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Angling History Film

We have a number of clips of cine film taken by a regular visitor, Dr. William Eldridge, in the early 1950s (1953 we think). There are a few short clips of fly fishing, but also rare footage of the Salmon net fishermen at Clachtoll as well as the Assynt Games in Lochinver.

Angling Clip
Fishing ClipA short clip of a young visiting angler, Julian Eldridge, fishing at the top of the River Kirkaig as well as on Fionn Loch. This is followed by a clip of Jack Milne, a local schoolmaster in Stoer, fishing in Loch Cul Fraioch. Mr Milne was a renowned angler and teller of fishy tales! We don’t know of any other footage from this period, but if you do, please tell us.

Salmon Fishermen Clips 1 and 2
Salmon Fishermen 1These two clips show the salmon net fishermen who operated out of Clachtoll. Until relatively recently – the early 1980s - there were a number of crews of salmon fishermen operating under licence around the coast of Assynt. You can visit the Clachtoll salmon fishermen’s old bothy at Clahtoll beach, where there are other archive pictures.

Assynt Games Clip
Highland GamesThis clip shows the Assynt Games of 1953, including races and caber tossing. Highly entertaining! (The footage is the wrong way around, i.e. a mirror image - we’re trying to fix it!)

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1 month ago
George H said
Walked up to this loch, using the path from the north end of Awe path takes you away from the loch not sure if there is a...
1 month ago
George H said
Fished this loch in the afternoon weather was dour, not much doing missed 2 gave up after 2 hours
1 month ago
George H said
Stayed in the Altnacealgach motel 13th -16th June 25 fished Borralan evryday for a couple of hours lots of small brownies...
1 month ago
George H said
Fished the shoreline west of the castle in the afternoon Saturday 14th caught 6 small brownies on an olive bumble. Lost decent...
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Bill Robertson said
My two sons and I fished Cam on June 5th. It's been over ten years since I last fished there so I was looking forward to...