The River Tay is famous salmon fishing, but brown trout and coarse fish can also give good sport. The main stem can be broken down into three fishing sections:
- Loch Tay to the confluence with the Tummel,
- the Tummel to the Isla
- and from the Isla to the sea.
The river is one of Scotland's three premier salmon fisheries (the Spey and the Tweed being the other two). Over its course the river changes dramatically in character. In the headwaters it flows as a mere stream though upland moors, but below the confluence with the Tummel it as truly a big river.
Every year the River Earn yields may salmon weighing in excess of 20lbs, but the record for a salmon caught in the Earn is held by a local man, Willie Stewart, who caught one weighing 46lbs in the 1950s. Sea trout in excess of 7lbs are frequently caught in the Earn and its yield of brown trout is also impressive.
In winter time graylings, many of which weigh up to 3lbs, are fished for in the Earn. Those interested in coarse fishing can visit Loch Freuchie, near Amulree which is reached by travelling up the beautiful Sma' Glen. This loch has a good reputation for pike fishing.
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