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Salmon Fishing in Scotland River Shin
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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
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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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