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Fish the best 4 salmon rivers in Scotland

This is a unique chance to combine the four best salmon rivers in Scotland on one memorable vacation.

You will fish the River Tweed, River Tay, River Spey and River Dee.

All four rivers offering a different fishing experience.

You will meet local guides and gillies, learn to read the rivers and be given superb equipment, waders and advice.

Transport and accommodation assistance is provided.

Season vary from river to river as do permit prices, please contact us to make an enquiry and to obtain prices, please provide us with the fishing dates you plan to enjoy.

 

 

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A superb Autumn salmon about to be released

The four best salmon rivers in Scotland – a sporting challenge

We offer guided salmon fishing trips on the best four rivers of Scotland, the River Tay, River Spey, River Tweed and River Dee. These rivers are known in Scotland as “The Big 4 Rivers”. Scotland has a rich heritage and wealth of choice when it comes to fishing for Atlantic Salmon. These are rivers that any self respecting salmon angler should include in their bucket list.

This fly fishing package gives you and opportunity to fish all four rivers, and enjoy being guided by salmon fishing experts. Your guides will help you learn or fine tune your Spey Casting techniques,. You will also enjoy fantastic hospitality and accommodation. This is one of the great sporting challenges in Scotland, and a worthy addition to the angling “Bucket List”.

Fishing permit prices on these rivers vary week to week, so to obtain an accurate proposal, please include your fishing dates for each river in your enquiry.

What order should you take the 4 best rivers?

Fish the four rivers in this order, to minimise travel. The Tweed, then the River Tay, Dee and Spey in that order.

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Salmon anglers get ready for a day of fishing on the River Tay

Day one – Salmon Fishing River Tweed

Firstly, you will fish the historic and mighty river Tweed. This river is located south of Edinburgh and is 97 miles long. Naturally, depending on the conditions, we will select a beat of the river that offers the best chance. Also prices vary greatly throughout the season. The season on the Tweed runs from 1st February to 30th November.

To summarise, three of our guides live and breathe the Tweed. The River Tweed guides will help you maximise your enjoyment and chance of a fish.

Day two – River Tay Salmon Fishing

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A day on the Spey learning to Spey Cast

Firstly The River Tay is Scotland’s largest salmon river and the catchment area stretches over to the West Coast.  Secondly, the Tay is 117 miles long and home to the current biggest salmon caught in the UK. Weighing in at 64lbs and caught by Miss Georgina Ballantine in 1922, in the Boatpool in Glendelvine after a 105 minute battle. Also there have been many huge fish since and its not unusual to see large salmon of 30lb plus being caught each season. The Finally, the Tay is a big river, so having a professional guide is essential. In summary, your guide will know Thebes tactics for the Tay at each point in the season.

Day three – Salmon fishing on the River Spey

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Ready with the net on the River Spey

Your third river is salmon fishing on the River Spey. Winding its way through the Spey valley past famous distilleries like Glenfarclas and the Macallan, the iconic and magical Spey offer some of the best salmon fly fishing waters in Scotland. Rich in fishing heritage and tradition, the Spey is the home of Spey Casting techniques, though to have originated on the Wester Elchies and Gordon Castle beats of the River Spey in the mid 1800’s. The techniques for fishing the Spey vary throughout the year and having a professional guide is invaluable to optimize your chances of success. The beats we use vary greatly in price and are spread throughout the middle and lower end of the system.

Day four – The River Dee, Salmon Fishing

The final river is the wonderful sporting challenge is the mighty River Dee in Aberdeenshire. This river flows from the hills above Total Deeside, towards Aberdeen, where it meets the North Sea.

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Scott with a superb Springer from the River Dee

The Dee is a superb salmon river, offering great variety of fly fishing water and stunning scenery. The best way to catch a salmon on the River Dee, comes down to careful selection of the correct beats according to the time of season you choose to fish. Our fishing guides live and work on the River Dee daily and understand the best flies, techniques and where the salmon lie in different water levels.

River Ness a salmon river not be overlooked

The River Ness is a salmon river that is not one of the big 4 but is important in its own right. The Ness flows from Dochfour weir at Loch Ness, 6 miles, through Inverness town centre. Remarkably, the river Ness doesn’t suffer like other Scottish rivers during a drought. Indeed, there is such a vast reserve of water in Loch Ness, it stabilises the flow of the river, even when we go through a prolonged dry spell. It’s a well known fact, that Loch Ness holds more water, than the entire, combined waters of England and Wales.

All of our fly fishing trips in Scotland trips include:

    • Salmon Fishing permits on carefully chosen beats
    • Transport to /from your hotel
    • Professional dedicated SGAIC and Orvis Endorsed guides
    • 15 years experience as a guiding outfitter, and most guides over 30 years experience fishing these rivers
    • Premium fishing tackle provided – 14ft or 15ft Scott Mackenzie Fly rods and selection of fly lines
    • Photographs of the day by Fishing guide, using compact camera or iPhone – link emailed to Dropbox
    • Premium Orvis Wading Jackets, Orvis breathable Waders and boot with tungsten studs, spare sunglasses, auto inflate life vests
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The Spa Bath and seating area at the rear of The Old Millhouse

Best four rivers – salmon flies

  • Specialist Box of salmon flies, hand tied by Alba Guides 20 of the best salmon flies for the River Tay, Tweed, Spey and Dee (that work) £80.00

Travel and Logistics

Your choice on the timing of how you want to approach this challenge is entirely up to you. Fishing 4 days on the trot is a physical marathon and likely to wear you out. Our advice would be to mix the fishing with restful touring days. Our mixed fishing and touring vacations work well with this, as they would allow you some rest in between.

We use quality vehicles and I would always advise you to check with any company if they have “Hire and Reward” insurance in place (most don’t) if an accident occurs when transporting guests as part of a package this insurance os the only cover that keeps you covered. We have it in place for this type of tour and the vehicle would either be a Land Rover Discover HSE or Volvo XC90. We use Mercedes V-Class people carriers for larger groups.

Accommodation for the 4 best rivers

There are many great hotels and self catering accommodation option available. We have 15 years experience in booking tours and hotels Leave all the hassle to us. Please take a look at our .Accommodation Page to see a list of our partners.

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