After his fishing adventure on the Isle of Barra, we catch up with resident fishing expert Gareth Richards as he continues his Outer Hebrides island-hopping crusade through the other islands.
Day 3
Leaving Barra on the small CalMac ferry for the short crossing to Eriskay - the island made famous in the iconic film Whisky Galore - I start the trip north for the next part of my fishing adventure in the Scottish islands.
Now, mention South Uist to any angler and they will instantly think of machair lochs full of plump, brown trout and gleaming, silver sea trout - it was this mecca I was driving through. With around 800 lochs and lochans, there is almost more water than land. Boat fishing was the order of the day and we drift across Loch Fada - casting teams of traditional loch flies had lots of sporting trout coming to the boat, averaging 10 inches with the odd, bigger fish to keep things interesting. Unfortunately, none of the sea trout seemed to be interested in my flies.
With nearly 15% the UK’s surface area of freshwater, Uist really should be on every anglers' bucket list. But there was no time for anymore fishing as I needed to continue my angling odyssey through the Scottish islands.
I head north over the causeways joining South Uist to Benbecula and North Uist after staying the night in Lochmaddy, the largest town in North Uist. I set off for another short ferry trip across the sound of Harris to Leverburgh on the south coast of Harris, and my mind starts to think of sea fishing again.
If you missed part one, read Gareth's blog about fishing on the Isle of Barra and a host of other activities available on the island.
To travel to the Uists, you can get the CalMac ferry from Mallaig to Lochboisdale in South Uist. There's also a CalMac ferry service from Uig in Skye, to Lochmaddy in North Uist. Eriskay is adjoined to South Uist by a causeway and there's also a CalMac ferry that connects Eriskay and Ardmhor in Barra.
Loganair also offers a daily flight from Glasgow to Benbecula.
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