On the 3rd day of our annual trip we planned to fish a few lochs not that far from the road. Having previous knowledge of the area definitely helped in terms of access and the number and size of the fish that can be expected.
These lochs are situated in the Nedd area of Assynt and you can either leave your car at the roadside and walk or drive through a dirt track and park you car at the end of the road saving you some walk and adding to your fishing time.
The first loch you come across is a huge loch and is connected to another loch at the western end. Casting is fairly easy apart from a few steep drops where extra care is required.
We parked at the end of the road and walked a short distance to the eastern end of the loch where a boat is moored. Usual set up of wet flies such as Connemara black, Zulu and claret dabblers seemed the perfect choice to start off the day.
Overall we found the Assynt lochs at this time of the year were not fishing as well as they usually do and there were high hopes to get a few fish off these lochs. It didn’t take us long to get in to business as in the bay next to the boat we started hooking fish straight away. We soon spread out to explore different areas of the loch, picking fish on a regular intervals.
There was however lull in the fishing after a couple of hours meaning a perfect time to have lunch. After lunch we fished the peninsula which divides the two lochs. The water being deep on either side landing casts close in along the edges produced a few decent fish.
At the southern end of the loch you can walk a short distance to another loch which is dammed. On our previous visit this loch was full of water and produced good fish in a short time of fishing. However the water this time was lower but it didn’t stop us having a few casts in anticipation. We spread out to explore different banks and it later proved you had to locate a particular spot. If you landed a fish there chances were you would catch more in the same spot and it proved to be the case as one particular spot produced numerous fish without being spooked.
Regularly landing fish meant a longer than expected stay at this loch which coincided with a brief rain shower.
After a couple of hours here we headed back to the first loch and fished our way back to ease the distance rather than walking straight back.
Adders are quite common in this area and you need to be careful. This skin we came across looked like it had recently been shed.
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