Fly Fishing Lessons and Spey Casting Tuition in Scotland
Spey casting, roll casting & advanced casting techniques

1 day tuition, 3 and 6 day fly fishing courses on the River Tay, River Spey, Dee and The Tweed. We offer fly fishing tuition from complete beginner to advanced levels

Casting a fly is not that difficult once you have been given some casting lessons. Even if you are completely new to fly fishing, we can have you casting quite proficiently within no time.

Our fly fishing lessons can include Spey Casting and Roll Casting with a double handed rod which is used for salmon fishing or single handed rod casting which is used for brown trout and rainbow trout. Your fly fishing tuition will be tailored to meet your specific level of experience whether you are a novice with no experience at all or you are looking to improve on your existing casting techniques.

On our beginner courses we will teach you which rod to use and the basic set up of a fly fishing rod including selecting the the correct line to suit the rod, which flies to use and matching them to the insect life for the time of year. Your tuition will also cover the various fly fishing knots used, how to correctly tie up a cast of flies or a single fly and how to wade in the river and fish in a safe manner.

Our fly fishing lessons will not only we show you Spey casting, roll casting and overhead casting techniques but just as important, we will teach you the art of watercraft, how to read the river and where the fish are most likely to be lying. How to play and land your salmon is just as important as learning how to catch one. We will teach you how to do this calmly, safely and confidently.

Our one day fly fishing course is designed to give you a basic introduction on fly fishing and how to cast with a fly rod correctly or for the experienced fisherman, diagnose casting faults, correct bad casting habits and advanced casting techniques. Our 3 day and 6 day courses will cover everything in a lot more depth and give you plenty of time to perfect your casting. Your fly fishing lessons will be at your pace and you will find our guides all have immeasurable patience and a great sense of humour.

A single handed rod is used for brown trout and rainbow trout fishing. This style of fishing is what you will find on all commercial stillwater rainbow trout fisheries and is what we use to fish for the wild brown trout on most rivers in Scotland. We also use single handed rods for salmon fishing on some of the smaller rivers and tributaries where casting your fly some distance is not really necessary.

Wild brown trout are indigenous to the UK and can be found in most lochs and rivers throughout Scotland. Rainbow trout are used by most of the commercial stillwater fisheries although there are one or two other species now being stocked in a number of fisheries. They were introduced into the UK from North America and are used because of their faster growth rate than the wild brown trout.

We can give you tuition for casting with a single handed rod in both bank fishing on a river for brown trout and bank and boat fishing on a loch or fishery, for wild brown trout and or rainbow trout.

As with the salmon fly fishing lessons we will teach you how to select a trout rod and reel to suit you best and which line you should choose to use, depending on the different situations and the fishing conditions. Our one day fly fishing course is designed to give you a basic introduction on the above and how to cast with a fly rod correctly. We should have you casting a fly or even a team of flies with reasonable proficiency within just a few hours. You can choose from either bank or boat fishing for rainbows on a loch or bank fishing for brown trout or grayling on one of Scotland's finest rivers. One days tuition really isn't enough time for us to cover both methods of fishing proficiently.

Our 3 and 6 day fishing breaks with fly fishing tuition is designed to give you not only tuition on how to cast correctly but will give you an understanding of fly fishing for trout in general including which flies to use for which species, where and when and how to match the flies that may be hatching that month. Which knots to use and how to tie up a cast of flies. We will teach you the art of watercraft, reading the river or loch to assess which are the most likely places that the fish might be feeding. The differences between fishing for brown trout and rainbow trout. We will also cover the safety aspects of both boat and bank fishing. Safety is of paramount importance to us on all of our fishing trips.

Our fly fishing and fly casting lessons will provide you with a basic understanding for fishing most salmon and trout rivers not only in Scotland but in Europe and around the world. All of our Fishing trips depart from Edinburgh and we can arrange to pick you up from Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh Railway Station or from your hotel, if local. Or you can meet us at the river if you can travel to Aviemore, Boat O Garten or Grantown for the River Spey or Aberfeldy and Dunkeld for the Tay

Included in your trip is transportation from Edinburgh, en-suite accommodation, evening meals and picnic lunches, all tackle including quality fishing rods, reels, lines and permits. We don't supply waders (which can be hired on a daily basis) or warm clothing for cold weather conditions.

If you have already arranged your fishing trip, we can arrange for a professional instructor to join
you at whatever river you are fishing to give you a few hours of Spey Casting or fly fishing tuition.

For bookings and availability please e-mail us. If you include a
contact telephone number we will be happy to give you a call.

Enquiries@fishing-uk-scotland.com