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Salmon Fishing in Scotland River Shin

O.S. Map 21

The Shin is a good salmon river, although it has been affected by the Loch Shin hydro electric scheme, inhibiting the natural flow of the river, which flows for three miles from Loch Shin southwards to the Kyle of Sutherland.

 

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  River Shin - 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 Shin

The Shin, though, is an attractive river which can still produce good numbers of salmon, although the spring fishing does not now compare with that on the neighbouring rivers. The Falls of Shin hold fish in the lower river until late May, so it is here that the spring fishing is most productive, but it is the summer months that produce the best of the sport, when the fish have reached the upper river. July is the peak month, with sport continuing until the end of August. The Shin produces an annual catch of around 700 salmon, some of them up to 20 pounds in weight.

Fishing on the Shin is popular and difficult to obtain.

 

 

 

 

 

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