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Top Scottish Salmon Rivers 2025: These are 10 of the best rivers in Scotland to fish for salmon

Spring is considered one of the best time to catch salmon in Scotand, with April the peak time for silver ‘springers’. Scotland has long been considered one of the best places to catch the ‘king of ...
The New York Times

A Quiet Place to Fish, With a 6-Bedroom Lodge as a Bonus

Leonard Pelly, a wealthy Englishman, was so obsessed with salmon fishing that each year in the 1880s he would load his private steam yacht with his household and servants and head for the distant ...
Berkshire Eagle

Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods & Waters: Spey casting in the lochs and rivers of Scotland

Last week, I mentioned in this column that my wife, Jan, and I just returned from a 14-day cruise around the British Isles. I mentioned that we were going to visit Loch Ness in the Highlands of ...
Travel Weekly

Highlander barge sails canals, rivers in Scotland

OAK PARK, Ill. -- The luxury hotel barge Scottish Highlander travels roundtrip from Inverness, Scotland, visiting castles and villages by way of canals, rivers and lochs. Abercrombie & Kent here is ...
The Conversation

I’ve read hundreds of diary entries to quantify the restorative power of Scotland’s lochs and rivers

Megan Grace receives funding from Natural Environment Research Council via an IAPETUS2 PhD studentship. In October 2021, a man recreated a walk he first completed 62 years ago by climbing just under 3 ...
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Scottish folklore: What are Kelpies? Get to know Scotland's shape-shifting, mythical river dwellers

Lost and lonely travellers on Scottish pathways should be wary... Scottish folklore is rich and varied, with stories of heroes, tricksters and magical, shapeshifting creatures passing from mother to ...