Lake And River · Sandstone · Wester Ross

River Ewe / Loch Maree

Photo of River Ewe / Loch Maree
Good · Atlantic Salmon
Hairy Mary · 8-12
Goodlive now
A good day — worth the effort
River steady at a fishable height. A reliable day. Match the fly size to the water height and cover the lies.
70% confidence
What moved it
  • Level1.04 mLast reading 14h ago
  • Water temp16.5°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Hairy Mary
Hairy Mary8-12
Classic Highland summer pattern, as effective on Wester Ross's peaty spate rivers as on its Sutherland neighbours.
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
1.04 m
Last reading 14h ago
Water temp16.5°C
ClarityClear
Weather15°C
WindN 12 km/h
Pressure1030 hPa
Rain · recent1.3 mm
Rain · ahead8.8 mm

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

Water temperature for Atlantic Salmon
Warm — slow
17°C est.ideal 10–14°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Atlantic Salmon
When
Morning into early afternoon.
Where
Pool tails, steadier runs, and any water with pace.
Method
Fish a sensible line-and-fly combination for the height and pace of water.
Kit
13 ft #8/9 double-hander in spate, 10 ft #8 single in low water. Floating line plus a fast-sink tip. 12–15 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Good — water clarity is right today, though water temperature could be better.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalModerate confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Salmon runRun
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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GrannomHatch
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Evening SedgeHatch
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Large Dark OliveHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Atlantic Salmon fly box
Beats · 3

A historically legendary Loch Maree / River Ewe sea-trout and salmon system, still beautiful and fishable, but the page must be honest about the severe sea-trout decline since the 1990s. Sell the place, not false abundance: salmon remain the realistic summer target, fished as a four-rod river with a ghillie or from a boat on Loch Maree.

River EweSeason rods
The gin-clear, ~two-mile salmon/sea-trout outflow of Loch Maree — a four-rod river of four beats and 13 pools, best fished with a double-handed rod and usually a ghillie.
Loch Maree (historic sea-trout context)Guide / lodge
Historically one of Scotland's most famous sea-trout lochs — nine ghillies worked the Loch Maree Hotel in the 1970s-80s and dapping was developed here in the 1920s.
Wester Ross sea-trout conservation (context)Members-only
A system-level honesty module, not a beat: the Wester Ross sea-trout stocks (Ewe/Maree among them) are much reduced and at risk from sea lice associated with salmon farms.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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Gallery · 2
  1. Photo of River Ewe / Loch Maree
    River Ewe / Loch Maree
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Why this score · for Atlantic Salmon
  • Temperature4730% weight
  • Flow6025% weight
  • Clarity9520% weight
  • Feeding Time9015% weight
  • Pressure8510% weight
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Salmon1 February → 31 October

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026)

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