Category Archives: River fishing

Engineering works downstream of Vicars Bridge

Posted on March 7, 2016 by gowens2013

Anyone travelling along the Dollar-Muckhart road or on the back road from Vicars Bridge to Blairigone will have noticed the large scale excavations underway by the track that runs down to the river by Mains of Blairingone These works are … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to the new season

Posted on February 20, 2016 by gowens2013

The new season is now only 24 days away and I am sure we are looking forward to fishing our favourite pools, hot spots at Glenquey Reservoir and exploring the subtle changes in the river caused by this winter’s many … Continue reading →

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DAA AGM – 12th January 2016

Posted on January 16, 2016 by gowens2013

The Annual General Meeting of the Devon Angling Association was held at the Royal Arms, Tillicoultry on Tuesday 12th January 2016. 20 Members attended and contributed to a lively interesting meeting. David Mudie, the association’s Honorary Secretary reported to the meeting … Continue reading →

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Forth District Salmon Fishery Board – Annual Report 2015

Posted on November 24, 2015 by gowens2013

The Salmon Board have issued their Annual Report for 2015 which is free to download from: Click to access FDSFB-Annual-Report-2015-DRAFT.pdf It covers the activities of both the Salmon Fishery Board and the River Forth Fisheries Trust work. There is quite a bit about the … Continue reading →

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Catch returns 2015

Posted on November 2, 2015 by gowens2013

A gentle reminder that holders of Salmon and Sea Trout permits must complete a catch return by the 20th November As an alternative to the paper return issued with your permit there are a number of options for submitting returns. … Continue reading →

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That’s it the 2016 season is over

Posted on November 2, 2015 by gowens2013

The Salmon and Sea Trout season came to end on Saturday 31st October, with a bit of a whimper. There had been a momentary buzz of excitement following persistant rain on the Wednesday lifting the river nearly 2 feet near … Continue reading →

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River Devon – October update

Posted on October 25, 2015 by gowens2013

The trout season closed on Tuesday 6th October, despite a weekend of rain, with a river in bare bone condition. Its been a good season for the trout anglers, the wet winter, spring and early summer ensured the river ran … Continue reading →

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River Devon early September update

Posted on September 7, 2015 by gowens2013

Well only four weeks or so of the trout season to go! The general consensus is that the trout fishing on the river has been pretty good, in part I guess from the generally wet summer that has all but … Continue reading →

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River Devon June update (or an early July update!)

Posted on July 11, 2015 by gowens2013

The recent rain has freshened the river throughout the DAA waters, and there have been unconfirmed sightings (but not catches) of Sea Trout and/or Grilse in the river. Amongst the better fish caught in recent weeks was a fish of … Continue reading →

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River Devon June 2015 update

Posted on July 5, 2015 by gowens2013

The hard start to the season continued well into May , even seeing the Ochils plastered in fresh snow at the start of the month. Thankfully June has brought warmer and more settled weather, but very little in the way of … Continue reading →

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