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River Carron (Stirlingshire)

River Carron (Stirlingshire) terrain map
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Not to be confused with the more famous salmon Carron in Wester Ross, this Carron is the Stirlingshire one — the river that runs through Denny and Larbert before joining the Forth below Grangemouth.

Prime · Brown Trout
Elk Hair Caddis · 12-16
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
75% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.22 m
  • Water temp13.3°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Elk Hair Caddis
Elk Hair Caddis12-16
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.22 m
Water temp13.3°C
ClarityClear
Weather11°C
WindNW 4 km/h
Pressure1021 hPa
Rain · recent15.2 mm
Rain · ahead8.1 mm

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

Water temperature for brown trout
Ideal
13°C est.ideal 1016°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for brown trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Excellent — water temperature is working for you, but time of day is the limiting factor today.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalModerate confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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GrannomHatch
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2
Evening SedgeHatch
2
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3
3
2
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
About this water

Not to be confused with the more famous salmon Carron in Wester Ross, this Carron is the Stirlingshire one — the river that runs through Denny and Larbert before joining the Forth below Grangemouth. It has had a hard industrial past and the lower reaches still show it, but the upper and middle river above Denny is a genuinely pleasant little wild trout stream, fished by local clubs and holding a good head of small to modest brown trout. It's proof of the thing Scottish anglers already know — that even the Central Belt's forgotten rivers can reward a patient fly fisher with a few hours of honest fishing if you know where to go. Day ticket fishing through Denny & District Angling Club and similar.

  • Mixed
The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 75%
How the 80 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity52 × 12%6.2
Conditions total= 80
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
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