Trout Fishing Lochs of Durness
The limestone lochs of the Durness peninsula are world famous, producing some of finest quality wild brown trout in Scotland. The fertile clear waters of Borralaidh, Calladale and Croisaphuill produce wild brown trout of unmatched quality. To the west of Durness, the Cape Wrath peninsula (Parph) also contains many lochs offering some excellent wild trout fishing, all available to the visiting fisherman. Lochs here include Loch nah Innse Odhair, Loch Airidh na Beinne, Loch na Gainmhich, Loch Geisgeach and Sandwood Loch.
Durness Trout Fishing Map
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The maps on this website, extracts from the “Half Inch” Bartholomew map series of the mid twentieth century, have been reproduced with the permission of Collins Bartholomew. Viewers should note that these maps date back several decades, to the mid twentieth century in fact. While much of the man-made details such as roads and buildings will have changed over the years, the character of the hills, lochs and rivers, and the trout inhabiting them, will have remained very much the same as they have always been, in the more remote regions at any rate! This website shows detailed maps of the major fishing locations. In addition, however, I would recommend that anglers planning a Scottish fishing or walking trip should be sure to equip themselves with a compass, the appropriate local Ordnance Survey map and a working knowledge of how to use them. The most useful of the O.S. maps for the fisherman is the Landranger series, scale 1:50,000. For Durness, see O.S. map number 9.
For information on the salmon fishing rivers in the area see Salmon Fishing in Scotland