![]() ![]() It’s a long shot for sure, and the fishing is well known for being some of the hardest and most challenging conditions you can face as a fly angler. ![]() As the river is the first in the UK to open there’s also that chance of bagging the UK’s first salmon of the year. It’s January in the north of Scotland, and as is the tradition, the opening two weeks on the river Helmsdale are free to give anyone who can get there the chance to try and hook the most coveted prize in Scottish salmon fishing – an early season springer. It was a kind word, meant with nothing but good intentions, but I felt for Lana being singled out from the crowd. “It’s good to see a female angler on the water!” beamed the old boy from the car parked next to us on our first morning on the river. Yet Lana comes from an even smaller group – in being a dedicated, young, female salmon angler. Lana Richardson is the perfect example of this new breed of fly fisher young, passionate and extremely dedicated. ![]() No longer unobtainable, it’s attracting a small but fast-growing new and passionate crowd who simultaneously subscribe to modern developments and techniques, but still hold respect and value in the traditions and skills from the past. It has a well storied past which is held in very high esteem and which not so long ago was just a pipe dream for those who didn’t have means, but it’s changing. Salmon fishing in Scotland has a prestigious and long history. ![]()
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