About the loch

There can be no doubt that there will be some stunning catches from these unpolluted waters with some of the fish having the deepest natural salmon pink colour you could imagine. Not big by modern fishery standards, these Loch Katrine trout take like express trains and fight like tigers. They are wild, they are natural and quite a few will grow large. Loch Katrine is going to give some anglers the surprise of their life. Wild Brown Trout to 4lb have been reported informally, pike up 30lbs too, some even on the fly.

Traditional methods drifting close in near features, inlets, rock faces and overhanging trees works perfectly. Simple traditional flies like Greenwells Glory, Black Pennel, March Brown, Peter Ross, Bloody Butcher and Kate McClaren will always catch fish here. Add in Invicta and Wickams for the sedge hatches, daddies and hoppers, Dawl Back and Bibio for a range of flies sure to attract trout.

If fishing is the attraction the location must be the ideal accompaniment. The loch is 13km long, 1 km wide and 120m deep with steep craggy mountains plunging into the glacial glen. The aura of being somewhere special infuses the blood as you drift around the bays and inlets. Natural forest is reflected in the still waters, eagles soar and red deer roam these hills, trout dimple the surface of the loch. Where once you could only walk and wish, you can now fish.