The Fishing

 

At the head of Bridge Pool.

We have had a new brochure produced which now includes a detailed map of our fishings on the Rivers Spey and River Dulnain. If you would like a glossy A3 sized copy, please send us your details via the contact us page. Alternatively, an A4-sized brochure can be downloaded and viewed/printed from the two pdf files below. (Remember to set you printer paper orientation to 'landscape'.) 

Click on the above images to download our new brochure.

 

S.A.I.A. leases approximately 6½ miles of double bank salmon and trout fishing on the river Spey with 12 miles of double bank on the River Dulnain. Our fishings include Upper Castle Grant water of the Spey with approximately 2 miles of mouth watering fly fishing water from the New Bridge down to Slop Thomas.

It is no idle boast that we believe our angling club water is probably the best in Britain. It is the quality of the environment up here in the Scottish Highlands that combines with the fishing to create an exceptional experience. There are stunning views of the Cairngorm Mountains from Dulnain Mouth, park-like vistas upstream from Tarric Mor, the majestic, classic highland river tumbling through Clach na Strone down to Big Stream then under Grantown on Spey's Old Bridge into the Lurg (the Lurig), the Long Pool and finally to Slop Thomas. Each pool and run is a class act and is water to get your pulse pumping.

Our claim is not unfounded, being supported by the word of anglers who travel to Grantown from all corners of the world. Visitors recognise that a fishing permit for our Association water is just the ticket, representing a real chance to encounter a Spey salmon in a little bit of heaven, at a price that does not break the bank.

What a place to fish while you watch the osprey swoop, the otter slink and kingfishers dart in the sparkling waters of the Spey. Then the rod bends, the reel screams and you forget everything as you join battle with Salmo the Leaper, King of Fish!

Discover Speyside magic for yourself, take a pictorial tour of the river to view the Spey in all seasons, whether basking in sunshine or blanketed in winter snow. I bet it will tempt you.

For information and pictures of all of our named pools on the Spey, click here.

 

Gyrodactlyus Salaris.

There is grave concern about a parasitic fluke, Gyrodactlyus salaris, (GS), which lives on freshwater fish. It is less than 1 mm long and is barely visible to the naked eye. It can be carried by brown trout, rainbow trout and other fish but is lethal to Scottish Salmon.

GS is native to rivers in Sweden, Finland and Russia where local salmon have evolved a resistance to the parasite. During the 1970's it was accidentally spread to rivers in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France and Portugal. The U.K. is currently GS free.

GS rapidly infests juvenile salmon causing mass mortality. In Norway, infected rivers lost 98% of their salmon within 5 years. Fishing in infected rivers becomes unfeasible due to lack of fish and restrictions on anglers' movements.

GS is most likely to be introduced to the U.K. by the movement of live fish from the continent. GS can survive for 5 to 7 days without a host, (fish), in damp conditions. The parasite could survive on wet angling clothing, nets, waders or other equipment or on canoes, rafts or boats.

Once a river is infected, all fish must be destroyed to remove potential hosts. The Spey could easily be infected by anglers carrying the parasite from infected countries on their damp clothing or equipment including waders and nets.

If you have fished or canoed on the continent, please take the following precautions before visiting the Spey.

• Dry equipment and clothing at 20 C or more for at least two days.
• Heat equipment and clothing to 60 C or more for at least one hour.
• Deep freeze equipment and clothing for at least one day.
• Immerse equipment and clothing for 10 minutes in any of the following treatments.
• Virkon (1%) : Wescodyne (1%) : Sodium Chloride (salt) (3%) : Sodium hydroxide (0.2 %).

You will be asked to declare yourself GS (Gyrodactylus Salaris) free before you fish on the Spey.