Trout Fishing
Where to Fish in Scotland
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Maps and information on the
trout fishing lochs and rivers of Scotland
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where are we to fish for trout in Scotland? No matter where you are in Scotland, from
Canonbie to Cape Wrath, from Lerwick to Lanark, you will never be far from
a trout. There are literally thousands of trout fishing waters in
Scotland, from the smallest trickle of a mountain burn to the mighty
River Tay, the tiny highland lochan to the wide expanses of Loch Lomond or
Loch Ness. In nearly all of them you will find trout, from the lively
quarter pounders of the peaty lochan to the powerful
two or three or more pounders of the fertile waters of the Don, Tay, Tweed and Clyde. Trout fishing in Scotland is generally
inexpensive. Whatever your taste, a few pounds, sometimes none at all,
will get you a day's trout fishing in any part of the country. So where to
fish? - let's
look at what is available. I have divided the country into
four main regions - all have some great trout fishing to offer
and, best of all, most of it is very accessible.
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From here on, things pick up a bit. He crosses the Allan at Dunblane then, a little way past Auchterarder,
the meandering course of the lower Earn comes into view. After skirting
around the city of Perth, he will drive over the little river Almond
before following the scenic valley of the mighty river Tay, on past
Dunkeld to Ballinluig and the junction with the river Tummel. On through
Pitlochry and Killiecrankie, up Glen Garry and on to Dalwhinnie at the
northern end of Loch Ericht. Then it's down into the valley of the great
river Spey. All the while, though, on that long journey northwards, the
traveller is perhaps unaware of the hidden treasures, the many salmon
rivers, large and small, which lie to left and right, unseen from the busy
roads. The following pages will try to uncover some
of those hidden treasures, those rivers and streams that lie just a little
way off the beaten track. With the aid of detailed maps, I hope to give
useful information on the salmon rivers of Scotland, large and small. I
have organised the information as best I can by dividing the country, as
shown on the map, into four main regions - North, Central, South and the
Islands. Like the child in the sweetshop, though, the salmon angler in
Scotland is faced with a difficult choice.
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reproduced with the permission of Collins Bartholomew. 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. I would also recommend
that anyone planning a fishing trip to Scotland should get a copy of
Bruce Sandison's excellent book "Rivers & Lochs of Scotland - the
angler's complete guide".
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Trout Fishing in Scotland - Where to Fish
The counties of
Sutherland,
Caithness, Ross and Cromarty,
lying to the north
of the Great Glen, are unsurpassed for wild trout fishing. There are
thousands of lochs, enough to see even the
keenest fisherman through several lifetimes. In parts of Sutherland, there
seems to be more water than land. Assynt, Scourie, Durness,
Altnaharra, Gairloch, Torridon are just a few magical names to conjure with......
for information on the trout fishing in the north of Scotland, click
here
The mainland from Stirling to the Great Glen has great
variety to offer the trout fisherman. Classic loch fishing on world famous
Loch Leven; boat and bank fishing on Carron Valley Reservoir; lochs Venachar, Katrine and Lubnaig in the beautiful Trossachs; Ba and Laidon
on wild Rannoch Moor; great river fishing on the Don, Tay, Tummel and Spey;
or the wild lochs and burns of Argyll and Inverness. Something for
everyone......
for information on the trout fishing in central Scotland, click
here
From the Campsie Fells through
the busy Central Belt to the heather clad hills of Galloway, from
lowland Ayrshire to the Cheviots, southern Scotland has some great
fishing to offer. The renowned trout of the Clyde and Tweed; the Solway rivers of Annan, Esk and Nith; the upland lochs of the Renfrew Heights, Pentlands and
Lammermuir Hills......
for information on the trout fishing in the south of Scotland, click
here
Last but by no means least, there is the wonderful trout fishing
to be found on the Scottish islands. Lochs galore in
the Outer Hebrides - Lewis and Harris, the Uists and Benbecula; World
class trout fishing on the lochs of Orkney and Shetland and on the Isles of Skye, Mull, Islay
and Jura......
for information on the trout fishing on the Scottish Islands, click
here
How is one to choose?
For some help in that difficult
choice, see the
links below for more information on the trout rivers and lochs of
Scotland.
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