Spey

British  

/ speɪ /

noun

1. a river in E Scotland, flowing generally northeast through the Grampian Mountains to the Moray Firth: salmon fishing; parts of the surrounding area ( Speyside ) are famous for whisky distilleries. Length: 172 km (107 miles)

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Last month a number of salmon died when white paint was spilled into the Burn of Carron, another tributary of the River Spey.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

My evening ended a few hundred feet from the hotel on the banks of the River Spey, under a softly lit bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Golfers can currently play a seven-hole loop reversibly now, and Spey Bay hopes that by 2027, the entire course will be reversible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2025

The HMS Spey is one of two British warships permanently on patrol in the Indo-Pacific.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

I had a fly sent me some years past, by McPherson Grant, about the size of C or drake size, with which he killed a salmon, twenty pounds weight, in the Spey.

From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by William Blacker