I am definitely not a fisherman. I’ve tried, both in the mountains and along the Pacific coast. But I’ve had few successes and many failures. (Eventually I decided that I did not need to carry fishing gear as an excuse to wander along waterways. A camera is a fine substitute!) But evenI have heard of the historic reputation of the fishing in Scotland’s highland streams and rivers. In my mind, a scene like this is central to that reputation — even I can imagine myself spending a day out in the beautiful landscape, wading in these waters.
Where is this location? There are a few ways I could respond to that. While I think I could identify more or less the exact spot, it is probably enough to say “along the drive from Ullapool to Applecross.” It isn’t this specific stream that is the point, but rather the sort of scene that it represents. There are lovely little scenes like this all over this part of Northwest Scotland, from what I’ve seen — a stream running through a valley, lined by high barren mountains, and almost no one else around.
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