March Pool

 

The top of the beat begins with the appropriately named March pool. This is single bank fishing and the pool fishes well from our side. Fishes best when fish are running the river but also holds residents.

 

Doctors

 

Doctors pool also fishes easily from our side and fish tend to lie up in the lower part of the pool.

 

Wisp

 

By now we are double bank fishing. The wisp is a gentle glide into the Kemlin pool, which is the main holding pool on the beat. Fish tend to move into the Wisp from the deeper water in the Kemlin.

 

Upper and Lower Kemlin

 

These pools form a bend in the river, and tend to hold fish throughout the season. Easily fished from the left bank. The substantial fishing hut overlooks Kemlin and the pools below.

 

Donald’s Glide

 

The river exits the Kemlin pools and flows through Donald’s Glide. A subtle pool where fish may lie back from the Kemlin for some fresh water.

 

Chapeltown

 

A lovely pool which is deceptively deep and can hold some big fish, some of which have been hooked – and lost!

 

Burnmouth

 

As its name suggests, the Forgue burn enters the river towards the tail of this pool. The water rushes through a narrow neck and settles into a nice fishing pace. A good resting point for running fish.

 

Boat

 

The furthest downstream pool on the beat, it flows past Ferry Cottage. As the name suggests, a ferry used to operate here, transporting churchgoers from the Netherdale side of the river to Inverkeithny church on the opposite bank. A productive holding pool which can be fished from either bank, but probably best to cross over and fish from the right bank.