River Alness

River Alness Fishings

The River Alness (also known as the Averon) flows from Loch Morie in Easter Ross, just 11 miles to its mouth on the Cromarty Firth below the town of Alness. It is a beautiful Highland spate river with one of the steepest descents (over 600 ft) of any river of comparable length in Scotland. A dam on Loch Morie provides compensation flow during periods of low rainfall.

The salmon fishing on the River Alness is owned or controlled by 4 parties. Novar Estate own the majority of the fishings which are split into 2 different stretches of water, both double-banked. The upper Novar beats start below Loch Morie and extend for about 3 miles downstream to the junction with the Blackwater. The lower Novar Fishings start about 2.3 miles further downstream and extend for a further 3.7 miles ending just north of the town of Alness.

Novar Fishings, River Alness         

Between the two stretches of river owned by Novar, Kildermorie Estate own about 0.8 miles of single-bank fishing starting at the Blackwater junction and Ardross Castle Estate own a stretch of about 1.5 miles directly below Kildermorie. Alness Angling Club control about 2.1 miles of fishing directly below the lower Novar beats to the estuary on the Cromarty Firth.

The River Alness typically produces rod catches of 500-700 salmon & grilse per year of which about two thirds are caught on the Novar waters.

On the River Alness we have the following salmon fishing to let:

Novar Fishings

The Novar Fishings offer 6 rotating beats, allowing rods to fish a different beat each day of the week. The average length of each beat is 1.1 miles, with typically 15 to 20 named pools per beat allowing for 4 rods. The total catch for the Novar beats in the 2009 season was 395 salmon & grilse resulting in a 5-year average up to and including 2009 of 377.
 

2010 Availability
May & June - good availability throughout each month (please contact us for details).

July to October - availability of full rod weeks below, please enquire for shorter lets.

• w/c 05/07/10 - 4+ full rod weeks, £270/rod/week
• w/c 12/07/10 - 4+ full rod weeks, £280/rod/week
• w/c 19/07/10 - 4+ full rod weeks, £300/rod/week
• w/c 26/07/10 - 4+ full rod weeks, £300/rod/week
• w/c 02/08/10 - 4+ full rod weeks, £390/rod/week
• w/c 09/08/10 - 4+ full rod weeks, £390/rod/week
• w/c 16/08/10 - 4+ full rod weeks, £450/rod/week
• w/c 23/08/10 - 0 full rod weeks, £450/rod/week
• w/c 30/08/10 - 0 full rod weeks, £490/rod/week
• w/c 06/09/10 - 0 full rod weeks, £510/rod/week
• w/c 13/09/10 - 1 full rod week, £510/rod/week
• w/c 20/09/10 - 2 full rod weeks, £510/rod/week
• w/c 27/09/10 - 3 full rod weeks, £490/rod/week
• w/c 04/10/10 - 2 full rod week, £450/rod/week
• w/c 11/10/10 - 4+ full rod weeks, £435/rod/week
• w/c 18/10/10 - 4+ full rod weeks, £360/rod/week
• w/c 25/10/10 - 4+ full rod weeks, £360/rod/week

For detailed information regarding the Novar Fishings including availability, pricing, catch returns, beat descriptions and maps, regulations, photos etc., please visit the Novar Fishings micro-site on AlnessFishing.com:

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