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Fishing in the Scottish Highlands

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The Northern Scottish Highlands have a wealth of excellent salmon and trout rivers, freshwater hill lochs and sea lochs. The fishing being traditionally for salmon, brown trout and other wild species such as the artic char

 

Coarse angling for pike is now becoming increasingly popular and the stocking of rainbow trout into privately owned lochs has increased in recent years and there are now a number of commercial fisheries offering quality day ticket rainbow and brown trout fly fishing. Come and fly-fish in the Scottish Highlands and fish famous water such as the Rivers Borgie and Helsmdale, Spey, South Esk, North Esk, Ericht, Tummel, Lyon, Tilt, and Lochs like Lomond, Awe, Fyne and Eck and many others in Angus, Perthshire. Also the excellent Obbe Fishing on Harris.

The best in fly fishing for wild salmon, sea trout and wild brown trout in the Western Isles.

Scotland has the finest fishing in the United Kingdom. Scottish Highlands, enjoy guided trips, or a self-catering holiday and fly fish throughout Scotland for rainbow trout, brown, trout, grayling, salmon and pike.

The efforts of the west coast fisheries trusts are now starting to return the sport to the halcyon days. Many of these rivers are justifiably famous for their sea trout. Lochs like Hope, Stack, Maree and Dionard have reputations which stretch way back and specimen sea trout are still caught today This is an exceptional area for brown trout. There are simply thousands of hill lochs many of which are remote and virtually un-fished. If you are walking into such loch without a guide do touch base with the local estate. Not only will you thus avoid stalkers, but it is advisable for your own safety - this can be a wild place for the unwary.

 

Coarse fishing refers to fish that have no season, meaning they can be fished for all year. According to the Scottish Federation for Coarse Angling, there are 16 species of coarse fish in Scotland, including northern pike, grayling, carp, crucian carp, and eel.