The River Tummel is a declining Atlantic salmon system where declining Atlantic salmon populations are Category 3 under Scottish Government classification; every fish returned matters. Mandatory catch-and-release applies. Below the dam the river fishes very well for salmon in the summer and autumn months, with the Pitlochry beats offering some of the more accessible salmon fishing in central Scotland — not cheap, but available to day-ticket anglers in a way the Dee and Spey largely aren't. The river also holds good brown trout throughout, and a small but genuine grayling population that fishes well in winter. A hydro river, undeniably, but a proper fishing river too.

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