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Eden


Eden Angling Association


Excellent trout fishing, the river where I cut my teeth on the dry fly giving me an average of about three fish of 8 to 12ozs per visit, great fun and full of memorable days.

The Eden is about 20 miles long of which the Eden Angling club controls 15 miles. The Upper and Mid sections are almost chalk stream style waters, perfect for dry fly fishing. From below Cupar the river becomes more streamy and while it is still good dry fly water it is also made for wet fly fishing. Salmon runs can be good too with sea trout in the lower stretches. Visitor permits from:

Cupar Hardware Store (R. Dott Thomson), Bonnygate, Cupar;

Keystore Ladywind Cupar

Reekies Country Store, Prestonhall Industrial Estate, Cupar.

The Kilt Shop, 68 South Street, St. Andrews

Aladdins Cave, 259 High Street, Leslie

A & M Tackle,
21 Main Street
Lochgelly

Anglers Choice, 259 Strathmartine Road, Dundee

Don't forget Ceres Burn I've lifted many a fine wee half pounder from this burn from Ceres down through Dura Glen to where the burn joins the Eden.

Google Map Reference 56.319072, -3.008123

Checked 28/06/18

Largo Burn


Just indulging in nostalgia, this is where I caught my second trout, a beautiful 10 oz specimen. I spotted it in a small group of trout and cast a fat worm to him and he shot forward beating all others to the prize. I heaved him out without ceremony and still remember my father's shock at the size of the fish, a whopper.

Permits, who knows, doubt there are any. I just put it on Spinfish because.

Google Map Ref for the exact spot I caught that fish 56.215238, -2.949376

ps there is a lovely wee pool below the bridge at the foot of a bonnie waterfall.

14/09/18

Leven


River Leven Angling Club

I have known this river since the time you could smell it a hundred yards before you saw it, a filthy sewer. Then it started to clean up as pollution was controlled in the 1950s to 60s. A school friend and I shared the catch of the first salmon for generations fishing at Kirklands Dam where the Pipe crosses over to the sawmill (washed away in a 1960s flood). Today the Leven has an A2 clasification for water purity and some 50 salmon a year are caught.

Now under new management by the River Leven Angling Club they have 16 miles plus fishing or the Ore. All fishing is catch and release. I wish them well in reviving this great wee river. My grandad would be chuffed for when he fished the Ore a 100 years ago the fishing was very good and I am sure it and the Leven can be great once more.

Tickets available from Deals on Reels in Cowdenbeath (season and day tickets) and Windygates Village (day tickets)store.

Google Map Reference 56.189152, -3.048401

Checked 02/07/18

Ore


This river was, like the Leven, a shocker until the 1960's. Destroyed by the coal mining indusrty (plus the paper mills and distillery creating quite a cocktail). It gradually recovered as a result of the efforts of the Forth Purification Board who installed a massive pipe to carry away sewage. As the out pourings from the old coal measures were dealt with the river started to flow clear through waving weed beds in parts from Loch Ore down to Thornton after which it takes on a more streamy character. I remember the stretch above the meetings with the Lochty Burn was very productive, 6 trout to the dry fly all 1 to 1.5lbs, tasted awful. Often wonder what it is like now.

Both the Leven and the Ore have good numbers of pike and perch especially on the Leven up at the Cut where the river exits Loch Leven.

Google Map Reference 56.171712, -3.121686

Checked 02/07/18

Motray Water

There is this little burn flowing from near Leuchars to Gaurdbridge that once gave me a red letter day of fine trout to the dry fly. I could do no wrong, might work for you, its small but perfectly formed.

Google Map Ref 56.387907, -2.906948


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