Category Archives: River Devon miscellaneous

It’s only ……

Posted on January 27, 2016 by gowens2013

……. 48 days to the start of the new season! At times in the last week it has almost felt like April (though to be fair it has on some days felt like January too, all on the same day). … Continue reading →

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Fly tying course – Spring 2016

Posted on December 22, 2015 by gowens2013

Jim Milne of The Angling Shop in Alloa [39-41,  Drysdale Street, Alloa] will be running fly tying lessons for twelve weeks from Monday January 11th running from 6pm to 8pm at Alloa Academy. Jim is a very skilled fly-tyer, therefore the classes … Continue reading →

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Wild Fisheries Review

Posted on July 2, 2015 by gowens2013

The Forth District Salmon Fishery Board are seeking advise from anglers in the Forth Catchment on the issues relating to the Wild Fisheries Review to inform their own response on our behalf It is important to be aware this review … Continue reading →

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River Forth Fishery Trust summer newsletter

Posted on July 2, 2015 by gowens2013

There is plenty of interesting reading in the RFFT’s summer newsletter which can be found here: http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d609b5fce77f392cee5505b8e&id=b720dd27ce    

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Diseased eels in Scottish waters

Posted on May 19, 2015 by gowens2013

The River Forth Fisheries Trust have reported on Facebook problems with diseased eels being found in the River Dee by the Dee Fisheries Trust and on the Spey. The eels have been returning to the river with large lesions on there … Continue reading →

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Forth District Salmon Board – response to the consultation on licencing to kill wild salmon

Posted on May 19, 2015 by gowens2013

The River Forth Fisheries Trust and Forth District Salmon Fishery Board have responded to he Scottish Government on the recent consultation on the proposed licence to kill wild salmon. Click to access Licence-to-Kill-Consulation-Forth-DSFSB-and-Forth-FisheriesTrust.pdf They appear to have made a very representation, … 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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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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River Forth Fishery Trust – FINNS update

Posted on October 28, 2014 by gowens2013

FINNS you may ask? Well this is the Forth Invasive Non-Native Species programme run by the River Forth Fishery Trust, dealing with likes of Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Mink etc etc They are a small team who with the … Continue reading →

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River Forth Fishery Trust update – August 2014

Posted on August 22, 2014 by gowens2013

The good folks at the River Forth Fishery Trust have been busy throughout the catchment; which for the Devon means making some good progress towards improving the performance of the Dollar Weir fish pass. The INNS team (that’s Invasive Non-Native Species team … Continue reading →

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