To locate the highest point in Shetland, unfold the OS Explorer 469 map and find the area marked as Ronas Hill. It stands at just 450 metres. If you look towards the hill's north, you'll see a complex network of lochs referred to by local anglers as "back of Ronas Hill".
This guide provides information about the main lochs in this area, but you shouldn't overlook the small ones. Most of them are full of stunted trout that will attack your fly as soon as it lands, like a shoal of piranhas. But occasionally, you may not receive an immediate response, and that might indicate the presence of a bigger fish lurking in the depths.
These are three fairly large lochs which are interconnected by short burns and contain trout of 8 to 10 ounce average. The trout in Roer Water are ...
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Brown trout
These lochs contain beautifully mark, butter yellow trout. The middle water that is sandwiched between the others, holds the larger trout. We had t...
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Brown trout
As with most of the Ronas Hill lochs the water in these is crystal clear and most of the fish average 6 to 8 ounces but in Swaabie Water there are ...
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Brown trout
As the name suggests this loch is full of crooks and could be called Many Nooks or Many Crannies. We didn't fish all the corners and skirted the ...
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Brown trout
These lochs are approached via a track which leaves the road at North Roe. The trout in the first two are of average size but the Innescord Lochs a...
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Brown trout
It’s fair work to Lang Clodie but its a good place to setup basecamp. Sitting in a valley on the sea cliffs it’ll give you cover from any north wes...
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Brown trout
These two large lochs can be dour but both have produced fish of more than four pounds.
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Brown trout
Both lochs contain fine silvery trout of 6 to 8 ounces with the occasional fish up to the pound.
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Brown trout
As soon as I set eyes on Swabie water I knew that bigger fish must lurk among the many points, peninsulas, bays and islands. For a small water, t...
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Brown trout
A long walk is required to reach these lochs and the scenery is spectacular but the fish are mostly about an 8 ounce average.
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Brown trout
These lochs are approached via a track which leaves the road at North Roe. The trout in the first two are of average size but the Innescord Lochs a...
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Brown trout
These lochs are approached via a track which leaves the road at North Roe. The trout in the first two are of average size but the Innescord Lochs a...
lake
Brown trout
These two large lochs can be dour but both have produced fish of more than four pounds.
lake
Brown trout
These lochs are approached via a track which leaves the road at North Roe. The trout in the first two are of average size but the Innescord Lochs a...
lake
Brown trout
These are three fairly large lochs which are interconnected by short burns and contain trout of 8 to 10 ounce average. The trout in Roer Water are ...
lake
Brown trout
As with most of the Ronas Hill lochs the water in these is crystal clear and most of the fish average 6 to 8 ounces but in Swaabie Water there are ...
lake
Brown trout