FISHING SOUTHERN SCOTLAND?
RIVER ANNAN WEBSITE
Contains details of all the fishing available on the river
Produced with the kind cooperation of the owners and angling clubs on
the River Annan in Dumfriesshire, Southern Scotland
RAIN AT LAST Thursday 18th June, 2009. Still up a foot or so,
nice and clean and has a sparkle about it which always inspires confidence.
SEPA site only updates on here at around 7am each day, for the latest or if you prefer feet and inches
go to fishpal.com (formerly Fishannan) and click on River Levels
But DO check the time since this is updated at ROUGHLY 12 hour intervals (somewhere between 6pm and 8pm usually)
April 2009 Brown Trout season has started it's 18C, mid 60's F and the five pounders are sipping down dark olives.
So where are you?? From £12 per day and no Rod Licence required. Five and 6 pound WILD brown trout that haven't seen a fly with a hook in it since last September
Brown trout 5 plus pounds Upper Beat, Stephen Aitken "tail like a shovel", tiny Light Olive in June, returned
And on 11th May, 2009, Upper Beat, Light Olive again, Stephen Aitken, around 5 pounds, returned
Planning your fishing trips for 2009?
You don't need a rod licence in Scotland.
The Annan is not far north of Carlisle, it's about 35 miles long and has 14 beats open to visiting anglers.
Until September day permits are available from £10 to about £35.
After mid September, when its purely salmon fishing, prices range from £25 a day to about £75,
but proportionately less by the week. On some beats you can just turn up and buy a permit on the day,
on others it's advisable to book in advance. Your source for online booking/availability of permits
for most of the river is Fishannan.co.uk or phone 01573 470612
Let us examine your chances of catching a fish, taking the mighty Tay as an example. The Tay is a world famous Scottish salmon river, it is a HUGE river, 15 times the size of the Annan and certainly costs 15 times as much to take a rod. So it produces 15 times as many salmon?? Well no it produces about six times as many actually. Simple arithmetic tells us that an individual angler has more chance of catching a fish on the Annan than on Tay, or Tweed, or any of the other more famous rivers, and at considerably less cost.
There are private stretches you and a couple of companions can book for a week and there's Association water which is surprisingly under fished. It's an excellent sea trout river and 2004 saw the biggest run of salmon anyone has ever seen!!
There are dozens of B & B's; Lots of nice hotels; There are holiday cottages to let; Award winning Caravan and Camping sites with the river a couple of hundred yards away.
Contact the webmaster for further information Andy
Dickson, UAAA, Braehead, Woodfoot, Moffat, Dumfriesshire. DG10 9PL. Telephone
01683 300592
Grayling and Coarse Fishing
is available on some beats during some part of the salmon close season (15th November to 25th February) Of course you can fish for coarse fish or grayling during the salmon season as well if you wish.
Contact Upper Annandale AA, Annandale Estates,
Kirkwood, Hoddom, or contact Fishery Manager at Newbie, Tel. 01461 202608)
Or book online at Fishannan.co.uk or phone 01573 470612
Grayling, 21 inches, approx 4 pounds, would be Scottish record but no witnesses so returned Applegarth Beat 17th May, 2006 Tony Donnely
Oh and by the way a NUMBER of Scottish record size Grayling have been caught in the Annan in recent years. Non of them are official because the fish was either killed or not enough evidence, just the angler and his camera etc etc but the fish are there - literally in most cases since they were returned!!!
The current Scottish record Chub was caught on the Annan in 1999, see
Scottish Federation
for Coarse Angling and only a couple of miles away Scottish record Carp, Tench and Bream, have all come from Scotlands Premier Coarse Fishery, Castle Loch, Lochmaben. It is the only fishery in Britain to hold three records. To put it into perspective that's FOUR Scottish record fish from an area about 3, maybe 4 miles across.
Scotlands Premier Coarse Fishery, Castle Loch, Lochmaben.
Now holding three Scottish records.
The only fishery in Britain to hold three records.
Dormont
Lake Coarse fishery between Lockerbie and Annan, map on their page. Run by the guys at
Scottishproanglers
who are deeply involved in angling for special needs, angling for kids, fishing in schools programmes, and special teaching days. They are all about professional qualifications and caring and deserve support
Other Annan websites
FishAnnan.co.uk
Is now up and running and looking good.
Main difference from this site is you can book your fishing etc online with a credit card and its DONE.
You can also get messages sent to your mobile about river heights, fish catches etc etc.
It's kinda advanced!! Check it out. They also take 'phone bookings on 01573 470612
Annan and Borders Flyfishing
Keith Snow is a fishing instructor/guide based in Annan. Can arrange a fishing holiday package with instruction,
guiding, tackle and safety equipment or whatever combination you require. Seems he's an ex cop - there's a lot of us about!!
Damselflyfishing
Sue McNiven - Flyfishing guide and instructor
Scotster.com
New website for and about Scotland. Its different and new and will be
interesting to see where it goes
E &OE Any errors are mine and no fault of the people or organisations
shown on these pages.
Copyright (c) 1999/2009, all rights reserved E mail to Andy
Dickson, UAAA, Braehead, Woodfoot, Moffat, Dumfriesshire. DG10 9PL. Telephone
01683 300592
Most recent revision, 1st March, 2009
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5 pound brown, Upper Annan, dry fly, about to be returned
