The Water of Leith is Edinburgh's urban wild trout river — a small stream that rises in the Pentlands, runs through Balerno and Colinton and Dean Village and Stockbridge before emptying into the Firth of Forth at Leith, and somewhere along the way holds a population of genuine wild brown trout that have been in residence for longer than the city. You can fish it in the middle of Edinburgh, within earshot of the traffic on the A90 and ten minutes' walk from the Gallery of Modern Art, which is either delightful or ridiculous depending on your mood. The river is managed by the Water of Leith Trust and permits are cheap and accessible. The fish are not large but they are genuinely wild and they rise well to small dry flies and spiders through the summer. A proper curiosity, and better fishing than it has any right to be.
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