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PITLOCHRY ANGLING CLUB
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News: Monday 27th June
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Salmon total:
123 Ladder counter: 2125 Largest: 28lbs
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Salmon Garry Pinkerton,
fishing Portnacraig last Monday, had his first ever salmon, a 9lbs fish on a
flying c. Well done Garry in difficult conditions. Alistair Young tempted one
up on Lower Tummel, on Friday on a sunray shadow, a 8.5lbs fish but that was
it for the week. The water levels are very low but despite that the counter
is ticking along so fish are running and the first grilse have been recorded
lower down the system. Today in bright
conditions Marc Whelan was up on the beat early,4am, and was rewarded with 2
fish. One at 5lbs and one at 11lbs, both on a small stoat’s tail. Newtyle Summer Fishing. PAC members have 2 rods each day
throughout June and July on the Newtyle beat of the Tay, just below Dunkeld.
All club members are encouraged to have a day/evening on this lovely,wide Tay
beat where the chance of a summer salmon is always there and where the trout
fishing is reputed to be excellent. Sea trout will also be encountered as
dusk falls. Full details of the cost and arrangements can be had from Simon
at Quayles tackle shop who will take bookings and hand out keys, permits etc. |
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Innes Smith with a 12lbs, fly caught, pike on a local loch |
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Ticket outlets; www.Fishtay.co.uk and
Pitlochry Tourist Information Centre Tel no. 01796472215 Trout
News 29th
FIPS-Mouche WORLD FLY FISHING
CHAMPIONSHIPS Scotland 2009 You may know that the World Fly Fishing
Championships were held in Scotland for the first time last week and were a
great success. England won the team
event and had the World Champion in Ian Barr.
France came second and Scotland, to their great credit after a poor
second day, came third. This is the highest place we have ever had in the
team positions. Individual and Team placings, numbers of fish caught and
points from the various venues can be found on the official website (www.worldflyfishingchampionships2009.com) under Results. What you might not be aware of is the
extent that Pitlochry AC was involved.
I was one of five people from SANA on the Organising Committee. I also
organised and chaired the Conservation Symposium that FIPS-Mouche requires
each country to run and helped Sandy Forgan who was in charge of the River
Tay Sector. The River Tummel was
donated as one of three river venues for the Official Practice Day and Jimmy
Ross and Gordon Hanslip were Controllers on the River Tay for the three days
of the Championships and contributed a lot in other ways. Dr Neil McCarry, the main Scottish
organiser, became worryingly unwell at the outset, although he completed his
official tasks at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and some more. Fortunately, we had a lot of help from the
many people that were drafted in for the numerous tasks and we all worked our
butts off and made the event happen. Twenty-seven countries took part,
although only twenty-three had the full complement of five team members, a
reserve, a manager, sometimes even a fly-tier. A few countries verged on being
professional, others were more laid-back and it tended to show in the overall
results. All of the team members were
required to fish once, in three-hour sessions, on Lochs Awe, Leven, the Lake
of Menteith, Carron Valley Reservoir and the River Tay (around Stanley). As everybody was based at Drymen, it was a
big logistics task to bus them on time to the venues (two daily except
Tuesday which was a single-session day).
The routine was to be up before 06.00 for a very early breakfast and
get into the correct bus (!) by the appointed departure time, usually 06.30
to 7.00. Sandy Forgan and I drove
separately Drymen to Stanley Mill to arrive before the Controllers and the
buses. We tended to be last to leave
as well and had a lot to do back at the hotel each night. No doubt the same kind of mayhem went on
at the other venues, but we did not have time to enquire! The score-crunching went on each afternoon
and well into the evening and the session results had to be posted quickly in
the two main hotels and given to the team captains. I guess that none of us would want to do it
all again, but there was a lot of fun and camaraderie, a great buzz
throughout and the Gala Dinner and subsequent celebrations were
unsurpassable. I would just add that
if you want to get involved in another World Championships, the next is in
Poland, try to get on the Team, not on any managing group. |
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Parasite threat If you have fished abroad recently, or are from abroad and are going to be fishing in the UK, please read this important item carefully. The Tay Board’s recommendation is that all anglers sign a declaration before they are allowed to fish that their equipment (including bags, waders, landing nets, lines) has not been used outside the UK recently, or if it has, that it has been disinfected by thorough drying at a minimum of 20oC for at least two days, or by other approved means. This is because of
the concern that anglers who have fished abroad recently could, unless they
take precautions, bring in a highly virulent parasite Gyrodactylus salaris
on their fishing equipment, which would have disastrous consequences to
Scottish salmon. The parasite is present in It is not just
salmon anglers who need to take precautions. We get visitors from Scandinavia
and the continent who fish for grayling on our internationally famous stretch
of the River Tummel, for example, and anglers from While PAC is not yet asking anglers to sign a declaration before fishing, we do expect all anglers who have fishing equipment that has been used abroad in the last few months to ensure that it has been properly disinfected before fishing. There is further information on the FishTay website (see below).
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Other useful local information...... For information on other
fishing available locally, visit the FishTay and Fishing in Perthshire websites or click on Fishing Centres on the Angling in Tayside website. FishTay is also good for detailed river height
information across the whole
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