| BEAT | Stretch of river selected for salmon fishing (4) |
| POOL | Designated stretch of river for salmon fishing (4) |
| SPEY | Scottish river, important for salmon fishing and whisky (4) |
| BAKER | A maker or purveyor of biscuits, bread and cakes; a portable oven for a particular purpose; or, an old type of artificial fly for salmon-fishing (5) |
| EARN | Perthshire river for salmon, trout, grayling (*near) (4) |
| ESKE | Donegal river for salmon/ trout (*seek out) (4) |
| DEE | Well-known for salmon fishing, what river has supplied Aberdeen with water since the late 19th century? (3) |
| HAAF | - netting; method of salmon fishing handed down by the Vikings, practised on the Solway Firth, Lune and Ribble (4) |
| PARR | Standard recipe for salmon or trout (4) |
| INSH | A Cairngorms loch for salmon, etc - some chevins here (4) |
| EWAN | ___ McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen actor (4) |
| LOCK | Chub, say, may be found in stretch of river (4) |
| DAMS | Challenges for salmon |
| TAY | Britain's largest river by volume of discharge, noted for its salmon fishing (3) |
| SPEYROD | Designed for two-handed casting for salmon (*yes, prod) (4,3) |
| DOCTOR | Physician who has taken the Hippocratic oath to "do no harm"; informal word for a ship's cook; artificial fly used in salmon fishing; or, a nickname of W. G. Grace (6) |
| UREIDES | River fish heading for salmon compounds |
| LEICESTER | Fish for salmon around borders of Cheshire (9) |
| SHERFORD | Dorset river for salmon/trout (*fresh rod) (8) |
| FLIES | Artificial lures for trout/salmon fishing (5) |
