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Where to Fish on the Deveron and it's Tributaries
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The
Deveron where the second largest rod caught salmon was taken, a 61lb fish taken by
Mrs Morrison in 1924. Her previous best from the river was a mere 48
and a half pound fish the year before. Great fishing to be had
with some big fish, excellent sea trout and wild brown trout. Day
tickets are often available up to May for many of the beats but from
June onwards availability is restricted by demand for full week
bookings. Not a spring river although a good few fish are taken.
Fly fishing on the Deveron can be first class. Except in cold water in the spring the general rule for the Deveron is to fish with smaller flies 10s or even 12s. Ally Shrimp and Silver Ally fish well as does the silver stoat which is good for the sea trout for which the Deveron has a great reputation. Munro's Killer is an other top choice fly and I have found that the Hairy Mary can do the business too. On the other hand one ghillie on Marnoch swears by tiny flies, 16s, 18s which he often fishes dry on a downstream drift from the head of a pool and he takes lots of fish. He recons you should think small then go a size smaller! In the spring I like to fish big trebles or doubles, usually Ally Shrimps or Munro's, rather than tubes or Waddingtons although a 3 inch Willie Gunn is often a good bet, pick a really bright one, lots of red and yellow with a gold mylar body. On the Deveron as anywhere the rule of big, bright and in their faces applies for springers. Cast a bit more square across the river than you would on, say, the Spey and get a good upstream mend in right away to allow the fly to fish slowly. In the very slow pools, like Long Cast and Still Pool at Conriehaugh, I put in a big downstream mend and back up at times.
The Deveron has been managed for generations and the banks have been built up on many beats with rocks from the river and the adjacent fields, consequently the river can be deep right of the bank, The net result is that fish can be swimming by just under your feet. Don't be hasty about lifting the fly, leave it on the dangle, many fish taken on the Deveron are caught within a yard or two of the bank.
Spinning takes a share of the fish and I guess the Flying C fished up stream into fast water has proved its worth to many anglers, retrieve like heck, the faster the better. Blair Spoons can do well in the big pools and rapalas and tobies work well in a flow. The river bottom can be strewn with rocks and boulders so be prepared to lose spinners, an otter is a must for saving lures that otherwise would be lost.
George
Manson, Greenmount, Gordon Street, Huntly offers fishing on a number
of beats on the Deveron including: Ardmeallie, Boat of Turtory,
Connicleugh, Cornihaugh, Kinnairdy, Rothiemay, Marnoch Bridge, Lower
Netherdale (spring only). Call 01466 792482 for bookings.
Adrmeallie, single bank fishing above and below the cemetery at Bridge of Marnoch on the left bank with 6 named pools. Costs £48 per week March and April to £180 for September and October. Available Tues, Thurs and Sat, Contact George Manson for bookings.
Avochie, two and a half miles of fishing mostly double bank from the Avochie pool at the junction with the Isla, call Bob Parkin on 01466 792482.
Banff and MacDuff Angling Association have 0.75 miles of double bank fishing in the tidal reaches of the river from above the bridge at Banff. Check the tide times for the river fishes best three hours before and three hours after high tide. Permits from the Banff tackle Shop, 14, Low St, Banff, call 01261 818404 or from Insport, Carmelite St, Banff call, 01261 818348. Cost £4 per day or £10 per week.
Boat of Turtory, opposite Ardmeallie, single bank fishing on the right bank costs £48 per week early season to £160 September to October. Available Mon, Weds, Fri, contact George Manson for bookings.
Bognie Pool,
see the entry for Mounblairy for contact details, permits cost about
£11 per day February to May and £21 June to October.
Castle Water, half mile double bank at Huntly from the end of the Town Water to the Junction with the Bogie just above Conniecleugh, call Emma Plumpton on 01466 720708.
