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Salmon Fishing - River Kirkaig  Scotland

O. S. Map 15

 

The river Kirkaig is an attractive river but the rough and rocky nature of the river makes for very challenging salmon fly fishing. To cover the pools effectively requires the agility and stamina of a mountain goat and is not for the faint of heart, particularly on the uppermost of the three beats, while the lower beat gives the easiest access.

The river Kirkaig, in west Sutherland, is only fishable for salmon in the bottom two miles of the river up to the impassable fifty foot high Falls of Kirkaig. Nevertheless the Kirkaig produces good numbers of salmon, some of them big fish, with an overall average weight of around 10 pounds. The main runs come, as on many northern and western rivers, with the first spates in July, and continue to the end of the season in September, which can be an excellent month on the Kirkaig if the runs have been delayed by summer drought.

The fishing on the Kirkaig is owned by Assynt Estate.

 

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River Kirkaig Fishing Map

River Kirkaig 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. 

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