Fishing for the truth about angling in Scotland
SCOTLAND finished among the medal winners for the first time at the World Fly Fishing Championships yesterday after an amazing final day team recovery. Hosting the ‘blue riband’ event, the Scottish team under manager George Mackenzie rallied to climb from 9th place on Tuesday to take the bronze medal behind England and France at the…
Continue ReadingHOSTS Scotland need a dramatic turn of fortunes today after struggling badly on the second day of the World Fly Fishing Championships. Their position on the team leaderboard crashed from fourth to ninth behind all the other home nations. Hopes had risen that home waters would prove beneficial to the Scottish anglers, but lochs Awe…
Continue ReadingSKYE was majestic last week as only Skye can be when the sun pours down endlessly from the heavens. Even at midnight it was still shining, casting an eerie orange glow from below the horizon into the velvet blue northern sky. We were sereneded by cuckoo, curlew, oystercatcher and lark. Snipe thrummed in the evening…
Continue ReadingHome team hopes are high of medal success in this year’s World Fly Fishing Championships which for the first time take place in Scotland.
Continue ReadingA GROUND-BREAKING agreement between netsmen and anglers to conserve spring salmon runs in some of Scotland’s best known west coast waters, has been struck by the Lochaber District Salmon Fishery Board (LDSFB). The deal which covers rivers like the Lochy, Coe, Shiel and Leven, will run for six years, and delivers: zero netting until May…
Continue ReadingA STRONG Scotland sea angling team ran out deserved victors in this year’s Home Nations Boat Championships out of Scrabster, but were pushed all the way by a determined England squad in one of the closest contests in recent years, according to the Angling Trust. Scotland Team: Left to right: Dave Proudfoot, Bryce Watson, Mike…
Continue ReadingTHIS, or at least a very close cousin, is set to occupy my attention for the next few days in one of the UK’s most scenic fly-fishing locations. Loch Fada on Skye is home to one of the most prolific mayfly hatches you are likely to encounter anywhere in the UK. They are in your…
Continue ReadingRUBBISH anywhere is a sorry sight. And sadly is a reflection on our society today, one where even a little respect for the places where we live and play, seems to have evaporated. The carefree “chuck it” brigade are no strangers to angling unfortunately, as anyone who has visited the banks of some of our…
Continue ReadingCanadian study condemns beavers as having a ‘major adverse impact’ on migratory fish such as salmon and sea trout.
Continue ReadingMOTHERWELL angler David McAuley narrowly missed lifting Scotland’s richest fishing prize for the second time in two years today, when he was narrowly beaten into second place in the final of Ayrstrike 2009 by 0.9kg. The top spot, and a prize of £3000 went to Ian Fewtrell from Wigan with a bag of carp, rudd,…
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