Category Archives: Glenquey journal

June update

Posted on June 30, 2019 by gowens2013

So summer holidays are almost upon us, and for once the weather is playing ball with a good few mini-spates helping to clear the river and for a couple of weeks Castlehill was regularly over-topping. Between we have had some … Continue reading →

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Season 2019 – May update

Posted on May 25, 2019 by gowens2013

Well this afternoon was lovely, gone was the sunshine and replaced with a lovely dose of drizzle likely to extend over the bank holiday weekend. We really need more of this weather after yet another prolonged dry spring. Already Castlehill … Continue reading →

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First 2019 season update

Posted on May 3, 2019 by gowens2013

Apologies for the silence on the website, the DAA website is run from a PC at the end of the unclassified road at the far end of the Information Super Highway …….. finally after four weeks we finally have connections … Continue reading →

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Lost items

Posted on May 3, 2019 by gowens2013

A couple of items have been mislaid at Glenquey in recent weeks David Hartley lost his mobile phone half way up the south bank (though the information I had was it might have ended up in the reservoir) Alan Graham … Continue reading →

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2019 season ………. only 2 more sleeps away :-)

Posted on March 13, 2019 by gowens2013

The 2019 season will start on the River Devon and at Glenquey on Friday 15th March ………. though judging by the current state of the river and the forecast rain for tonight, the river is likely still to be thinning … Continue reading →

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Pre-season update

Posted on February 23, 2019 by gowens2013

Its Saturday 23rd of February, with only 20 days to the start of the 2019 Season and in stark contrast to this time last year it feels like spring is just around the corner …….. no doubt by the time … Continue reading →

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2018 wrap up

Posted on December 1, 2018 by gowens2013

Today is the first day in December, so a quick apology for not getting an update earlier! The season closed on 31st October on a spectacularly beautiful day which I spent fishing at Rackmill and the Haugh, without so much … Continue reading →

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Nearly seasons end

Posted on September 28, 2018 by gowens2013

The Brown Trout season comes to a close next Saturday. It hasn’t been a classic season on the Devon with really tough conditions generated by the prolonged summer drought and Scottish Water abstraction in the Ochils reservoir resulting in consistently low water until  Castlehill … Continue reading →

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August 2018 update

Posted on August 13, 2018 by gowens2013

The prolonged drought may be coming to an end (hopefully) but the river remains steadfastly at a very low level. Castlehill Reservoir has a huge, mostly negative, impact on the river but at these times the compensation flow keeps the river in reasonable condition. It will … Continue reading →

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A823 Dunfermline – Gleneagles road closed at Rumbling Bridge from 20th August 2018

Posted on August 13, 2018 by gowens2013

Please note that if you are heading to the River or Glenquey that the A823 will be closed at Rumbling Bridge from the 20th August for a period of 2 weeks.

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