Conniecleugh, 2.5 miles mostly double bank although most of the fishing is from the left bank. 20 named pools for 4 rods, cost £48 per week in March to £120 per week in September and October. Contact George Manson for bookings. For a feature article about fishing at Cornihaugh click Here
Corniehaugh (now including Mains of Mayen) 2 miles double bank for 6 rods, three right bank three left bank, averages about 200 salmon and 45 sea trout a year, there is also a full time ghillie. Cost as little as £10 per day in the spring to £360 for the week in March up to £1728 in August, September and October (I assume for all 6 rods but check with George Manson who handles bookings for Corniehaugh).
Deveron Trading Company
have three beats, Carnousie, Inverkeithny and
the recently acquired Upper Netherdale which means that most of the
fishing is now double bank. They have carried out extensive works to
improve the beats including clearing the river banks, building new
access tracks and a new fishing hut fishing. Two beats are fished by
local syndicates and one beat is let with the newly renovated
holiday homes run by the Company. Contact the ghillie, David Low, on
017896 788171 or the letting agent Robert Rattrey on 01738 451111.
Day tickets can be had from Frank Henderson of Turriff Tackle,
call 01888 562428.
Edinglassie, 1.5 miles left bank up in the Cabrach from the junction with the Chapel Burn to the junction with the Markie Burn above Invermarkie. 2 rods £25 per day, you won't need anything other than a single handed rod for this water, with all proceeds being donated to the Deveron, Isla and Bogie Charitable Trust. Contact Malcolm hay on 01466 700274 email malcolmhay@btinternet.com
Glennie, 0.75 miles double bank for 2 rods with 8 named pools, guide price £45 per week in spring to £165 per week in September and October. For booking contact George Manson.
Forglen, 1 mile below Turriff offers fishing for 6 rods with 16 named pools, there is a permanent ghillie. Day tickets may be available early season contact Mrs Bates for day tickets, call 01885 62918 or for weeks contact Mrs Dickson, Heathfield, Drumblade, Huntly, call 01464 871312 or email celd@btinternet.com
Huntly
Town Waters, permits from Murdoch, McMath and Mitchell, Solicitors,
Bogie St, Huntly, call 01466 720708.
Kinnairdy, left bank fishing opposite the Marnoch beat from the mouth of the Kinnairdy Burn including access to Falconers Pool. Bookings through George Manson, see above.
Marnoch Lodge Fishing, salmon and sea trout fishing on two and a half miles single bank on two beats. (90 fish last year), call 01466 780872.
Mountblairy, like Glendelvine on the Tay, this beat goes down in history for British Record being the beat where Mrs Tiny Morrision caught here 61lb fish in 1924, the biggest salmon ever taken on the fly. The beat is 7 miles up stream from Banff and consists of 1.75 miles single bank and 0.75 miles double bank with 14 named pools with fishing for 4 rods. Days available February to July cost £14 to £45 per day, contact BMF Group estate Office, Frendraught, Forgue, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, AB54 6EB, call 01464 871331.
Montcoffer located in the lower reaches of the Deveron, Montcoffer is a beat of two halves. One part is typical Deveron, nice pools and runs flowing through farm land and - wow - the Gorge! The river cuts through solid rock creating a series of slow deep pools fished from walkways built into the rock face and these pools can hold tonne of fish in low water conditions which means that Montcoffer rods do well when rods upstream are having a lean time. Scotty Mackenzie used to ghillie here and described how microtubes skimmed over the surface of the pools could bring fish up explosively from the deeps providing some hard stopping moments. Day tickets start from £15 in February to £40 in June. Call 01261 821552 for bookings and further information.
Muiresk, double bank fishing for 3 rods, see the entry for for Forglen for contact details.
Rothiemay, about one mile single bank, right hand bank, from Rothiemay downstream. Contact George Manson for bookings.
Turriff Angling Association, 900 metres of fishing, single bank above the bridge on the A9025 and double bank below, permits from Turriff Tackle and Trophies, Castle St, Turriff, who also handle bookings for several beats on the Deveron. Call 01888 562428.
Tributories
Fishing on the Bogie is covered by the Huntly Town Water ticket, some good sea trout fishing. Call 01466 720708.
Fishing on the Isla is covered by the Huntly Town Water ticket, some good trout and sea trout fishing. Call 01466 720708.
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