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Fishing the Mystical River Deveron for Trout

Fishing the Mystical River Deveron for Trout

The River Deveron is highly regarded as a prestigious Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout fishery, and home to the largest fly caught Salmon in Scotland. For the best salmon fishing the visiting angler would be hoping for recent rainfall and the river running with good water levels. During those period...
River Deveron Trout Monitoring

River Deveron Trout Monitoring

We were fortunate to join the Deveron, Bogie & Isla Rivers Charitable Trust on their Trout monitoring project. Each year the team head into the upper catchment and electro fish for a sample of large brown trout and record their size, weight, and take scale samples. The team are now tagging a...
Nutrient Restoration Trial Dee District Salmon Fishery Board

Nutrient Restoration Trial Dee District Salmon Fishery Board

In the past, the decaying carcasses of 100’s of adult salmon would fertilise the stream and create an environment which boosted the growth of young fish. Streams that lack dead adult salmon have fewer insects (less ‘fish food’), so that the surviving fish fry are smaller and from fewer parents. ...