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What to do When a Salmon Takes the Fly Part 1
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Cormorant, Why do Fisheries Have to Put up With Them?
Scottish Fisheries Board Salmon Catch Statistics, 1955 - 2004
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RIVERS | LOCHS | RESERVOIRS
For any society clean drinking water is an essential and while I prefer my drinking fluid to be 70 proof and malt I have to say that the spin off from the need for drinking water has become yet an other anglers pleasure. Fishing on our many reservoirs offers great sport especially where the reservoir was built on good agricultural land where the fertility of the soil has ensured high water quality promoting abundant aquatic life and plump fit trout. Cameron Reservoir in Fife comes to mind. I fished Cameron many times in the seventies and early 80s and remember well the evening rise of hungry and often big trout slurping down the buzzers and sedges.
Today many reservoirs have been 'franchised out' and offer the best of both worlds - fishing in natural surroundings for fishery sized stocked rainbow trout, Frandy and Loganlea immediately come to mind. Where ever there is a feeder burn the brownies will reproduce and many fisheries can offer fishing for rainbows, stocked browns and wild browns. I have a soft spot for the places that keep to the traditions and only stock brown trout which then have top grow on. It adds spice to the day not knowing what will come along. For some reason a two pound wild brownie gets my pulse rate up much more than it would be sight fishing for a really big rainbow. I am sure you will find places to fish in the Fishing Finder directory that will suit your sporting tastes, tight lines.
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Lintrathen, O/S Ref 53/577550. Aylith, rainbows and brown trout, bank and boat. Call 015475 560327.
Loch Lee, wild brown trout on this glacial loch, boats £15 from Dalhousie Estate, call 01356 670208.
Monikie Country Park Reservoir, O/s Ref 54/505382. Crombie near Dundee, run by the Monikie Angling Club there are three lochs, boat and fly fishing only. North is stocked with rainbows, Island has rainbows and brown trout and Crombie has brown trout only, bookings by telephone to the bailiff on 01382 370300
Piper Dam,
O/S ref 53/318319 40 acre
loch stocked with brown trout and rainbows, contact Piper Dam Golf
and Leisure Resort, Fowlis, Dundee, Angus, DD2 5LP, call 01382
581374.
Rescobie Loch, near Forfar, boat and bank
fishing on a 200 acre, relatively shallow loch with brown trout (av
2lbs) and rainbow trout (av 2.25lbs). Record brown 7lb 4ozs, rainbow
17lb 4ozs with bigger fish known to be in the loch. Prices are very
reasonable per session with a reduced price for juniors. Permits
from the Boat House, call 01307 830367.
Carrick Angling Club, offer fishing on their reservoir for a fantastic range of fish including steelheads, rainbows, tigers, browns, blues, gold, brook trout and char! Tickets cost £12. The water is alkaline so the feeding for fish is good. Fish are stocked at about 1.5 to 2lbs and can grow on well. For details call 01465 712007 or 01465 714601.
Collenan Reservoir, Troon AC water, rainbows and brown trout, fly only. Permits Tarbetts Fishing Tackle, Portland St, Troon, call 01292 317464.
Penwhapple Reservoir 5 miles NE of Girvan on the A 734 to Barr offers bank and boat fishing for brown trout, call 01465 712039 or 01465 861663.
Ackreknowe Reservoir,
O/S ref 79/495106. boat and bank fishing
for near Hawick, permits from the Pet Shop, 1 Union Street, Hawick,
call 01450 373543.
Akermoor, boat and bank fishing for near Hawick, permits from the Pet Shop, 1 Union Street, Hawick, call 01450 373543.
Lindean Reservoir, 2 miles from Selkirk, fishing is from boats only of which there are two boat on this 35 acre reservoir stocked with fine quality rainbow trout. Permits from Rogersons Newsagents, 6, High St, Selkirk, call 01750 20749 for further information and for bookings.
Talla Reservoir, a substantial fishery consisting of some 300 acres located near Tweedsmuir. This loch is one of the few lowland lochs holding Arctic Char as well as good stocks of brown trout and some ferox, permits from the Crook Inn, Tweedsmuir, call 01899 880272.
Watch Reservoir, O/S 67/ 660563. Boat (6 boats) and bank fishing on a 120 acre loch for wild brown trout and rainbows (stock once a week). Many of the stocked fish have over wintered, may even been several years in the water - so don't expect these fish to give up without a fight. The fishing is challenging for the angler who likes to fish in a natural setting where grouse call in the heather, ospreys occasionally visit and and the air is full of the call of water fowl and waders. The best fish was a 17.5lb specimen stocked for a competition but it didn't play ball and wasn't caught for a couple of years. The lucky angler was near exhausted by the time he landed the fish (there is a story attached to this which will be told in a feature article in the online magazine). Good location for a family day out walking , fishing bird watching and generally chilling out. Permits from the fishing lodge, call George Renton on 01361 890331.
