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25 Jul 10
It’s been a good week on the river. Heavy rain last weekend
brought up a run of fish and a number of grilse were reported along with a
good number of sea trout, many of the latter being a good size. Best fish of
the week that I know of was a 11.1/2lb hen fish returned by country member Joe
Johnston whom also retuned a 4lb grilse – well done Joe.
Unfortunately the water has now dropped away and the five day
forecast is mainly dry so it won’t be worth venturing too far until at least
the weekend.
Drummond Loch remains quite green and has recently been stocked and still fishable but it’s hard going for the
odd fish. Loch Turret however is fishing well.
Beaver Re-introduction – Do
you have a view? An article on
the potential effect is here
Information on the Earn water level is available based on the Dalginross (Comrie) and Kinkell Bridge monitoring stations. This is updated on an hourly basis and gives a good idea of the current level - visiting anglers would be well advised to check this when planning a trip. The graph shows the river level relative to a 'base level'. The base level represents a typical summer level in the river and has been calculated as the level that is exceeded for 95% of the time - it does not indicate the 'actual' height of the water. Anglers will therefore find it helpful to check the level given prior to setting out and then compare that with the actual water level in the area where they plan to fish. Future visits to the Earn site will therefore given them a point of reference on which to base any proposed trip to the river. As a guide, 0m in practice means very difficult conditions with slack water and increasing amounts of weed during the summer; so, it's not worth really venturing out. A level around +6-9 inches is a good medium height. A level at Comrie that is considerably above that at Kinkell often means either it has rained in the catchment area, or the Hydro Board have started generating, and the level over the whole length of the river is likely to rise as a consequence. For details of other, non-Tay system, rivers go the SEPA interactive map.
Club
Rules:
A
full list of the Club Rules can be found here.
Rainbows:
In
the interests of indigenous fish preservation all rainbow trout should be
killed.
Annual Catch Statistics
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