The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple

Re:The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple by throwaway0a5e on Monday August 03, 2020 @10:24AM (#24038117)

Hunting/fishing in Europe is traditionally something the landed gentry did and priced accordingly. It's all orders of magnitude cheaper in the US and Canada.

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Re:The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple by epanchin on Monday August 03, 2020 @10:44AM (#24038341)

I’d suggest fishing in Scotland is expensive because of American money driving up prices.

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Re:The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple by arethuza on Monday August 03, 2020 @10:54AM (#24038455)

Ownership of "sporting" estates in Scotland is pretty varied:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-47963208

NB Doesn't matter who owns it, we can still walk over it!

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Re:The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple by macNchz on Monday August 03, 2020 @01:33PM (#24040759)

Are Americans buying land in Scotland specifically for fly fishing? Not that I don't love visiting Scotland, it just seems unnecessarily expensive and far when Montana offers vast areas of (to my knowledge) world-class fly fishing without an international flight.

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Re:The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple by arethuza on Monday August 03, 2020 @10:33AM (#24038218)

It very much depends on the type of hunting or fishing though - coarse and sea fishing is a very popular activity. Mind you - you can go fishing in some very nice spots for relatively small amounts of money:

e.g.

http://www.glensherup-fishery.co.uk/

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