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Old Clune Beat
Tomatin near Aviemore & Inverness
in Scotland
Wild Salmon and Trout Fly
Fishing
Tuition & Accommodation Available
Bookings
may be made per day, per three day booking and per week, for up
to three rods per day.
Price per rod per day during April,
June, July, August: £25
Price per rod per day during May and September: £50
Price per Ghillie per day: £30
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The Old Clune
Beat lies in the middle of the Scottish Highlands and encompasses
the south bank of the Upper Findhorn. The river Findhorn, whilst
perhaps not as well known as its neighbours, the Spey and the Ness,
provides good sporting fishing for wild salmon and trout in an outstandingly
beautiful setting.
The beat contains
eight challenging pools all of which can be easily reached from
a metalled road running parallel to the river. A maximum number
of three rods per day may fish at Old Clune. If you are seeking
salmon fishing with anything other than a salmon fly - you will
have to look elsewhere, as we adhere to a strict fly only policy.
Tuition in
the finer casting techniques is available, particularly helpful
for those a little rusty! A ghillie is available, and we insist
that first time fishers use his experience to begin with - always
very helpful to find those salmon lies in the river etc.
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The Upper Findhorn is a 'spate river'-
this means that most fish are caught running through to their spawning
grounds when the river is 'up'. Details of the average number of
fish caught per month over the period 1990-1999 are set out on our
full website Findhorn Fishings (Old Clune) below.
When is the best time to come? Spring
runs in April/May are popular but September has consistently provided
the most fish caught. Many fishing tenants have been coming back
for years.
A lunch hut is provided at the changeover
point between the Upper and Lower beats. Most importantly the area
is largely free of MIDGES - if you have ever fished the lochs of
the Western Isles on a windless day you will be very grateful for
their absence at Old Clune! All pools may be fished with nothing
more cumbersome than thigh waders.
Brown Trout fishing is free for salmon
fishers and those staying at our beautiful Highland
cottage Strathnoon which is available to rent during the season,
and is only a short walk away from three of the upper pools. Further
accommodation can be arranged at preferential rates in the vicinity.
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