River Tay At Taymount Castle

The Castle pool used to be a great salmon pool. the angler often gives it a miss as its reputation proceeds it! This should not always be the case. The tail of the pool has developed some interesting pots which can be well worth exploring as one angler who took 2 salmon before lunch time can testify. The pool also offers easy access as a car can be brought right to the bank.

Fishing in the Highlands of Scotland

The 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 great number of commercial fisheries offering quality day ticket rainbow trout and brown trout fly fishing.

Salmon parasite

Research shows, for the first time, that parasitic sea lice infestations caused by salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward extinction by killing vulnerable young salmon.
The impact is so severe that the viability of the wild salmon populations is threatened.