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Clackmannan

River Devon


Technically a Clackmannanshire river where it enters the Forth but the large part is in Perthshire.

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. I also guddled a few.

I had an electifying experience on the Deveron learning that some fences are best left alone when you're bare footed in the water and your hands are wet, t'was quite a shock to me and a coo or two!

I also caught my first duck on the Devon whilst fishing the downstream worm, caught and released unharmed but the duck was 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.

15 miles on the river Devon from below Castlehill Reservoir through Dunning Glen down to the Tullibody / Menstrie Bridge plus bank fishing on Glenquey Reservoir.

Trout fishing is available on all of the water but salmon and sea trout fishing is restricted to water below the impassable falls at Rumbling Bridge, from the Cauldron Linn to the Tullibody Bridge.

There are 5 day tickets for salmon, sea trout and brown trout available daily. Salmon tickets from the Paper Shop in Dollar and Stenhouse's in Tillichoutry. They also have fishing for brown trout on Glenquey Reservoir. Permits for Glenquay from Paper Shop (Dollar), Mona’s coffee shop (Pool of Muckhart) and the Inn at Muckhart (Pool of Muckhart).

Trout permits from:

Buick’s (Alloa) Hardware Store, Union Street, Alloa FK10 1EL

Higglety Piggletty, Stirling Street, Alva

The Paper Shop, Hight Street, Dollar

The Paper Shop, 103 High Street, Tillicoultry

Mona’s of Muckhart, Pool of Muckhart

The Inn at Muckhart, Pool of Muckhart

Dollar Lodge and Holiday Home Park, Riverside, Dollar

The Caravan Park, Diverswell Farm,Fishcross,Stirling,FK10 3AN

Kinross-shire

Crook of Devon Inn, Crook of Devon

Baillies , High Street, Kinross

Stirlingshire

Angling Active, Stirling Agricultural Centre

Fife

Deals on Reels, 18 Station Road, Cowdenbeath

Hooks, High Street, Kincardine on Forth

Checked 13/03/19


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