Whiteadder Reservoir,
O/S Ref 67/655635. Whiteadder Angling Association have fishing
on the river from the reservoir at Clint Dods to Chirnside. The club stock annually
to keep numbers up. Permits from R.Welsh & Sons, Duns; Nairns
Newsagents, Duns; Game Fair Fishing Tackle Berwick on Tweed; JS Main
Fishing Tackle, Haddington. Contact Whitadder AA on 01361 890633.
Castlehill Reservoir near Muckhart, brown trout, 4 boats available fly only. Boats cost £10 to £28 for boat and 2 rods, Call Scottish Water on 0131 445 6462.
Gartmore Dam,
Sauchie near
Alloa. Bank and boat fishing for brown trout and rainbows from 15th
March to 28th of October. Permits £ 236 for the season, cost £9.10
per day for adults, with reductions for
concessions and juniors. There are 9 boats and a wheelyboat, please call in advance of you want an outboard.
Fishing is fly only from the boats but you can spin from the bank
and use bait from the Dam wall. Fish average 1.5 to 2lbs with some
very big fish being taken in August. Best flies are invicta, buzzers
and Dawl Bach. Call the Gartmore Dam Country Park visitors centre on 01259 214319.
Glendevon Reservoir near Muckhart has fishing for brown trout. Call the Glendevon Treatment Plant on 01259 781453 or East of Scotland Water for permits and prices.
Glensherup Fishery, relatively modern reservoir (20 odd years old) in a very nice setting, brown trout and rainbows. Address, Glensherup Fisheries, Glendevon Reservoir, Glendevon, Dollar, Clackmannan, FY14 7JZ). 01259 781631.
Glenquey Reservoir near Muckhart, fishing for brown trout, bank only. Permits cost £9 per day adult and £4.50 for juniors from McCutcheons Newsagents, Dollar, 01259 742517, Muckhart PO call 01259 742517 or The Inn Muckhart 01259 781324
Glenkiln Reservoir, boat and bank fishing for brown trout and rainbows near Dumfries permits from the water bailiff, call 01387 730235.
Kettlestone Reservoir, rainbow trout and wild brown trout. Run by Mid Nithsdale Angling Association, Permits from The Pets Larder, Drumlanrig St Thornhill call 01848 330555.
Loch Roan, 4 miles north of Castle Douglas, fishing both bank and boat for rainbows and brown trout, call the Sports Shop in Castle Douglas for permits 0n 01556 502851.
Ballo, by Leslie, situated in the Lomond Hills, bank and boat fishing. Call 01592 742334.
Cameron Reservoir,
excellent loch near St Andrews, 8 boats and bank fishing for brown
trout. Permits from D Wilson and Son, 169, South St, St Andrews,
Fife, call 01334 472477.
Clatto Reservoir, 1 boat and bank fishing for
brown trout, tickets from the Watermans House, call 01334 652595.
Craigluskar Reservoir, excellent fly fishing
near Dunfermline on 2 lochs, one predominantly for rainbows the
other for brown trout. Permits from the bailiffs hut, call 01383
732891.
Lochmill Reservoir, a challenging fishery with
the charm of olden days. 4 Boats fishing for brown trout. Contact
Betty Bryans, Albert Bar, Newburgh, 01337 842397.
Stenhouse Reservoir, near Burntisland, fishing
for brown trout to 5lbs (av 1.5 to 2lbs) on this 35 acre water, 8
boats and bank fishing. Permits from Dunearn Farm Office by the
reservoir, call 01592 874624.
Blackwater Reservoir high in the hills above Kinlochleven is the huge Blackwater Reservoir reservoir built between 1904 and 1909 to supply power for the aluminium smelter In Kinlochleven. At 8 miles long it rivals many of the major natural lochs. It holds brown trout which about all I can find out at the moment. The fishing is controlled by the Kinlochleven AA who also have the fishing on the river Leven for salmon and sea trout and on a number of lochs in the area.
Clubbiedean Park,
One mile
south of Colinton, fly only boat only fishing for Rainbow and blues.
There is bank fishing for disabled anglers. Permits £20 for four
fish, contact Dooks Fisheries on 0131 3332693 / 4265 or 07050
325803. E mail
dooks@fairlegh.freeserve.co.uk
Gladhouse, Brown trout (1lb upwards). Call 0131 561 7112.
