Within easy reach of the hotel are the main fishing lochs of Harray, Swanney and Hundland. Our hotel sits on the edge of the Boardhouse Loch and has surpassed both Harray and Swanney as Orkney's top fishing loch for the past 3 years as quoted by Malcolm Russell's monthly reports in the Trout & Salmon

Fishing in Orkney is free but we recommend that fishers join the Orkney Trout Fishing Association as the Association stocks all the lochs and they provide toilets facilities on all main lochs. The fish Caught are wild brown trout; there am no rainbows here!

The flies sold in the hotel are specially tied for Orkney loch, and are tied locally by Eric Dyson (an ex Benson & Hedges fly tying champion).

Fish caught can be frozen on the premises and smoking can be arranged.

Boat hire and ghillies are available for all lochs at a moderate cost.