Loch Ordie is a classic freshwater hill

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east of the River Tay, and surrounded by wooded hills, in the Forest of Clunie.

Fly Fishing

Loch Ordie gives its name to one of the Scotland most useful and famous trout

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, ''Loch Ordie''. The fly is either fished as a dapping fly or on the ''bob'' of a three wet fly cash.

Royal visit

On 9 October 1865,

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in January 1901. Her reign of 63 year ...

with her daughter Princess Helena accompanied by the Marchioness of Ely, travelled to the farm at Pitearmich in Strathardle and were met by General Charles Grey with their ponies, and also by the Duchess of Atholl and Miss MacGregor. Mounting their ponies, the group rode across the hill along a sheep track, in a driving rain, with a thick mist covering the hills. When they reached the party at Atholl Estate, the whole group rode through the

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woods for two and a half hours to reach Loch Ordie. While there, they royal party visited a Loch Ordie Lodge, and partook in tea and whisky.

References

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