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Fly fishing - Scotland the
home of salmon and plentiful wild brown trout
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| Hans Edman with a fine R Tay springer |
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| Salmon fishing R Ericht |
Scottish salmon rivers are well known wherever salmon anglers
meet. Tay, Dee, Ness, Spey, Tweed, Helmsdale to name but a few are part
of an international fishing language, words associated with prolific salmon
runs, classic salmon flies and a number of fishing techniques that have
stood the test of time such as Greased Line, Spey casting and backing
up. Couple Scotland's fishing opportunities with this fantastic heritage,
add whisky and fine people and you have the recipe for enjoyment, challenge
and with a bit of luck, success. If that were not enough and truth be
told salmon fishing is only a fraction of what Scotland can offer the
fly fisherman, for this land also teems with brown trout. Wild. feisty
brown trout, large and small, bright and dark a plenitude of spotty piscatorial
beauties in multitudes of rivers and lochs. Deep in the large lochs lie
double figure trout, in the rivers good quality wild trout between 10
and 18 inches are plentiful and in the mountain lochs seldom fished who
knows what lurks beneath the dancing waves?
There is a common misconception that salmon fishing in Scotland is hard
to come by, no doubt borne out by the high rents and scarce access to
many of the famous beats in peak season. However, with experience and
flexibility, knowing the conditions and the fish well it is possible to
take advantage of good fishing opportunities when they occur, especially
if you have keen professional assistance and all the necessary gear to
hand. www.letsflyfish.com can help by arranging fishing, instruction and
packages and giving you an honest assessment of prospects. Ally is familiar
with the rivers of Scotland and will try to match your requirements to
the best chances. If requested he will provide fishing instruction and
tactical advice to give you the benefit of his enormous experience of
salmon and trout fishing, a service that has gives an insight into how
the expert angler thinks like a fish, reads water like a book and has
the uncanny knack of coming up trumps. Even on a blank day most anglers
will learn a huge amount about fishing, techniques and the fish.
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| Wild brown trout, R Tummel |
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| Rising trout R Tay |
Trout fishing on many of the Scottish rivers is excellent
value and challenging. The average price of a day's fishing is around
£5, about the same as a dram of good malt whisky, but of course
the fishing lasts 24 hours and you can use as much water as you like without
spoiling it! Loch fishing from boats is slightly more expensive because
the boat has to be hired. Costs vary between £15 and £40 for
two or three anglers which still represents excellent value.
For lots of information about fishing in Scotland go to www.flyfish-scotland.com.
For enquiries about fishing in Scotland please contact
me by e-mail or phone +44 (0) 1796 473718. The zero in brackets must
be used instead of the international code for calls within UK, it must
not be used from international addresses.
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