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NOTICE – Car Parking at Glenquey

Posted on April 14, 2015 by gowens2013

Just a wee reminder for anglers fishing at Glenquey, car parking is strictly not permitted on the Scottish Water road beneath the dam. Please use the DAA’s dedicated car park provided, park responsibly leaving space for other cars and under no circumstance take your vehicle … Continue reading →

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Catching them young!

Posted on April 11, 2015 by gowens2013

I was sent this photograph this week by the DAA president Bryan Anderson, showing Bryan taking his five year old nephew for his first fishing lesson on the Devon I dread to think what the age difference is, but I know … Continue reading →

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Pike from the Devon – The Devon’s other fish contd

Posted on April 7, 2015 by gowens2013

In the marvellous entitled “A Descriptive and Historical Gazetteer of the Counties of Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan: With Anecdotes, Narratives and Graphic Sketches, Moral, Political, Commercial and Agricultural” edited by one M. Barbieri the River Devon is described in 1857: … Continue reading →

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Early season at Glenquey

Posted on April 6, 2015 by gowens2013

Alan Graham was up at Glenquey on the 3rd of April on a typical early season day: Despite the early season conditions, he found the trout feeding on black midges and landing 17 trout including the first of his season: … Continue reading →

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Glenquey – A new season beckons and a fight ahead

Posted on April 1, 2015 by gowens2013

Today marked the opening day for our wee gem of a fishery, Glenquey Reservoir, tucked away in the Ochils. I suspect at least one angler would have been on the water today despite this mornings dusting of snow (no doubt togged … Continue reading →

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The DAA engineers

Posted on March 18, 2015 by gowens2013

  In the last couple of weeks our dedicated Wednesday work parties have been busy at Glenquey and on the River. Recently they have been out demonstrating their civil engineering skills repairing and building bridges Laying the foundations The completed … Continue reading →

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Launch Of Consultation On Proposed Conservation Measures To Introduce A Licensing System For Killing Wild Salmon In Scotland

Posted on March 18, 2015 by gowens2013

You may have read in the press, fishing press and internet about the Scottish Governments consultation on  introduce a licensing system for killing wild salmon in Scotland. Like most organisation affected the DAA as an Association will consider the proposal and … Continue reading →

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River Forth Fisheries Trust – Spring 2015 newsletter

Posted on March 18, 2015 by gowens2013

Our good friends at the River Forth Fisheries Trust have published their Spring newsletter setting out all the fantastic work they are doing throughout the Forth catchment Read it here http://www.fishforth.co.uk/rfft/files/2015/03/Trust-newsletter-spring-2015-Final.pdf  

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The Devon’s other fish – Lampreys

Posted on March 9, 2015 by gowens2013

While looking for some work related information I found an old memory stick with some  fishing photos. Amongst the usual photos of trophy 8″ trout were some photos I took in April 2007 that I had completely forgotten about. As … Continue reading →

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A pollution near miss

Posted on March 6, 2015 by gowens2013

On Wednesday 4th March 2015 with our new season just eleven days off, the Devon and a very lucky driver had an extremely close call. In the early hours an articulated fuel tanker came off the A977 at Powmill and ended up in … Continue reading →

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