There are two main lochs here both lying in the hills north of Forsinain farm and are, in fact, some of the closest lochs to the hotel. Take the track up past the farm from the main road (not the main way up to the other lochs) and follow it up as far as it goes. The lochs are then a 20 minute walk north over the moors.
The first loch is long and thin with a small bay and is easy to wade. It has fly life, looks quite fishy, but has not produced a fish (seen or caught) as far as our records show. To the east is a larger, circular loch and a boat has been put on this in 2005. This is much to the relief of our many Clach addicts as this loch is incredibly hard to fish from the bank. There is deep water right next to the bank virtually all round the loch (preventing wading) and the many small tufts, island and inlets that surround the reedy fringes make it very difficult to fish effectively. The boat has now provided easy access to all areas of this exciting, but dour looking, loch.
Very few fish come from Clach but this is not surprising when you see the average fish is around the four pound mark. These cracking fish look extremely attractive and provide fantastic sport – make sure you have plenty of backing when you fish Clach. So how do you get them out? One of our anglers has had success with tiny buzzers and Diawl Bach. Another has caught all his Clach fish on a dry size 8 DH Sedge and is threatening to tie up some 6s and 4s! Any fly could have its day here and, now there is a boat, classic loch style will surely have its place. The lochs receive good hatches of Olives, buzzers and Sedges but do not rely on seeing many (or any) rising fish even in the best of hatches.
OK. So these lochs receive more than their fair share of blank days but remember that average size . . . . Go on, do you feel lucky?
To the west of Clach there are two un-named smaller lochs where good fish up to 3 lbs have been taken and are worth visiting on your way to or from the main lochs