The A to Z of Where to Fish For Wild Brown Trout in the Lochs of Scotland, Dumbartonshire

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Antermony Loch | Loch Arklet | Loch Chon | Loch Lomond | Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association

Antermony Loch

near Milton of Campsie near Kirkintilloch. Boat and bank fishing for rainbows and brown trout, stocked mainly with browns but rainbows used in the summer when the browns go off. permits from JB Angling in Kirkintilloch and Janice Hairdressers in Milton of Campsie, price £15 per day, 4 fish limit.

Season permits for the Loch and the river Leven can be had by calling Michael Brady on 0141 781 1545

Loch Arklet

off the A829 just 12 miles from Aberfoyle the loch is 2.5 miles long and about 0.5 miles wide and hold good stocks of wild brown trout averaging under a pound, not big but plentiful. Fishing is fly only by boat, call M Meikle on 0845 558869 for bookings, boats about £20 per day, £7 extra for an electric outboard.

Loch Chon

brown trout, pike and perch, 6 miles west of Aberfoyle on the B829, permits from Forest Enterprises, Aberfoyle, 01877 382383.

Loch Lomond

Balmaha Boat Yard have traditional clinker built boats suitable for fishing on this large loch and potentially dangerous loch. Call 01360 870214.

Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association

have a lease on some of the fishing on the Endrick and Gairloch as well as fishing in the Loch Lomond and the the rivers Leven and the Fruin. Membership applications to the Secretary, Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association, PO box 3559, Glasgow, G71 7SJ or call 0141 781 1545, cost £160 for 2007 plus a one off joining fee  off £25.