Country Haven Lodge
Anyone whose heart has been captured by fly fishing will eventually find themselves looking at photos of and reading about Atlantic salmon. Along with trout, they are synonymous with the origins of the sport itself and are featured prominently in countless historic fly fishing books, including Izaak Walton’s The Compleat Angler. Dubbed “The King of Fish” and “The Leaper”, Salmo salar are chased in rivers from eastern Canada across the Atlantic Ocean, through Iceland, the United Kingdom, and Scandinavia, all the way to the Kola Peninsula of Russia.
To anglers keen on Spey casting with double-handed rods, Atlantic salmon are especially dear, for it was on Scottish salmon rivers that the casting style was invented. Famous rivers such as the Dee, Tay, Tweed, and of course the River Spey itself will forever hold a special place among Spey casters’ hearts.
