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 it. We were not disappointed and only got soaked twice but had 15 fish between us up to a pound and a half. We would have had more if not distracted by the mountains and the atmosphere of the place. Just being there in a boat is good for the soul.
Fishing was fun, but all I caught were small fish. Spent the day casting along the far bank from the road, hoping for a bigger catch. Disappointing to find yet another Scottish loch teeming with tiny shrimp.
Urigil used to be part of AAG but hasn't been for a while. It is part of the Oykel Bridge Hotel fishing (but I think that is only for residents) and Ledmore estate also have a boat I believe. I understand that Ledmore has recently changed hands and it is not yet known how they will organise their fishing, but we'll update here if we hear anything!
I used to fish veiatie cam and urigil about 12/15 years ago, and I'm coming back up soon with my sons and will be looking to fish cam. Can you tell me if permits are bought online, and most importantly is there still a wee cafe with just four tables on left side of harbour road, where you could get a cooked breakfast at 7.30 on a Saturday morning?.
had a go on the boat at east end of the loch. Fished up to the castle and over to the south side. Not a lot of bites, but boated a hard fighting dark trout of around 1.5lb , and finished with a 6oz fish. Cracking day. Both fish safely returned.
I've fished the entire river twice, once in high water and once low. The first time the water was high and I think I got 3, no great size. The second time I caught more but again, no great size.
Fished this loch last year in the second week of May, 2024 for the first time. This was my second ever visit to Assynt. Landed what was, still is, and potentially always will be, my biggest brown trout at just shy of 24 inches second cast in the shallow bay on the southern bank at the eastern end. There was a westerly wind blowing right down the loch and I had a small PTN on. A day I will never forget. I'd left my landing net on top of the car at the car park and only realised once I had the fish on. Luckily I was wearing waders and was able to land it by hand. I don't think I could have done that in many other places anywhere on the loch as it gets deep very quickly in most places. Other than that I never saw a rise or a fish move for the next three hours. I'll be back in June this year though I don't expect to catch anything like that fish again. I may not even fish Lochan Sgeireach again, just so I don't taint the memory.
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Fished from noon until about 2.30pm. Heavy rainy at times, grey and overcast. Brisk breeze from SW. Fished from SW corner along same bank for about half a mile. Rotated through a range of wets. Saw nothing move or rise - and nothing touched the fly. Small hatches but not enough to raise anything. Exceptionally beautiful loch, delightful track to the loch. So all was not in vain!
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