Salmon Fishing Near Gleneagles

Scotia Fishing specialise in guided Salmon fishing near Gleneagles. We use a number of locations throughout the Tay system, with the opportunity to fish prime beats on the mighty River Tay, only a short car journey from Gleneagles.  The River Tay is famous for producing the British record rod caught Salmon of 64lb, caught by Miss Georgina Ballantine back in 1922.

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Miss Georgina Ballantine’s 64lb Atlantic Salmon

That special fish remains the rod caught record for the British Isles to this day! 2013 So the Tay have one of it’s best seasons for a long time. The cold start to the year seemed to really help the Spring fishing, with many beats on the river breaking records.

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Salmon fishing near Gleneagles in stunning Tay Valley scenery

Scotia Fishing will carefully select the beat and river that has the appropriate facilities, suits your experience levels and offers you the best chance of catching the king of fish!

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Clients Salmon fishing near Gleneagles on productive scenic beats of the River Tay

We provide a hassle free service – just click and fish! Our packages include transport, permits, personal qualified guidance & tuition, fishing equipment, waterproof clothing & footwear, waders, packed lunches and water.  Our guides will also capture photographic memories of your day as a souvenir for each paying guest. (Check out the Scotia Fishing Gallery, all images are taken by our own guides).

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A fine spring Salmon, as fresh as they come..

Don’t worry if you haven’t tried Spey casting before, our experienced fishing guides will teach you the basics in no time using tried and trusted professional instruction techniques. Our Head Guide Callum Conner is a qualified SGAIC Instructor and Loop Tackle Design Ambassador.

We can fish for Salmon using both traditional and modern Spey rods and lines.

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Learn to Spey cast using double handed fly rods

 

There’s also the possibility to spin fish for Salmon if you wish and when conditions/rules allow, this can be a devastating method on its day. We use modern spinning tackle outfits from excellent lure fishing brand Sakura-Fishing.

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Great spring Salmon for Alaskan guest Jim – River Tay perfection!

Here’s a typical Scotia Fishing Salmon fishing package itinerary;

  • 8am Your personal guide will collect you from your accommodation
  • A short car journey to chosen location
  • Arrive at chosen beat, guide will set up tackle etc and introduction to the Ghillie
  • Complimentary dram of Whisky
  • Brief safety & tackle talk
  • Casting demonstrations (if required)
  • Commence fishing
  • Guides will give further one to one tuition and take photos
  • 1pm  Lunch break (Mandatory on most Salmon beats to rest pools and for anglers to rotate)
  • Commence fishing in fresh pools
  • Guides will give more one to one tuition and take further photos
  • Pack up & refreshments
  • Drop off back at destination for 5:30pm

Our guides will edit your photos of your day as soon as possible and these can be sent via Dropbox.

All clients booking with Scotia will receive a PDF welcome pack with all the information you require for your upcoming trip, This can be stored to a smart phone, iPad or tablet for future references,

Check out our Salmon Fishing Scotland Package to book now or If you’re interested in Salmon fishing near Gleneagles please do not hesitate to get in touch. You can contact us via the “Contact Us” button at the top of the page.

 

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