Spent most of the morning on the River Avon at Linlithgow, fishing a stretch below the entry of the Mill Burn at Little Mill.
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No fish, but then I hardly expected any as it was a bit too early in the day for much to be happening, and it is unseasonably cold still.
There are rivers Avon all over the place, mostly in England, but the word itself derives from the Celtic "Abona", -Welsh "afon", meaning simply, "river". Our own Avon rises in the hills to the South of the River Forth, makes its way North through Slmannan, Avonbridge and Linlithgow Bridge before entering the Firth of Forth between Grangemouth and Bo'ness. Nearly all of it is accessible for fishing,mostly for Brown Trout but there are runs of Sea Trout and every year there's talk of the occasional Salmon. It also has a number of very pretty stretches, including one of the best wooded river valleys in Scotland in the form of the Avon Gorge. If it were 30 miles further north, there'd be a visitor centre, a cafe and several hundred brown road signs. If you fancy wetting a line here, you can get a day ticket for the stretch at Muiravonside Country Park.
There are rivers Avon all over the place, mostly in England, but the word itself derives from the Celtic "Abona", -Welsh "afon", meaning simply, "river". Our own Avon rises in the hills to the South of the River Forth, makes its way North through Slmannan, Avonbridge and Linlithgow Bridge before entering the Firth of Forth between Grangemouth and Bo'ness. Nearly all of it is accessible for fishing,mostly for Brown Trout but there are runs of Sea Trout and every year there's talk of the occasional Salmon. It also has a number of very pretty stretches, including one of the best wooded river valleys in Scotland in the form of the Avon Gorge. If it were 30 miles further north, there'd be a visitor centre, a cafe and several hundred brown road signs. If you fancy wetting a line here, you can get a day ticket for the stretch at Muiravonside Country Park.
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