ANGLING IN THE HIGHLANDS

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Loch Fishing
Loch Shin, Lairg. Large brown trout loch. Bookings - Tel. 01549 402309. The Lairg Angling Club has boats for hire.
Assynt Lochs. Loads of little hill lochs and burns...
Loch Beannach. Five miles north of Lairg off the A836 Tongue Road. Boat fishing available for brown trout. Information and permits from Sutherland Sporting Co, Main Street, Lairg, (Tel 01549 402229) or contact Tourist Information at The Ferrycroft Centre (Tel. 01549 402160).
Loch Brora, Brora. Great boat fishing for salmon, sea trout and brown trout. Contact The Royal Marine Hotel, Brora. Tel. 01408 621252.
Loch Buidhe near Bonar Bridge. Excellent wild brown trout fishing with the very occasional late salmon. Permits available from The Dunroamin Hotel Bonar Bridge 01863 766236.
Loch Craggie, Lairg. Wild brown trout fishing available. Information and permits from Sutherland Sporting Co, Main Street, Lairg, (Tel 01549 402229) or contact Tourist Information at The Ferrycroft Centre (Tel. 01549 402160).
Loch Culag, Lochinver. Boat fishing for rainbow trout and wild brown trout. Contact the Culag Hotel, Lochinver. Tel. 01571 844209. Loch Dallas, Aviemore. Boat fishing for brown trout and rainbow trout. Details from G.Mortimor, 62 High Street, Granton on Spey. Tel. 01479 872684.
Loch Dola, Lairg. Wild brown trout fishing from boats.Information and permits from Sutherland Sporting Co, Main Street, Lairg, (Tel 01549 402229) or contact Tourist Information at The Ferrycroft Centre (Tel. 01549 402160).
Loch Hope, Altnaharra. Sea trout fishing. Information and permits from The Altnaharra Hotel. Tel. 01549 411222. Loch Horn, Golspie. Bank and boat fishing for wild trout. Contact Lindsay & Co. Main Street, Golspie. Tel. 01408 633212.
Loch Loyal, Tongue. Brown trout fishing from bank and boat. Fantastic surroundings. Details and permits from The Ben Loyal Hotel. Tel. 01847 611216.
Loch Migdale Bonar Bridge. An absolutely beautiful setting in which to fish for wild brown trout. A day ticket and boat can be booked through the Kyle of Sutherland Angling Association, or Macleods Ironmongers, Tain.

River Fishing
The Kyle of Sutherland near Bonar Bridge. Day tickets available to fish the Association water. The Kyle is fed by the Carron, Cassley, Oykel & Shin. All top quality salmon rivers. In addition to good grilse fishing, permits are also available to fish for sea-trout on the mud flats at Bonar Bridge. Permits from Macleod's Ironmongers, High Street, Tain.
River Cassley. Day hire of certain parts at certain times of year. Contact The Achness Hotel
River Shin. From August onwards the picturesque lower reaches of this salmon river are available to rent on a daily basis, subject to availability (limited). Contact the Gillie, Wille Pirritt on 01549....
River Inver. Small Sutherland river on the north west coast. It flows from Loch Assynt into the sea at Lochinver. Lovely setting to fish for salmon and trout. A boat is available on the lower beats. Information and tickets from the Inver Lodge Hotel, Tel.01571 844496.
The Kaniard. About four miles long, the Kanaird flows just north of Ullapool into the mouth of Loch Broom. Both salmon and sea trout can be caught. More details are available from, Strutt & Parker, London Tel. 020 7629 7282.
River Kinloch. Small river which flows into the Kyle of Tongue on the North coast. Salmon and sea trout fishing available through Strutt & Parker, London. Tel. 020 7629 7282.
River Kirkaig near Lochinver. Salmon fishing confined to the first few miles of this steep river system because of the size of the waterfalls. Excellent on it's day. Beautiful setting. Permits available exclusively from the Inver Lodge Hotel Tel. 01571 844496.
River Laxford N.W. Highlands. Extremely difficult to get beats on this salmon river but try Findlayson Hughes, Perth Tel 01738 630926.
River Polly near Lochinver. Salmon, sea-trout and brown trout fishing.