Salmon & trout fishing

Salmon

The Thurso river is said to be one of Scotland’s top five salmon rivers to be managed as an entire river system. Geographically fortunate, its headwaters rise amongst the unspoiled upland moors of Caithness, flowing over a largely gravel bottom, the principal tributary’s merge and flow into Loch More.

At the outlet of Loch More there is a dam and a fish ladder. The dam was built over a hundred years ago specifically with angling in mind, the dam permits the beats downstream to be maintained at an optimum fishing level through up to six weeks of drought.

Below Loch More the river flows first through moorland continuing in pools and streams down through farmland to its estuary at Thurso on the wild north Atlantic coast.

Trout

Of the many trout lochs available to guests at Strathmore, some are very conveniently located and suitable, perhaps for an after dinner hour or so. Others further afield require a walk of up to three miles but offer the opportunity to fish in a vast and timeless landscape.