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Rivers and Lochs of Scotland: The Angler's Complete Guide Paperback – Illustrated, 15 Mar 2011

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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Black & White Publishing; Revised edition edition (15 Mar. 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1845023331
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845023331
  • Product Dimensions: 15.6 x 3.6 x 23.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 962,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The definitive guide for any resident or visitor to Scotland. --Fly Fishing & Fly Tying magazine

About the Author

Bruce Sandison is one of the UK's finest angling writers and he has earned an international reputation for his determination to protect Scotland's salmon, sea-trout and brown trout stocks. He has been fishing in Scotland for nearly sixty years and his work has appeared in most of the UK's leading newspapers and magazines. He has also worked extensively on radio and television. His accumulated knowledge of fishing and his well-documented love for the environmental integrity of his native land is reflected in the pages of this comprehensive new edition of Rivers and Lochs of Scotland.

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5.0 out of 5 starsA huge amount of fishing info very conveniantly presented.
By doublegone TOP 1000 REVIEWER on 30 Nov. 2009
Format: Hardcover
Bruce Sandison is a wonderfully poetic writer on fishing and hillwalking but this book is packed with practical information on places to fish rather than enjoyable prose.

The book is very cleverly laid out and much more useful in my opinion than previous editions. There is an exhaustive index that will take you to details of the water you are looking for if you know its name. On the other hand if you are looking speculatively for somewhere to fish in a particular area, the book is divided into segments based on OS sheets. Such a wonderful idea this I think. There is a map at the front giving the names and the numbers of each OS sheet tallying with page numbers in the book, so you can quickly find the patch you are interested in and begin teasing out the prospects of every blue splodge or squiggle on the map.

Each water comes with details on location, access, where to get permission if its needed, what you are likely to catch, phone numbers and permit details.

The only area Sandison is sketchy on in my opinion is his advice on flies and tactics. He tends to favour old-fashioned wet fly patterns that many modern anglers may be less keen on, but its a minor point really.

This is a thoroughly comprehensive guide to the freshwater fishing of Scotland - over 5000 locations from the humblest lochan to the mightiest salmon beat. From put-and-take rainbow dubs to wild waters. Absolutley essential for anyone angling in Scotland. You can only marvel at the colossal amount of work that must have gone into putting all this together.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars
By J W Kain on 14 April 2017
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Good book full of useful info will use it this yesr on holiday
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3.0 out of 5 starsNot for Kindle
By Thomas D. Wilton on 13 Dec. 2012
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I already had this book in an earlier edition at home. When it came to a kindle version I thought "what a good idea" a useful portable version. Except it isn't because you cannot reference individual pages. It really shouldn't be on Kindle. Anyone listening out there?
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5.0 out of 5 starsexcellent
By Dodgy Clipper on 16 May 2012
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Must have book for anyone wanting to fish in scotlands rivers and lochs! it really is execellent! must buy for any fisherman!
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4.0 out of 5 starsRivers and Lochs of Scotland:The Angler's Complete Guide
By tony Cave on 6 Dec. 2011
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The first edition of this book,published in 1997 inspired me to spend several months over each of the next 10 years hiking and climbing over vast areas of the North and North-West Scotland with a backpack,a tent and a fishing rod.
I have nothing but admiration ( perhaps a little envy )for the man who put this book together as the scale of his undertaking is monumental.
Having put several chapters to practical use and fished several hundred of the lochs and lochans that Bruce Sandison describes I can recommend his descriptions as inspiring and directions as to finding the lochs as accurate.
This latest edition in paperback has been brought up to date and is light enough to fit into a backpack for campsite reading.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFantastic!!! A Must for a true Fly Fisherman.
By Steven DALGLEISH on 20 Jan. 2010
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
Bought this because last year while staying in Kenmore, Scotland , I saw lots of rivers and Lochs that I did not have a clue if I could cast a Fly in. With this in the car this year it will be much easier.

Would recommend to anyone who fishes or plans to fish in Scotland.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBook of Reference or a book to dip into at will or even read straight through
By John born 1939 on 11 Dec. 2012
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The most amazing and comprehensive collection of all the fishing in Scotland that is or might be available to the public and the privileged. Descriptions regarding indigenous and stocked fish, paperwork and permission, flies and baits allowed or recommended, access and danger warnings. Read about fishing you have done, would like to do or can only dream about. The author seems to have personally sampled most of it and where he has not his research seems meticulous. I can't comment on errors and some information will inevitably become out of date. Well worth buying
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2.0 out of 5 starsOK
By @thetroutfly on 19 Feb. 2013
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Sandison has a habit of being very repetitive in the information he provides, while this is basically a guide to waters around Scotland it does become boring when he lists the same three flies over and over again, plenty details about the fishing though.
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