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Trout Fishing at Carron
Valley
Carron Valley Reservoir,
created in the nineteen thirties by the flooding of the
upper valley of the River Carron, is one of the most scenic
trout fisheries in Scotland. Situated high in the Campsie
Fells - yet only a ten minute drive from Stirling, half an
hour from Glasgow and forty minutes from Edinburgh - the
loch offers boat and bank fly fishing for rainbow trout &
wild and stocked brown trout in magnificent surroundings.
Since
its completion in 1939, the 1000 acre reservoir has proved
an ideal habitat for the Carron's indigenous wild brown
trout population. Thriving on the rich feeding of the newly
flooded river valley and with easy access to its many
excellent spawning and nursery streams, the wild brownies of
the Carron Valley Reservoir are now well and truly
established, providing some of the best brown trout fly
fishing in Scotland. In addition, Carron Valley Fishery
stock quality rainbow trout giving some variety to the
fishing. There is also a population of wild Powan in the
loch.
Carron
Valley reservoir is almost four miles long and three
quarters of a mile at its widest point and set in an area of
outstanding beauty, where the trout angler can spend a day
drifting in and out of the many productive bays, casting a
team of flies in front of a solid, traditional,
clinker-built boat, with only the ospreys, buzzards, curlews
and oyster-catchers for company, or enjoy a leisurely stroll
along the bank, where hard fighting trout lie close in along
the varied shoreline just waiting to have a go at a well
presented Kate McLaren, Blae and Black or Peter Ross.
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Carron Valley Reservoir Map
The area around the loch is very popular
with walkers, ramblers, mountain bikers and nature lovers
and boasts a wide variety of wildlife, all thriving in
breathtaking surroundings, yet very accessible and within
easy reach of the densely populated central belt.
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