The Deveron
The River Deveron is a famous and prolific salmon, sea trout and brown trout fishery and in terms of catches is consistently the fifth highest in Scotland. The Deveron is situated in North East Scotland within the counties of Aberdeenshire and Moray and has an overall catchment area of 1266 km² and a length of 96kms. The Deveron has a well deserved reputation as an angling river, with runs of spring, summer and often prolific runs of autumn salmon, through to its season's end on 31st October. Its sea trout which average 3lbs with specimens up to 10-12lbs caught regularly, also entice many anglers to the river as well as the fantastic brown trout fishing, available from May to July. The preliminary returns for the 2010 fishing season submitted to the River Deveron District Salmon Fisheries Board, RDevDSFB showed an overall catch of 4000 Salmon and Grilse and 1300 Sea Trout.
