My first
recommended location relates to Atlantic salmon and sea trout fishing in
Scotland. More specifically it relates
to fishing on the Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Estate, on the Island of Harris in the
Outer Hebrides. (see map). I have been
fortunate enough to have stayed at the castle and fished there on a couple of
occasions. To get there you fly to Stornaway from Glasgow or Edinburgh. The Castle provide the transport from the airport. It takes about and hour through spectacular scenery.
Just staying
in the castle is a wonderful experience as it is furnished beautifully and the
cuisine is superb. It is a real fishing
and deer stalking sporting venue well-equipped with everything one would
expect.
The fishing is from bank or boat on the numerous lochs and from the
bank on the rivers. Lochs like Voshmid
are well regarded in Atlantic fishing circles.
Each day the estate manager, Innes, and his team of gillies determine where
the fishing will be most productive and off you go. Some lochs are within a few hundred yards of
the castle others are 30 minutes’ drive away in the Landrover (see map).
Right next
to the castle the river from Lady Loch runs through a gorge into the sea. In
spite of being exhausted from fishing all day, I used to fly fish the sea pool
at first and last light if the tide was in (see picture). On practically every retrieve I would hook
either a sea trout or a pollack.
At the time
of year I fished there we would mainly fish the lochs by boat on the drift with
the gillie putting us across the most productive locations. We used a team of two flies with a silver
stoat on the point and an orange tailed muddler on the dropper. The hen salmon I caught in the picture below
took the muddler.
This
location provides a serious fishing experience and when I have fished there in
October the weather can be a bit challenging. It is not all blue skies and balmy days as the
next picture shows.
There are
big fish there but sadly I have not been fortunate enough to hook a really big
fish like this (see picture)! I wasn't even there (I copied off the brochure).
For those
into hunting as well as fishing there are 55,000 acres of deer stalking (and
shooting)!
Whilst I was
out on the loch one time, the laird’s daughter Rachel bagged a stag and the gillie rowed us
over to collect her complete with trophy.
Well I hope you found that
interesting. The castle has a very
informative web site should you require more information:- www.amhuinnsuidhe.com/
If you are able to spoil yourself
and visit the castle and fish the waters (and maybe shoot a stag) please do let
me know how you got on.
William, Thank you for your comment, I am new to blogging and am trying to make the posts varied and interesting. This one was easy to write as it is such a splendid place. Regards Alan Carter
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