Loch Skeen
water managed by National Trust for Scotland
Duration: 00:56
Distance: 2.23 km
Ascent: 292.52m
Difficulty: 34 / 100
Low alkalinity
Shallow
Moderate shoreline complexity
Mid elevation
Small
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About
Loch Skeen is the highest body of water in the Southern Uplands. It is home to peregrines; that nest in the crags of the spectacular Grey Mare's Tail waterfall that plunges 200ft into a narrow gorge.
Park at the National Trust Scotland carpark at the foot of the falls. A 1¼-mile steep mountain path starts at the waterfall viewing area and ends at Loch Skeen.
- Moffat, Scotland
- Lake
- Brown trout and Vendace
Photos
Permission & Tickets
- fly fishing only
- fishing permitted from April to September
- bag limit of 2 Trout
- all Trout under 9 inches in length must be
returned - only barbless and debarbed hooks to be
used
Vendace inadvertently caught must be
returned immediately with minimal
handling.
Register catch returns by phoning 0844 493
2100 or email greymare’stail@nts.org.uk,
returns should include records of Vendace
inadvertently caught and also ‘no catches’.