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Salmon Fishing in Scotland River Orchy
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O.S. Map 50
The River Orchy
flows out of Loch Tulla for a distance of about ten miles to Loch
Awe. One of the most attractive rivers in the west highlands, the
Orchy is a significant part of the Loch Awe system, not only in
terms of salmon fishing, but as the main spawning stream. The annual
catch on the Orchy is in the region of 300 salmon.
To view a larger scale map of a particular
section of the River Orchy, click on a selected area of the map below. |
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River Orchy - 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 Orchy
Before the building
of the barrage on the River Awe, salmon would be expected in the Orchy
by March or April but the early running salmon are now held up below the
barrage and don’t now reach the Orchy in any numbers until late May. The
first runs of fish tend to run up as far as the Iron Bridge Falls and
will stay there until the first summer spates in June, which spurs them
on towards the upper river. The best fishing months on the Orchy are
July to September, with mainly coloured fish caught in October. For
information about fishing on the Orchy, contact Croggan Crafts, Dalmally,
Argyll.
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