The Caithness & Sutherland lochs where Lesley Crawford will take you to fish are noted for their diverse character. They vary from easily accessible Caithness waters like the Reay Lochs, Loch Calder, Watten, St Johns or Stemster to lochs in the Forsinard, Halladale and Tongue area hidden deep in the remote hills. Caithness lochs are virtually all limestone with alkaline water and fertile weed growth. Sutherland waters show more variety with some acidic peaty tarns mixed amongst a high proportion of neutral to limestone based lochs. In total there are over 2000 lochs to choose from here so you will be totally spoilt for choice.

Regarding the natural feeding, olive and midge hatches begin in April, mayfly hatches are sustained from late May to mid August (3 months instead of a duffers fortnight!) with green drakes common on many waters in the Far North. Evening hatches of larger sedges are good in July and August and the Heather fly (bibio) is abundant from late August.

Wading is very productive on a number of lochs though the use of a boat may be required on some of the larger ones. Lesley can arrange and pre book the type of fishing you require, however do note that the Far North can be a wild and windy place and lifejackets, a drogue and a reliable engine are normally required for boat fishing on the bigger waters.

River trout fishing is less easy to come by as a number of the rivers are favoured and/or preserved for salmon angling only. Nevertheless there is some excellent estuary fishing for sea trout at Tongue and sometimes day tickets for trout are available on Caithness rivers.