Anumber of years back when I was gillying at the Loch Maree Hotel , the late Steve Parton and Stuart Bingham (Editor T&S ?) came to fish the loch stayed at the Kinlochewe Hotel and fished their Beat, and completely Blanked , except for a few wee browns and tiny Fionnach,, they said they wouldn't take a gilly as they could fish themselves, they fished from dawn 'til dusk and tries every trick in the book even spinning and trolling, but in the days they were there nothing significant, the guests at the Loch Maree with Gillies were getting reasonable bags , I spoke to Steve shortly After and he said their stay was rubbish and he would never go back to fish there again , they just couldn't read the water, so it just shows that with a decent gilly it may have been different easker1