The A to Z of Where to Fish For Wild Brown Trout in the Rivers of Scotland

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Clackmannan

River Devon this entry is, for me, very nostalgic for I fished the Devon many time up to my late teens and it was always very good to me. The fish are not big, a half pounder is a nice fish although I had a few up to a pound and one memorable 1.25lb fish. It is here that I learned to fish a down stream worm with a fly rod and a single split shot and here too that I honed my skills first with the wet fly then the dry. It is here that I found that some fences are best left alone when you're bare feet are in the water and your hands are wet, t'was quite a shock. I also caught my first duck on the Devon whilst fishing the downstream worm, caught and released unharmed but none to chuffed.

With the recovery of the lower river after years of pollution some salmon and sea trout can be taken below Rumbling Bridge which is an insurmountable barrier of rapids and falls.

Permits cost £15 per season £6 per day (£3 per season and £2 per day for juniors) for brown trout and £25 per season £15 per day for salmon and sea trout (applications by post only for salmon tickets). D W Black, New Row, Dunfermline, Tel 01383 722582; Tron Sports, Tron Court, Tullibody, 01259 215449,McCutcheons Newsagents, Bridge Street, Dollar, Tel 01259 742517, Muckhart Post Office, Muckhart, Tel 01259 781322, The Inn, Muckhart, Muckhart, Tel 01259 781324,The Inn, Crook of Devon, Tel 01577 840207, Riverside Caravan Park, Dollar, Tel 01259 742896, J Philip, High Street, Kinross, Tel 01577 862371 Scrimgeours, 28 Newmarket street, Falkirk, Tel 01324 624581