The Lodge is staffed by a house keeper, who will make and turn down beds and turn on electric blankets if required, do the fires, and general house cleaning duties. A cook and assistant will be arranged on booking.
The Lodge sleeps 14, comprising 3 double rooms and 1 single on the first floor, with two bathrooms. There are two further singles behind the green baize door with a bathroom, these are useful for children. In the attic, there are a further 3 double rooms with a bathroom and loo and a further separate loo adjoining one of the bedrooms. All beds have electric blankets.
Downstairs, there is a sitting room with fireplace and television a video and satellite, large selection of books and games. Drawing room with fireplace and a large picture window looking north up Loch Shin. Dining room, which can seat 14. Office/nursery with small TV. Small billiard room with dartboard and steel gun safe. Laundry room for the use of the housekeeper. Large kitchen with Aga, electric cooker, microwave, and large fridge. In the pantry are the deepfreeze, ice maker, dish washer and secondary sink. There is also an indoor dry goods larder. An additional outside cool larder is situated by the kitchen door. The Lodge has an efficient and spacious drying room. There is a downstairs cloakroom and the front porch makes a good place to hang coats etc.
The Lairg Estate and the river Shin are situated one hours drive north of Inverness. The river Shin is one of Scotland’s best kept secrets. Although the river was dammed in the late 50’s thus effectively denying the returning salmon access to their natural spawning grounds, a comprehensive re-stocking program has been in place ever since, and the returns of salmon and grilse have been consistently stable. The Fishing on the Lairg Estate water starts towards the end of May and closes on the last day of September.
The Lairg Estate water starts at the dam below little Loch Shin, in the new artificial pool appropriately named the Dam pool, and continues down river for approximately three miles until a pool called Grief. There are over thirty named pools on the upper Shin. The Estate water is split into two beats, and each beat has up to four rods fishing at any one time. The beats rotate every day at 1 pm. The Lairg Estate water is all double bank and most of the pools can be fished from either side. The fishing is for fly only. Most of the pools can be fished from the bank without wading, but a few require some wading.
The Lodge commands an outstanding position high above the village of Lairg. The views from the Lodge are exceptional and give a great panorama of Loch Shin.
