About Us
The Lower Beauly Fishings is a private fishing syndicate spread over three beats and 30 named pools on a 3.5 mile strech of the river. Members of the syndicate fish from late March until mid October for Salmon and Sea trout.
The Lower Beauly is one of Scotland’s premier salmon fisheries, with water that fishes a fly beautifully. Fine spring salmon are caught in good numbers with some of over 20 pounds caught each season. The summer grilse run is very healthy and the fishing can be prolific. Being a hydro system the Lower Beauly benefits from regulated water flows; even in summer at compensation release levels the river fishes well when many ‘spate’ rivers become unfishable. The early autumn sees a late run with some larger fish arriving and together with ‘resident’ fish migrating up the system the sport can be superb.
Meet The Ghillies
Our superb team of three ghillies is dedicated to making the fishing as enjoyable and productive as possible for our anglers. Pools are predominantly very easy to wade, so bank fishing is often the default choice, but the ghillies make use of several boats that are deployed across our three beats, so anglers can access pools and runs in most water heights, particularly in water or conditions where an angler would prefer to fish from a boat.
Gordon Armstrong
Gordon Armstrong is the Head Ghillie on the Lower River Beauly. Gordon is a first-class ghillie and a superb fly-casting instructor, not to mention he is a three times World Champion Spey caster. Gordon joined us in 2021 following 16 great years on the River Ness, and he has really hit the ground running. He is always great company for our anglers and goes out of his way to ensure that everything is ‘just right’ for the syndicate members.
David Crerar
David has joined the team with a wealth on fishing experience, having fished throughout scotland and the world, to destinations such as Russia and Argentina.
He has been acting as relief ghillie, on the river Beauly, Conon and Ness over the last decade or so and is well know to many of our members .
Being a master mariner to trade, the captain has assured us that he is proficient handling any boat from 2 metres to 200 metres.
Connor Gilmour
Conor is the latest addition to our team. He spent his youth on the banks of the river Carron, where his father Jim, was the ghillie of the Gruinards beat for many years.
Conor had two seasons Ghilling on the river Helmsdale, is a keen fly fisher and flytyer and in his pastime enjoys metal detecting.
