So, I thought I would head down to fish Lochs Beag and Alvie yestarday and wish I hadn't bothered.
Now the usual price has been £15 for the day, which is an OK amount as the fishing can be good - even though on a lot of lochs you can fish for free.
I did the honest thing and turned up at the holiday park to get my permit ( rather than just go on like a lot of people do) and asked for a permit. Imagine my surprise when they said " that will be £25...". Now this is for a permit to fish from the bank. If you want a boat you double the cost - PER ROD
Also, if you want a key to park next to the loch you need to pay a deposit - which i did
Last year the son took over the running of the estate and has whacked £10 onto a day permit.
As I had made the effort to travel I paid the money, grudgingly it has to be said...
So I headed down to the lochs. My main target was to be Loch Beag as it has better pike fishing on the fly . Pulled in to park up where I launch my tube from - " NO FISHING ON LOCH BEAG". Good grief....
Suffice to say I'll not be back
