Salmon Fishing - River Ness Scotland
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The River Ness is a big river,
carrying the water from its large catchment on the five mile journey
from Loch Ness to Inverness and out into the Moray Firth. One of the
most productive salmon rivers in the north of Scotland, the Ness
produces six to seven hundred salmon in a season and some 200 sea
trout.
The pattern of salmon runs on the
River Ness has altered in recent years. The early runs of spring fish
have decreased in favour of increasing runs of summer salmon and grilse.
Much of the spring fishing on the Ness is done with the spinning rod,
while any early fly fishing is done with long powerful rods of up to 17
feet and large tube flies fished on sinking lines. The summer sees a
change to floating lines but long rods of between fifteen and seventeen
feet are still favoured by the regulars on the Ness. The upper Ness
beats are in private hands and may be difficult to get on but the
Inverness Town water is run by the Inverness Angling Club and is
available to visiting anglers on a day or weekly ticket at very
reasonable cost.
For information and permits for the
town water and the estuary sea trout fishing, contact J Graham, tackle
merchant, Castle Street, Inverness. N.B. For the 2012 season, the Inverness Angling
Club is offering associate membership to anyone in the UK for £165 per
year. Applications to the membership secretary (see website below).
Angling Clubs and Associations
Inverness Angling Club
For more information and photographs of the Inverness
Angling Club water see:
Fishing at Inverness
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