The Club is unique in the Clyde River System in that we are the only Association that operate both a hatchery & rearing ponds to supplement the wild fish stock with local indigenous Brown Trout thus maintaining the genetic integrity of the Avon Water strain of Trout.
The Hatchery at Work.
A Big Thanks to Vid of River Clyde Fishing who gave up his time to make this excellent video of the Hatchery Team Stripping Trout.
See also video below – which shows some fish being stocked early in 2013 –
Brown Trout Spawn in November.
![Nurturing The Eggs in The Freeze Up 11thdec2010 Nuturing the Eggs](http://www.upperavonangling.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/11thdec20101-225x300.jpg)
Step 3 Nurturing the Eggs during the winter – the difficulty we have had in the harsh winter was keeping the eggs ice free.
![The Interior of the Hatchery Hatchery](http://www.upperavonangling.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/hatch1-300x225.jpg)
Step 4. The Eggs are grown into fry in the 1st year of their life (it takes 12 to 16 weeks for them to become fry).
![Rearing Ponds Rearing Ponds](http://www.upperavonangling.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC002101-300x225.jpg)
Step 5. The Trout in the second year of there life are then moved into the rearing ponds – to allow them to grow & allow them to feed on natural food (they are well protected from predators by the nets etc.)
![The Quality of UAAA Trout for Stocking UAAA Stock Fish](http://www.upperavonangling.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC015352-300x225.jpg)
Final Step. Brown Trout ready to stock into the Reservoir or River. It takes 3 years to produce a fish like this ready to stock. The Trout we produce are of a much higher quality than an Angling Club can buy from a commercial fish farm.
UAAA Brown Trout for stocking – are taken only from local indigenous fish. Which means the genetic integrity of the local trout population in maintained. Our trout are not intensively reared – which means that they are fin perfect & look like any wild trout.
We stock only to improve the local angling resource.
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