Achiltibuie is on the NW coast of Scotland between Ullapool and Lochinver and the lochs I fished are permitted by the Summer Isles Hotel and guests have priority. I camped at the campsite at Achnahaird, no hot water, no showers but there are toilets and sinks with running water (now closed 2008).
Attadale was the destination for our annual fishing trip this year. Find Kyle of Lochalsh on your map of Scotland, it's where the bridge is to Skye, and follow the road and railway line towards Inverness, when you reach Loch Carron look for Attadale station, this was our starting point.
I finally arrived at White Cairn farm and walked up the path, past the Duck Loch to the end of the Sandy Loch, in the area between the two Big Faeries, to where Bob (bordertroot) was camped beneath the Bare Hill of the Roaring Stags.
Fisherfield Forest lies to the North of Loch Maree in Wester Ross, Scotland. If you look at the map, it is the area behind An Teallach, about as wild as you can get in Scotland.
I left home at 15:30 and travelled up the A9 till I stopped at the Information lay-by on the North side of the Kessock Bridge, at Inverness, for a bite to eat. The weather had been cloudy up to that point and it now began to rain heavily and didn't look as if it was going to get any better. I continued on my way and the farther west I got the worse the weather got.
I left home and travelled up the A9 till I stopped at the Information lay-by on the North side of the Kessock Bridge, at Inverness, for a bite to eat.The weather had been cloudy and wet up to that point and it now began to rain and didn't look as if it was going to get any better. I continued on my way and the farther west I got the better the weather got. The cloud was rising over the hills and the sun was shining.
My return to Kilmelford was long overdue. It had been a while since I last fished the hill lochs and I was looking forward to a re-acquaintance with the likes of Chaorainn, Dubh Loch Mor and Beg.
This was my first Outing of the year. It came about after some of the posters on the Wild Fishing Scotland Forum decided to have another 'Argos Tent Rally' and I was able to attend.
Moidart, Bonny Prince Charlie, the seven men, the rough bounds, or An Garbh Chriochan as it is in the Gaelic. I had read about it in novels and now here I was in the middle of it. I had driven up from home the night before and slept in the car in the grounds of Kinlochmoidart House, not the best start to the climb that faced me, but there was nothing new in that.