Expert Guided Salmon Fishing Tours in the Scottish Highlands

At Green Highlander, I offer you to experience the Scottish Highlands while casting for some impressive salmon. Whether you’re an first-time fisher or seasonsed professional, my guided trips are sure to be both enjoyable and rewarding.

Start time for salmon is not generally a critical aspect for success unless it is blazing sun and very hot, a pretty rare combo in the Highlands. You will either be picked up from your accommodation or meet us either on the way or at the fishing location. 

I or one of my experienced local guides will be there to greet you and help you get ready. Come prepared for the day with some warm and dry clothing, a hat to minimise glare and sunglasses or prescription glasses to protect your eyes. I bring safety glasses too.

Your fishing tackle will be prepared the night before and brought to the river ready to go. We will be fishing with double handed rods 95% of the time and Spey casting is the best way to use them. 

We will take the first few minutes at the water’s edge considering the pool in front of us and I will teach you to “read the water” to identify the best parts to cast to. This will vary according to the season, the river height, weather and some other factors. Those same factors will guide us in our selection of line density, leader type and fly selection. Lots to learn but it’s all fun.

A salmon fishing beat of a river varies a lot and can be for 2 rods (a rod is a person fishing) or it could be 10 rods on some long stretches of water. Sometimes we are sharing with other people and that works perfectly well. 

We will always have access to the best parts in turn with them. There may be 3 or 4 pools in a short beat and 15 pools in a long beat and sometimes we rotate Upper and Lower at lunch time. If you want to fish after 5pm we have to get approval from the beat ghillie.