Salmon and Sea Trout Fishing in the River Aline and The Lochs of Morvern

Ardtornish is incredibly fortunate to have Salmon and Sea trout fishing on the River Aline, an especially beautiful West Coast spate river. Running into Loch Aline itself, the river is the route that many Salmon take year after year to reach their spawning grounds in the higher land.

This season, the river will not be split into different beats. It will instead be open to a maximum of 6 rods per day.

There is strictly no Sunday fishing on the River Aline, Loch Arienas or Loch Doire Nam Mart.

Popular patterns for the Aline include Ally’s Shrimp, Cascade and Silver Stoat’s Tail.

River Etiquette:

• If someone is fishing a pool or short stretch of water, never enter the pool, or stretch of water below your fellow angler.
• When fishing a pool and a fellow angler is waiting to fish, standard practice would be – “cast, 2 steps, cast, 2 steps, cast…..”
• Common sense is as always expected, and as a basic standard, always be polite with your fellow anglers.

“The untamed rivers and sea lochs of this rare, family-run estate in the western Highlands have us hooked”
Justin Cartwright, Conde Nast Traveler – Dec 2014

Ardtornish boasts no fewer than 16 hill lochs and our native wild brown trout fishing has been very good in recent years in both quantity and quality of fish caught. Loch Arienas – which yields several hundred trout each year, was the loch that our record brown trout of 16 lbs was caught in 2006.

Guests staying in one of our properties may fish all lochs for free, paying only for boat hire if required. For non-residents, fishing on Lochs Arienas, Doire nam Mart, Tearnait and all other lochs costs £10.00 per rod per day.

We offer boat hire on Loch Arienas, Loch Tearnait and Lochan Lub an Arbhair is as follows. Engines are no longer offered for hire, you can however, bring your own.

Please note that you need to make your way to the lochs either on foot or by 4×4 vehicle (except to Arienas and Doire nam Mart, which are accessible by car). Please discuss access at the office at the time of booking.