Published in Scotland Magazine Issue 34 on 30/08/2007.

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One for the girls

Grand Perthshire estate Kinnaird is offering unique fishing breaks specifically for women. Sally Toms found out more

If, like me, you’re a woman that cringes at the ‘women’s section’ in a newspaper, then the idea of a specialist fishing holiday for women may at first seem a bit...

patronising. But, even in these days of sexual equality, there are undeniably more men interested in the sport than women.

For decades men folk have been standing knee deep in cold water while their wives are in the spa being smothered in clay and wrapped in plastic. Well, no more. Women!

It’s time to throw away the fruit smoothies and complementary slippers and don a pair of khaki green waders and thermal underwear. Let’s show those boys what we’re made of (and no you won’t have to pick up a worm). Because, and here’s the trump card ladies, history suggests we may have something of a talent for it. The largest salmon ever caught in Britain was by a woman on the River Tay; a Miss Georgina Ballantine landed the 64lb monster in 1922.

So stick that on your hook and fish it.

The megafish of 100 years ago may be long gone, but the Tay is still regarded as one of the best fishing rivers in the United Kingdom. It rises from the slopes of Ben Lui at 3700 ft and flows for 120 miles through the Perthshire Highlands before eventually joining the North Sea at Dundee.

The KinnairdEstate sits on the banks of the river and is using its prime location and impeccable fishing pedigree to get more women interested in the sport. Owned by Mrs Constance Ward, the 7,000-acre sporting estate includes five miles of some of the fines.....

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By Sally Toms

Section : Best of Scotland

Page number : 41