River Stinchar

District Salmon Fishery Board

What We Do

The River Stinchar DSFB works to raise the profile of the economic, cultural and environmental importance of the River Stinchar to the local area, both among residents and visiting anglers.

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Salmon Fishing

The Stinchar is one of the most productive of the Ayrshire salmon rivers and it has some excellent fly water. The Stinchar is a typical west coast spate river – fishing is at its best in a falling water immediately after a summer or autumn spate.

The Fishings >

The River

The Stinchar has its headwaters in the Carrick Forest to the north of the Galloway Forest Park, and flows from its source north before turning south westward through Barr, Pinwherry and Colmonell to enter the sea at Ballantrae.

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