Glencourse see Clubbiedean for contact details. Brown tout, rainbows and blues. Permits cost £17 Mon - Fri and £19 on Saturday and Sunday for a 4 fish limit, concessions for OAPs, juniors and unemployed. Boats available for an additional £4. Contact dooks@fairlegh.freeserve.co.uk or call 0131 3332693 / 4265.
Harlaw Reservoir, near Balerno, stocked with rainbows, permits from the Post Office in Balerno.
Harperigg Reservoir, boat and bank fishing for brown trout to 2.5lbs. Permits from Harperigg Fisheries, call 07904 085975, 0771 594802, 07786 390577.
Loganlea,
near Glencorse. Rainbows (2lb upwards) and wild brown
trout from bank and boat. Contact Alex Jack, 14, Sherwood Loan,
Bonnyrigg, call 01968 678329.
For a feature article about Loganlea Reservoir click HERE
Threipmuir Reservoir, near Balerno, brown trout fishing, permits from Balerno Post Office.
Hillend
Reservoir
near Caldercriux has good access for disabled anglers, a wheelyboat
is available. Call 01349 862455.
Dunalastair Loch, brown trout fishing boat only, call Dunalastair Hotel, Kinloch Rannoch on 01882632323.
Frandy Fishery For a feature article and more information about Frandy Fishery click HERE
Frandy fishery may appear to be remote but it is just 45 minutes from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and Perth in Glendevon near Gleneagles. The fishing is from boat and bank for rainbows, wild brown trout and blues and ticket prices are very reasonable. Call 01259 781352.
Harelaw Trout Fishery is a good sized fishery of just over 100 acres located near Neilston with bank and boat fishing. A shallow reservoir averaging 8 to 9 feet deep it has extensive areas of bank, 3 islands and 4 dams walls all offering a variety of terrains to fish in. It also offers a good range of fish including rainbows, wild browns, blues, tigers and brook trout. Very good fly life which starts early in the season makes Harewood a great dry fly and nymph fishery with buzzers, sedges, olives and emergers doing well. The loch also has some top notch perch and some roach so by August fry imitations do well as they fish hammer the shoals. For permits call 01505 850202.
Loch Gryfe about three miles south of Greenock is a reservoir of about 115 acres, 1.33 miles long and a third of a mile wide deepest at the dam wall at about 34 feet with an average depth of 17 feet. Fishing is bank only for wild brown trout averaging about half a pound with a few to 2lbs. Permits from Brian Peterson in the Fishing Shop in Greenock, call 01475 888085.
Loch Thom is very mature reservoir as it dates to 1827. It lies about 3 miles south of Greenock adjacent to Loch Gryfe. Its about 1.5 miles long and up to half a mile wide, 331 acres, with the deepest water at the north end being about 42 feet deep, the average depth is 19 feet. Fishing is bank only for wild brown trout in the half pound class. Permits from Brian Peterson in the Fishing Shop in Greenock, call 01475 888085.
Carron Valley Reservoir, 4 miles long up the three quarters of a mile wide and a 1000 acres of fly only fishing on this highly rated water with wild and stocked brown trout and rainbows. Boat (20 traditional clinker built boats) and bank fishing over 4 miles of bank all at a very reasonable cost. Contact Carron Valley Fishing, Fishing Lodge, Carron Valley, nr Denny, Stirling, FK6 5JL, call 01324 823698.
Cocksburn Reservoir bank fishing only for brown trout costs £12 per day. Permits from Country Pursuits, Bridge of Allan, call 01786 834498.
North Third Fishery, situated just 5 minutes from Stirling this 140 acre fly only reservoir represents a real challenge. The records are impressive, brown trout 9lb 3oz and rainbow 19lb 13oz with a good population of wild brown trout averaging 10oz. There are 23 boats and a limit of 35 bank rods per session and the price is right, especially given the generous catch limit of 10 fish. There are day, evening, all day and parent and child tickets (child goes free) and float tube fishing is allowed at the price of a bank ticket. Contact Greathill House, Stirling, FK7 9QS, call 01786 471967 email gbh@north-third-fishery.co.uk
Millhall Reservoir, 8 acres of fishing, boat and bank, parking for disabled persons near the boathouse. Stocked with rainbows and golden trout from 2lb to 15lb with many double figure fish taken each year. There is a resident population of brown trout. Contact Avon Bank Fishing Club, Millhall Reservoir, Old Polmont, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, FK20 0YO, call 01324 714190 or email murray@ukonline.co.uk
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