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The
fishing changes from right bank to left bank once you cross over Erriff
Bridge. Almost the entire stretch of this water is fished
from the right bank. This beat fishes a maximum of three
rods and is one of the longest beats on the river. It
can be accessed by road from 3 car parking areas.
It is characterised by long deep pools from the top of
the beat to the Quarry Pool situated in the middle of
the beat. The gradient then changes from this point downstream
to Erriff bridge and there is much more running water.
The stretch has three named pools - McGuire's Pool, the
Road Reach and the Dog Pool and this stretch continues
right down to where Finnegan's Stream joins the main river
on the right bank. It is not the most interesting stretch
of fly water as much of it is relatively featureless apart
from the Dog Pool - nevertheless it is excellent deep
holding water that fishes best on either a falling spate
or in a good upstream wind. In the past it held good stocks
of decent sized Sea Trout and there was good night fishing
for Sea Trout there.
The Quarry Pool is undoubtedly the
most popular pool on the beat and it holds both Spring
salmon and grilse throughout the season. It can be fished
from Finnegan's Stream right to the glide at the bottom
of the pool. There are two faster stretches of water downstream
in the Quarry Pool Run and The Bend and they do produce
fish given the right conditions. There are several small
pools further downstream towards the Weir Pool and they
can produce grilse when the river is fining down after
a spate.
Deadman's Pool is the next major pool and it
is a good deep holding pool for grilse. It fishes best
from the right bank - fish are normally taken at the run
at the head of the pool and at the broad glide area at
the tail of the pool. There are three pools downstream
to Erriff Bridge namely the Blue Slate Pool, The Egg Timer
and The Oak Tree Pool - all these pools fish best for
grilse on a falling spate and are probably best accessed
from the left bank from the bridge upstream. It is possible
to cross the river at the bottom of Deadman's but only
in low water conditions.
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