I fished it for years before when it was nice you could get fishing eveywhere on it but it then they stopped maintaining it basically only a few places you can get to now even at that it’s a snag festival it’s such a shame to see the weeds on the banking have grew out of control it needs a major haircut all the way up and down it
Up there at the end of April,must say been very tempted in the past. Have to find out the catch rates! Beautiful really is and looks like they take good care of the place too!!👍😄
Excellent,..oh well Lockdown has slain my early trip to Tweed..but thats barely over the border..Must put you on the radar for when I can.. looks very interesting and the setting is so historic...Cheers safe wading to all ..the video keeping me from wearying...Yes still use the Devon and will bring those Allys Shrimps and Cascades!Safe wading and hope you see a few springers Simon, Manchester
Would you be able to point me in the direction of how to get started with fishing? I'm confused about permits etc, I live in Stirling and haven't fished since I was a kid with my Dad but would love to take up the hobby again. Fly fishing preferable as it seems more enjoyable to me. Thanks.
Hi there, head to www.fishforth.org/rivers/river-almond/west-lothian-angling-association/ to book your e-permit for WLAA stretch on the River Almond. It covers from Kirkton Weir down to Linns Mill. At the moment, migratory fish can only be fished for from the canal feeder bridge in almondell country park but once the trout season begins, everywhere from the feeder bridge up to kirkton weir can be fished for trout.
Having the hills and the river more or less on my doorstep is why we decided to move here. Glad its the only place our son will probably remember living he was only one when we moved here.
Caught my first ever salmon in the Bannock in my early teens. Out of the big Falls Pool, seen in the video. Had numerous beautiful trout, up to 3lb, over the years me and my brother fished it. Spent our youth on it, and caught trout from below the spill at North Third, right down to the Clay Hole, below Bannockburn. Happy days indeed. What a burn. Full of cracking trout in those days. In the summer, we used to go and catch, by hand, lampreys.. Ugly buggers, them! Put them back, of course. Used to catch young elvers in the motorway culverts, below the A9.. How they ever got up there, still amazes me. When travelling north on the A9, passing over the Bannock Burn (sign), look left and you'll see a waterfall, created by iron girders. Well the deep trough that's been pounded out, by years of heavy spates, used to hold some tremendous trout. I watched a fulla, one day, catch a 6lb brown trout, in that very spot. What a fish! It must have been washed down from the loch, or maybe from Swanswater. Swanswater, when drained, has a pretty big natural burn running through it. It was good for browns, years ago, but I don't know now. Anyway, an absolute belter of a "troot". A lifetime of great memories spent on that burn. I would turn the clock back in a heartbeat.
Great video, I fished the Devon (trout/fly) many times when I was a lad. Unfortunately the wild trout fish population is sparse, that is fish over a few ounces anyway. It could really be doing with a long term stocking program to kick some life into the fishing. I could imagine it being a very popular place to fish if there were enough good sized trout to catch.
The river is a wild fishery and does not get stocked. Brown trout from 1-3lb have been caught in the river and the club have been noting that the average size of fish is increasing since stocking stopped and all anglers were encouraged to catch and release. This year, anglers have been reporting catching numbers in their teens and twenties when they headed out. Two anglers tackled the top of the fishery from castle hill down and managed 40 trout between them. The fish are there for sure.
@@fishingaroundtheforth It must have been around 2003 the last time i cast a line on the Devon, so a long time ago. It is good to hear of these improvements, hopefully the wild fish population will continue to flourish then and the local anglers get a good fishing experience from what is a beautiful little river.
depends. There are day permits, three montly permits and season permits. check out www.fishforth.org for permit information about the fisheries around the Forth
Lovely footage of a river I know well and miss very much. Forgive me, but the music's a wee bit OTT. It's not Coast or an Attenborough doc ;) Again, lovely footage though and a wee tear-or-two from here in Oregon. Thanks DAA :)
