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Trout Fishing                       Where to Fish in Scotland

Maps and information on the trout fishing lochs and rivers of Scotland

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Trout Fishing So 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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Select an area by clicking on the map above

 
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.
The detailed maps on this website have been 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". 

 

Trout Fishing in Scotland - Where to Fish

The North

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

Central Scotland

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

The South

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

The Islands

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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