I'm going up to Fort Augustus during the first week of May. In past years I've fished the Aberchalder estate water of the river Oich, permits were easily available from local outlets in Invergarry and Fort Augustus. I've heard that this has changed, does anyone know if this is the case? and if so where or if permits are still available from?

I'd be disappointed if the river was now unavailable, I caught my first ever salmon there in May 2004, its also a good trout river when the waters low.

It looks as if the fishing is still available.

http://www.aberchalder-estate.co.uk/3.html

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Carried it in full, then carry it out empty.

Had a look at that site it just seems to indicate that fishing is available to people staying on the Aberchalder estate although that may not be the case.

Will find out when I get up to the highlands. I was just hoping someone definitely knew the situation before I arrived. Thanks for your input

You get the permits from the keepers house. Go through the gate at the car park and follow the road up to the white cottage. Thats how I had to get them last year.

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Do you mean the car park at the bridge of oich where the telephone box is?

Aye thats the one..... Im guessing you could also get a ticket off the Ness Fishery Board or whoever it is that manages the Ness system because it was one of their baliffs that came and checked our permits.

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Im up first week in may aswell.Are you heading up for the six day trials?Im hoping to get some fishing in aswell when im there

The £20 for a trout permit seems very expensive to me. No way I would pay that. Great river though. Grew up on it.

No, just a family holiday it will be a question of grabbing the odd day when the fishing permission officer [wife] is in a cooperative frame of mind

I'll be at the pre-65 then the SSDT for the full week.. catch me at the sections.

Jim

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