{"id":873,"date":"2010-08-03T11:54:07","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T10:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bxttlines.wordpress.com\/?p=873"},"modified":"2010-08-03T11:54:07","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T10:54:07","slug":"river-oykel-sets-the-salmon-pace-for-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/08\/03\/river-oykel-sets-the-salmon-pace-for-july\/","title":{"rendered":"River Oykel sets the salmon pace for July"},"content":{"rendered":"

FURTHER evidence of healthy grilse and salmon runs emerges from Sutherland where the Oykel produced a record-breaking return for July with a staggering 730 fish.\u00a0 In a month of fluctuating spates producing near-perfect conditions, 12 rods accounted for 286 fish between July 12 and 17 alone.<\/p>\n

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Upper Oykel: record-breaking July and yours for \u00a31.65m.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Richard Donkin’s entertaining blog<\/a> has more details.\u00a0 Of course if you are already a fan of this charming river set amid fantastic game fishing territory, and you have the necessary resources, you might consider investing in the river itself.\u00a0 Some 58 miles north of Inverness, the Upper Oykel Fishings<\/a> are on the market.\u00a0 Six miles of double bank are on offer for \u00a31.65 million – or in four lots from \u00a3350,00.<\/p>\n

Do not, however, expect to earn huge returns.\u00a0 It is well established that salmon fisheries, however productive, are not a licence to print money. Indeed they are more likely to be a channel where you can watch your cash disappear downstream faster than a falling spate.<\/p>\n

That said, ownership does carry a certain cachet not to mention the ability to cherry-pick your own times on the water.\u00a0 If you have any cash left over after snapping up the Oykel fishings, and need a place to stay while indulging your pastime, you can always buy the Oykel Bridge Hotel<\/a>, overlooking the river.\u00a0 With 16 en suite bedrooms and a separate 2-bedroom cottage, it’s a snip at \u00a3520,000.<\/p>\n

Related article:<\/h5>\n

ASFB annual review<\/a> (economics of fishery ownership)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FURTHER evidence of healthy grilse and salmon runs emerges from Sutherland where the Oykel produced a record-breaking return for July with a staggering 730 fish.\u00a0 In a month of fluctuating spates producing near-perfect conditions, 12 rods accounted for 286 fish between July 12 and 17 alone. Richard Donkin’s entertaining blog has more details.\u00a0 Of course…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[74,81,151,157,158],"class_list":["post-873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game","tag-game-fishing","tag-grilse","tag-river-okyle","tag-sale","tag-salmon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}