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Should you fancy fishing for salmon you couldn’t do much better than join those who enjoy the River Ness waters managed by Inverness Angling Club. And there is a great deal available for those who would like to have a go.

Standard membership for those aged 21 and over is £150 - not bad for a year’s fishing on beats with a five-year average catch of 178 salmon and grilse. As the most productive time of the salmon season approaches, those who have not been a member of the club in the last five years can join for a fee of £100.
Application forms are available through the web site. Click the bars at the top right hand corner of the home page, select Fishing/Permits/River Ness permits and download the appropriate application form.

If you need any advice, talk to members at the riverside - the Little Isle Pool by the Bught Park is usually the best place. They will be happy to give you advice on rods, reels, lines and flies. And staff in the tackle shop of Grahams of Inverness in Castle Street are also a good source of advice. But remember - please observe social distancing.

We look forward to welcoming you to the club.

Inverness Angling Club’s boat on Loch Ruthven, which members can use free of charge, will be available again from Friday (June 12). Bookings must be made, and keys collected, through club president Alex Elliott. Contact details are printed in membership cards.

In view of the need to guard against Covid-19 infection, boat users must take a supply of sanitising wipes with them. These will have to be shown at the time of key collection, otherwise the keys will not be released. Anglers should take care to wipe gates and fences, and the boat must be thoroughly sanitised before and after use.

Some previous users of the boat have shown little respect for this valuable facility on a famed trout loch by leaving litter in the boat. Please make sure that the boat is clean and tidy after use and take all litter, including used wipes, home for proper disposal.

Ready for action: (Left to right) Walter Mackay, John Ralph

and Alex Elliott at launch last year

There’s great news tonight about Inverness Angling Club member Ali Scott who spent three weeks in an induced coma after catching Covid-19. Ali has made such great progress in his rehabilitation in the County Community Hospital in Invergordon that he will be going home on Thursday (June 4).

Ali has shown indomitable spirit in pulling through from such a serious illness. All his mates in the club wish him well and, though it may take a wee while, look forward to welcoming him back to the riverside.