Fishing / angling by Gordon Castle

The eight Gordon Castle and Brae Water fishing beats run for eight miles downstream from Orton to the old railway bridge at Spey Bay. This lower part of the River Spey flows through beautiful wooded countryside and is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

The beats are double bank and each beat is provided with a ghillie, sturdy wooden boats, good nets and a comfortable fishing hut for shelter. The Brae Water beats numbered Three to Five rotate daily whilst the lower three beats rotate only later on in the Season. Fishing is with fly only and we usually operate a catch and release policy for salmon and sea trout.

Gordon Castle employs six full time and three part time professional ghillies, many of whom have spent a lifetime on the river, and have a wealth of specialist knowledge. They are skilled in teaching people how to fish and are always delighted to offer advice to individual rods providing they do not neglect other fishers on their beat.