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Sea Trout Fishing in Scotland Loch Shiel and River Shiel
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O.S. Map 40
Loch Shiel, at seventeen miles long, is one of Scotland’s longest
lochs, linked to the sea by the short River Sheil. Both loch and
river were once famed for their sea trout but the loch is rarely
fished now for sea trout, owing to the dramatic collapse in sea
trout stocks which has been seen in north west Scotland over the
past twenty years. The loch might still produce good brown trout,
averaging half a pound in weight.
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Interactive Map of the River Shiel and Loch
Shiel
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photographs of the River Shiel and Loch Shiel
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Salmon and Sea Trout Fishing on Loch Shiel and the River Shiel
The Shiel system is another casualty of the dramatic
collapse in west highland sea trout stocks and might now be regarded
more as a brown trout fishery, with a chance of taking an occasional
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Loch Shiel |
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Loch Shiel at Glenfinnan |
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Loch Shiel at Acharacle |
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River Shiel |
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Shiel Bridge |
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River Shiel at Shiel Bridge |
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River Shiel |
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River Shiel near Acharacle |
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Loch Shiel - Fishing Map
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To view a larger scale map of a particular
part of the river or loch, click on a selected area of the map below. |
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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 |
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