Welcome to the Forres Angling Association Website
Book your Fishing Permit on our PERMITS page
Forres Angling Association, established in 1933, controls four miles of double bank salmon and sea trout fishing on the lower River Findhorn, extending from the Red Craig pool at Mundole down to the tidal Sea Pool where the river enters the sea in Findhorn Bay. The whole of the association water offers excellent fly fishing, producing salmon in varying heights of water. There are seventeen named fishing pools, most of which are very accessible from convenient car parking places. All pools are easily fished with undemanding wading in most, when it is required at all – many pools are best fished from the bank. In low water conditions, a single handed rod, or perhaps a switch rod, is all that is required to fish many of the pools, while a 13 or 14 foot double handed rod may offer an advantage when the river is running high.
Membership of the angling association is available to anglers resident in postcode area IV36, with the annual local membership subscription currently set at £125 (plus £60 joining fee for new members). Junior membership subscription is set at £2.
Weekly and daily fishing permits are available to visiting anglers (see Fishing Permits)
In addition to the day and weekly permits, a limited number of visitor season permits are issued each year.
Enquiries about membership and permits should be directed to the Secretary, Colin Morrison at morcolinm@aol.com
Salmon Fishing on the River Findhorn
The River Findhorn is one of the top ten salmon fishing rivers in Scotland, only beaten for total catch numbers by the big four – Tweed, Tay, Spey and Dee – and very few others. The graph below shows the total salmon catch on the River Findhorn for each fishing season from 1952 to 2020. As can be seen from the graph, catches in recent seasons have been disappointing, as they have been on many other British salmon rivers. It is to be hoped that runs of salmon will recover to the levels seen as recently as 2010, in which year the River Findhorn recorded a total rod catch of 3,479. Although salmon and sea trout catches vary greatly from season to season, depending largely on river conditions, Forres Angling Association members and visitors might, in an average year, expect to catch around 20% of the total river salmon rod catch, and around 60% of the total sea trout catch.
Location Map – Forres Angling Association
On the Google map below you can switch between map and satellite view, pan the length of the River Findhorn and zoom in to any section of the river, to examine the nature of the fishing pools, access points etc. Further information can be viewed at Fishing Maps
Please use the navigation menu to explore this website, where you will find information, maps, photographs and advice relating to the four miles of superb salmon fishing available on the lower stretch of the River Findhorn managed by the Forres Angling Association.
