Endrick Water

The Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association controls much of the fishing on the River Endrick. Click on the image to visit their website.

The Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association controls much of the fishing on the River Endrick. Click on the image to visit their website.

Salmon Season

Salmon from 11 Feb to 31 Oct

Sea Trout from 1 May to 31 Oct

 

Description of the River Endrick Water

The Endrick Water or River Endrick in Stirlingshire starts in the Fintry hills as the Burnfoot Burn and Backside Burn which combine and flow 20 miles into the eastern end of Loch Lomond near Balmaha. The River Endrick offers good salmon and sea trout fishing.

The Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association have extensive exclusive stretches reserved for full members. Other private stretches, mostly on the lower reaches, allow access to their member.  Mostly fly only.

Headwaters of the Endrick. The Endrick Water just south of the junction of Backside Burn and Burnfoot Burn

Headwaters of the Endrick

Photo © Copyright Louise Harris and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Start of the River Endrick? The shallow pool below the dam is a result of rain water and a little leakage from a sluice, not overflow. Despite a high volume of flow coming down the Endrick we can see there is no flow over the dam at all. The river effectively stops here and is subject to total abstraction by the Carron system through a sluice on the far side of the dam.

Start of the River Endrick? The shallow pool below the dam is a result of rain water and a little leakage from a sluice, not overflow. Despite a high volume of flow coming down the Endrick we can see there is no flow over the dam at all. The river effectively stops here and is subject to total abstraction by the Carron system through a sluice on the far side of the dam.

Photo © Copyright Robert Murray and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

River Endrick near Carron Valley Reservoir

River Endrick above Carron Valley Reservoir

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Endrick Water Monitoring station and weir downstream of compensation outflow.

Endrick Water Monitoring station and weir downstream of compensation outflow.

 Photo © Copyright Robert Murray and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Spectacular series of waterfalls on the Endrick Water that drop approx. 30m over a fault. This photo was taken after days of heavy rainfall. At other times the Loup is a disappointment due to total abstraction of its flow further upstream at a dam above the Carron Reservoir. On this occasion the flow was restored to near its natural state by a combination of heavy contributions from burns and some compensation water from the Carron abstraction system.

Spectacular series of waterfalls on the Endrick Water that drop approx. 30m over a fault. This photo was taken after days of heavy rainfall. At other times the Loup is a disappointment due to total abstraction of its flow further upstream at a dam above the Carron Reservoir. On this occasion the flow was restored to near its natural state by a combination of heavy contributions from burns and some compensation water from the Carron abstraction system.

Photo © Copyright Robert Murray and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Endrick Water from the bridge at Gonachan Cott

Endrick Water from the bridge at Gonachan Cott

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Looking upstream from the aqueduct towards Dalnair House near Crotamie and the confluence with the Catter Water. A view lost to rail travellers since the railway closed in 1959.

Looking upstream from the aqueduct towards Dalnair House near Crotamie and the confluence with the Catter Water. A view lost to rail travellers since the railway closed in 1959.

Photo © Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

The River Endrick as it flows under Drymen Bridge.

The River Endrick as it flows under Drymen Bridge.

Photo © Copyright John McLeish and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Endrick Water within the Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve.

Endrick Water within the Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve.

Photo © Copyright James T M Towill and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Local Tips and Advice on the River Endrick Water

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Fishing Links for the River Endrick

  • Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association The club has salmon, sea trout and brown trout and coarse fishings including Loch Lomond, River Clyde, Endrick Water, Fruin Water, River Leven in Dunbartonshire. Day Tickets available for most waters.