Fishing Scotland

G'day,

There is the possibility that I may be in Scotland this May. Would there be
any advice out there about the possibility of wetting a line in the land of
Robbie Burns?

I am planning to give fly fishing a try this summer. Would taking an
inaugural fly fishing expedition in the highlands be asking too much?

Michael

All it takes in money-lots of it.





On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 01:36:55 GMT, "Michael McCaugherty"
wrote:

G'day,

There is the possibility that I may be in Scotland this May. Would there be
any advice out there about the possibility of wetting a line in the land of
Robbie Burns?

I am planning to give fly fishing a try this summer. Would taking an
inaugural fly fishing expedition in the highlands be asking too much?

Michael

I was in Scotland last December and found a nice little guide, Fishing
Scotland. Sold for 5.50 pounds and is available at
http://www.fishing-scotland.co.uk/rosguide.htm. You might want to get that.
I was happy to see that there are many lochs and rivers where a day of
fishing could be taken for less than 10 pounds, but you certainly need to
get the right permits. Everything you may need is in the guide.

"Michael McCaugherty" wrote in message
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G'day,

There is the possibility that I may be in Scotland this May. Would there
be
any advice out there about the possibility of wetting a line in the land
of
Robbie Burns?

I am planning to give fly fishing a try this summer. Would taking an
inaugural fly fishing expedition in the highlands be asking too much?

Michael

i take it from your note that it isn't permitted to simply buy a fishing
license and then go exploring for a stream where one can fish as desired
without a guide or payment for the privilege?

jeff

pmfpa wrote:


http://www.fishing-scotland.co.uk/rosguide.htm. You might want to get that.
I was happy to see that there are many lochs and rivers where a day of
fishing could be taken for less than 10 pounds, but you certainly need to
get the right permits. Everything you may need is in the guide.

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news:q09Qb.6743$_H5.5434@lakeread06...
i take it from your note that it isn't permitted to simply buy a fishing
license and then go exploring for a stream where one can fish as desired
without a guide or payment for the privilege?


Well, sure you can. Just don't get caught.

I was astounded last summer in Devon and Cornwall to discover that all the
water that had fish (except the sal****er) was privately owned and/or
managed by clubs. Sometimes you needed a different license to stand on the
far bank (I assume that it also meant you could only wade halfway across).
In addition, it was often difficult to locate the proper person for
obtaining a license, and often they weren't available to nonmembers anyway.
I came away with a much more full understanding of the causes of the
Revolutionary War, and a deeper appreciation of the result.

--riverman

Michael McCaugherty wrote:
G'day,

There is the possibility that I may be in Scotland this May. Would
there be any advice out there about the possibility of wetting a line
in the land of Robbie Burns?

I am planning to give fly fishing a try this summer. Would taking an
inaugural fly fishing expedition in the highlands be asking too much?

Michael

Where do I start!!

When in May and where are you staying?

Try here for places to fish.

http://www.where-to-fish.com/content/2d.html

Click on the link below for the legal bit.

http://www.flyfish-scotland.com/scotslaw.htm

Now that we have got that out of the way it really isn't that difficult to
find free/cheap fishing as long as you know where to go. You mentioned the
highlands, I have a weeks camping/fishing trip to the highlands every year
in May, and it has never cost more than £100/$180us and that includes
travel.

I have fished Attadale, great if you don't mind the 13 mile walk to most of
the lochs, which is free, Lochinver, £30 for a weeks fishing on approx. 150
lochs, Kilmelford, used to be £25 for the weeks fishing but may be higher
now, which has approx 20 lochs.

If you want to read more of these places go to my website and click on the
links in the navigation bar.

If you can supply me with a bit more information I may be able to put
something together for you, can't promise though


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In article , riverman
wrote:

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news:q09Qb.6743$_H5.5434@lakeread06...
i take it from your note that it isn't permitted to simply buy a fishing
license and then go exploring for a stream where one can fish as desired
without a guide or payment for the privilege?


Well, sure you can. Just don't get caught.

I was astounded last summer in Devon and Cornwall to discover that all the
water that had fish (except the sal****er) was privately owned and/or
managed by clubs. Sometimes you needed a different license to stand on the
far bank (I assume that it also meant you could only wade halfway across).
In addition, it was often difficult to locate the proper person for
obtaining a license, and often they weren't available to nonmembers anyway.
I came away with a much more full understanding of the causes of the
Revolutionary War, and a deeper appreciation of the result.

Sorry we didn't meet then, riverman.

the thing is that there are an awful lot of people crammed into one
tiny island - I think it's about a third of the population of the US.

Some clubs, such as the Salisbury and District, which controls some of
the finest spring creek ('chalk stream') waters, cost only $150 a year.
If it was free-for-all, I don't think there would be any fish left in
England.

And I can tell you that even after our successful (Irish) revolutionary
war, the situation in the republic, in rivers at least, is the same.
Only four million people, there - half the population 150 years ago,
too.

Lazarus

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In article q09Qb.6743$_H5.5434@lakeread06, Jeff Miller
wrote:

i take it from your note that it isn't permitted to simply buy a fishing
license and then go exploring for a stream where one can fish as desired
without a guide or payment for the privilege?

What's more in a lot of parts of scotland fishing on a sunday is
illegal. The scots are a god-fearing bunch.

:L

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riverman wrote:

In addition, it was often difficult to locate the proper person for
obtaining a license, and often they weren't available to nonmembers anyway.
I came away with a much more full understanding of the causes of the
Revolutionary War, and a deeper appreciation of the result.


As Americans, it is easy for us to take our public lands for granted.
Privitizing them is NOT a good choice.

Willi

That is very true. In the US, aside from many questions about stream access
and trespassing, once you can get into the stream the state owns the fish
and can give you a license to take them. My understanding is that in the
UK, the land and the fish are private. As noted below, everywhere you fish
requires a permit. While this may seem quite a hassle, there are many
instances where you can buy a week long permit for a river of some size for
not too much money.

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news:q09Qb.6743$_H5.5434@lakeread06...
i take it from your note that it isn't permitted to simply buy a fishing
license and then go exploring for a stream where one can fish as desired
without a guide or payment for the privilege?

jeff

pmfpa wrote:


http://www.fishing-scotland.co.uk/rosguide.htm. You might want to get
that.
I was happy to see that there are many lochs and rivers where a day of
fishing could be taken for less than 10 pounds, but you certainly need
to
get the right permits. Everything you may need is in the guide.