Fishing for the truth about angling in Scotland
ONE OF Scotland’s best-known ghillies has died. Colin Leslie, who for more than 50 years was responsible for the Cargill beat of the Tay, was reknowned as “Scotland’s Salmon King”. During his lengthy service, his angling guests included American millionaire Nelson D. Rockefeller, New Zealand’s King of the Maoris, the Japanese ambassador, and Field Marshall…
Continue ReadingIT WAS something of a catch for Scottish sea angling campaigners. The lads from the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) persuaded environment and rural affairs minister Richard Lochhead to join them yesterday for a spot of fishing in Luce Bay to mark the launch of the Government’s special report into the economics of sea…
Continue ReadingSEA ANGLING in Scotland is to have its first strategic development plan, environment minister Richard Lochhead pledged today. A working group will be set up within the next three months to examine how best to promote the sport –revealed in a major study published today to be be worth more than £140 million a year…
Continue ReadingTHE ORGANISERS of Sharkatag, the biggest single sea angling conservation exercise mounted in the UK, have just published their report on the event. It makes interesting reading. The three-day tagging marathon held from 12-14 June in the western Solway area of south-west Scotland, was in itself an undoubted success, attracting more than 200 anglers from…
Continue ReadingReview: ‘Saving Scotland’s Salmon’ Derek Mills :: Medlar Press :: £25.00 IT IS something of a paradox that the Atlantic salmon is one of the most regulated fishes in the world, yet today seems to be as threatened and as much at risk as ever. The so-called king of fishes has inspired generations of naturalists,…
Continue ReadingI’VE NO idea if J. M Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, ever went fishing as a lad. With nine siblings, one of whom died in a tragic skating accident, it may be possible that the young weaver’s son from Kirriemuir might have dropped a line into the waters of Kirrie Den while wiling away…
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