TWO weeks of fishing on one of Scotland's most sought-after salmon rivers is up for grabs for £160,000.
The 1/16th share on the River Lochy near Fort Williams is being offered by Emma Jackson, one of the contestants from Ben Fogle’s reality TV fishing show, Earth’s Wildest Waters: The Big Fish.
The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) pointed to the restocking of the river earlier this year in defending farmers in the face of fresh criticism about the industry's impact on wild fish stocks.
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The group pointed out that industry technical expertise had assisted the restocking programme of the River Lochy, as part of a wider five-year project to assist 14 different rivers in Lochaber.
The salmon fishing rights are being sold along with Willow Cottage, a three-bedroom cottage overlooking the river, which is on offer for £250,000.
But Strutt and Parker, which is selling the both, say they can be bought separeately.
Robert McCulloch, partner in Strutt & Parker’s Edinburgh office, said: “The combined sale offers the opportunity to vendors to buy a riverside cottage with a share in the River Lochy Association which ensures at least two weeks’ fishing at nominal cost each year.
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"The River Lochy is, I think, the prettiest in the west Highlands and one of the best in Scotland.
"The river system, one of Scotland’s most improved salmon and sea-trout systems, provides fly fishing of the highest quality in glorious and dramatic surroundings and this is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate fisherman or fisherwoman.”
Emma Jackson, the Dorset-based owner of the fishing share, found minor fame during the course of last autumn when she was a contestant on the BBC2 fishing realithy show.
During the filming, amateur anglers fished in challenging rivers across the globe, from Iceland to Costa Rica.
Illustrating the quality of the fishing on the Lochy, Emma last week caught a salmon measuring a metre in length and weighing approximately 20 to 22lb.
Mrs Jackson, who caught her first salmon on the river at the age of seven and was given her share in the river ownership by her father, said: “It is like a second home for me. I smile all the time I am there and I cry when I leave. It truly is a special, spiritual place.
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“All members of the association are fully committed to maintaining and improving the river and a tremendous amount of love, care and work has been invested in its management over the years. It is a very inspirational group of people and the fishing has been vastly improved as a result of the work carried out.”
The share in the River Lochy system also includes fishing on the feeder rivers, the River Roy and the River Spean, as well as an established hatchery and a successful smolt rearing business, the largest in the UK.
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