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Title: Loch Torridon area for fly fishing - Info please :)
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 11/05/2017 at 11:31

Heading across for a few days, any thoughts on fishing?

I know its known for Spurdogs and Rays but I will only be taking fly rods. Pollock? Mackeral?

Any trout waters worth having a go at?

Cheers.

Title: Re: Loch Torridon area for fly fishing - Info please :)
Post by: Derek Roxborough on 11/05/2017 at 15:42

trout waters ? bloody Hunnerds, where ever you look :z4 Derek Roxborough

Title: Re: Loch Torridon area for fly fishing - Info please :)
Post by: Hamish Young on 11/05/2017 at 18:24

Quote from: Rob Brownfield on 11/05/2017 at 11:31

Heading across for a few days, any thoughts on fishing?

I know its known for Spurdogs and Rays but I will only be taking fly rods. Pollock? Mackeral?

Any trout waters worth having a go at?

Cheers.

Where you staying Rob... I may have a spot or two for you  :z16

Title: Re: Loch Torridon area for fly fishing - Info please :)
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 12/05/2017 at 07:49

Quote from: Hamish Young on 11/05/2017 at 18:24

Where you staying Rob... I may have a spot or two for you  :z16

The metropolis that is Shieldaig, right on the shores of Loch Shieldaig, surprisingly! ;)

So that's Loch Torridon, Shieldaig and Upper Loch Torridon within a 15 minutes drive. Google Earth shows some interesting rocky outcrops into stunningly clear sea!

Title: Re: Loch Torridon area for fly fishing - Info please :)
Post by: Derek Roxborough on 12/05/2017 at 21:10

we used to get some decent fishing in the Narrows, I had a boat and I did a bit of chartering,, sea lochan called Ob mhealaidh, try the points of that not far from Shieldaig,, Derek Roxborough

Title: Re: Loch Torridon area for fly fishing - Info please :)
Post by: Hamish Young on 13/05/2017 at 06:55

I've not had the chance to try it yet - so no guarantees - but I've been told the fishing is handy around Inveralligin and Lower Diabaig and on the other side of the loch near Ardheslaig  :z16

Title: Re: Loch Torridon area for fly fishing - Info please :)
Post by: Derek Roxborough on 13/05/2017 at 21:22

the Narrows from Inveralligan, I was living at Alligan in the 70's,if you can get out to the point where the old Shebeen was you could get some fishing from there, but things change in time, the point of Diabeag  was good but we were bait fishing for cod and haddock, the Ploc at Fasaig was also decent, but again I was bait fishing,good luck with it any way, Derek Roxborough

Title: Re: Loch Torridon area for fly fishing - Info please :)
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 15/05/2017 at 08:51

Well, I decided that the rod should stay at home else I would end up in a couple of spots and not explore the options.

I did discover that Mullet swim around some of the river mouths, and that they are BIG. I saw some awesome "grey ghosts" silently drifting past, so, that's my plan in a few months.

I also found a muddy bay that when the tide was out, showed up the classic half moon "lip" marks of mullet feeding...and it was totally covered in them. Must of been some amount of fish.

The B&B also has access to some boats, so that's also on the plan!

Title: Re: Loch Torridon area for fly fishing - Info please :)
Post by: Derek Roxborough on 15/05/2017 at 20:26

I worked on the Salmon nets for a couple of summers and we used to get Grey Mullet quite often this was at the Gairloch nets, Derek Roxborough