- Be flexible in fly choice – trout go through many feeding cycles during the day. Change your fly every 15 minutes or so if it’s not working.
- Try fishing at different depths if the trout are hard to tempt.
- Fish the margins first before lengthening your cast. Trout often lie close in to access better feeding.
- Our wild trout enjoy a wide ranging natural diet with most lochs holding caddis, snail, midge, shrimp, damsel fly and mayfly in variable amounts. Doing a little ground research on the local invertebrates before starting to fish will pay dividends.
- To try and locate trout quickly use the combination of dry fly top dropper and a wet fly on the point.
- Remember the weather is the biggest influence on your fishing. Conditions can change rapidly in the far north and trout go through corresponding mood swings. Be ready to adjust tactics accordingly.
- Be safe – if venturing into the hills for remote loch fishing, take a map and compass and let someone know where you are going.