runs come, as on many northern and western
rivers, with the first spates in July, and continue to the end of the
season in September, which can be an excellent month on the Kirkaig if
the runs have been delayed by summer drought.
The fishing on the Kirkaig is owned
by Assynt Estate.
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River Kirkaig - 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
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