River Spey Upper Arndilly Fishings – Fishing for Sale

Rarely available to the market, a number shares in a Syndicate owning a 1/3rd pro indiviso title to the Upper Arndilly Fishings are offered for sale giving the right, in-perpetuity, to fish at agreed times for salmon, grilse and sea trout (as well as the small parcel of land around the fishings and the fishing cabin).

Upper Arndilly offers superb fly fishing and the majority of fish are so taken.  The 10 year average catch is 94.4 salmon and grilse & 20.1 sea trout.

The beat comprises six pools. Fiddich Mouth is highly productive, is fished relatively easily from the bank and tends to hold fish on the Arndilly side. The delightful Heathery Isle is a superb fly cast which offers easy wading. The Upper Dips is easily fished and offers excellent fly fishing along its length – the glide at the tail has produced some outstanding bags of sea trout over the years. The river accelerates at the Lower Dips – a pool which provides exciting fishing, particularly in the summer months. Red Craig presents first-class fly fishing and almost ranks with the Heathery Isle in terms of numbers of fish caught. Lastly, the Ladies’ Haugh pool has been little fished in the past but undoubtedly has great potential.

The Upper Arndilly fishings are owned jointly by three pro indiviso proprietors and the Upper Arndilly Fishings Syndicate is one of these proprietors. The Syndicate’s title is held in a trustee company. An Agreement has been concluded whereby the available fishing has been split on a rotational basis among the owners.

The Spey season comprises 32 complete weeks. Week number 1 is the first full week of the Spey season. Each of the three owners has the right to fish one rod during weeks 1 and 2. Thereafter, every third week is allocated to each owner in an agreed rotation. Every four years, the rotation is moved on by one week and thus after 12 years have elapsed, the rotation will have completed a full cycle.

The Syndicate thus has the right to 1 rod in weeks 1 and 2 and all 3 rods for 10 weeks of the rest of the season.

Ownership of the Syndicate has been divided into A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J shares and a rotation of Syndicate rods has been established.

The A, B, C and D shares – the Spring shares – each entitle the owner to:

• one rod for one of the four weeks from weeks 6 – 17 (end March – early June) according to the agreed rotation.

The E, F, G and H shares – the Summer shares – each entitle the owner to:

• one rod for one of the four weeks from weeks 21 – 32 (July – September) according to the agreed rotation; one rod for one week in weeks 3 – 5 (March) every fourth year and a small share of fishing in weeks 1 and 2 (albeit weeks 1 and 2 are traditionally given to locals to maintain good relations with the local community).

The Shares currently for sale are as follows;

Further detail is given below;

Shares A1, A2 and A3 in the Spring Rotation

Although ownership is in perpetuity, as an example, ownership of Shares A1, A2 and A3 will entitle the owner to fish all 3 rods on Upper Arndilly as follows;

• 2027 – week commencing 12^th April;
• 2028 – week commencing 1^st May;
• 2029 – week commencing 21^st May;
• 2030 – week commencing 25^th March;
• 2031 – week commencing 21^st April;
• 2032 – week commencing 10^th May;
• 2033 – week commencing 30^th May;
• 2034 – week commencing 3^rd April;
• 2035- week commencing 23^rd April;
• 2036 – week commencing 12^th May.

Please see below the catches for the A Shares over the past 10 years;

The ten year salmon and grilse average of the A Shares is 1.2 fish and the ten year sea trout average is 0.1 fish.

The five year salmon and grilse average of the A Shares is 0.6 fish and the five year sea trout average is 0.0 fish.

Management Charges vary from year to year dependent on required expenditure and works being carried out.  The Management Charge for each of the Spring Shares over the past 10 years has been as follows;

• 2026 – £540.00
• 2025 – £690.00
• 2024 – £780.00
• 2023 – £570.00
• 2022 – £570.00
• 2021 – £570.00
• 2020 – £570.00
• 2019 – £405.00
• 2018 – £450.00
• 2017 – £360.00

The asking price for the A Shares is £7,000.00 per Share although, if the three A Shares are to be sold to one buyer or if the sales can proceed at the same time, the seller would accept £20,000.00 for the package.

The legal transfer costs with the syndicate’s solicitors are to be split 50:50 between buyer and seller.

To register your interest for future availability and to be added to our waiting list, please e-mail John Dawson  or use our online form.