The Loch Eck Competition went ahead between the 02/10/21 and 09/10/21, there was a very poor number of entrants considering the number of members within Dunoon and District Angling Club.
A total of six members took part with only two 12 inch sea trout being caught on Tuesday by member Keith McKenzie.
No one fished Saturday the 2nd and Monday the 4th , Wednesday the 6th or Friday the 8th.
Tom and Graeme Henry fished hard on the Thursday with no fish caught Allan Miller, Bill Rankin and Joe Docherty fished on Saturday the 9th with only small brown trout to show for their efforts.
All in all it had been a very bad year for the whole of Scotland partly due to the long hot summer and very low water. Ah well there is always next year !
Competitions
Frandy : six members fished Frandy on Saturday 11th Sept.
There was 5 fish caught and 5 fish on and off the hook. A difficult day was had by all the anglers at Frandy, as a number of them came off the water stating this fact.
Overall winner of both outings – Lee Lindop
Heaviest fish over both outings – Ron Ganley
Graeme Henry … 4 fish and Winner of the Over 50’s Trophy at Loch Tarsan
Allan Miller … 3 fish
Keith McKenzie … 2 fish
Here is the result for the Tarsan heat 5 competition.
With the amount of rain over the past few days the water level was still about 10-12 ft from bottom of the Coll dam.
Lee Lindop 10 fish for 10 lbs 5.4 ozs
Ronnie Ganley 5 fish for 6 lbs 7.8 ozs
Graeme Henry 3 fish for 2 lbs 1.7 ozs
Lee Lindop – 10 fish 6lbs 1.1ozs
Allan Miller – 7 fish 7lbs 14.9ozs
Graeme Henry – 6 fish 4lbs 10.9ozs
Ron Ganley – 1 fish 1lb 1.4ozs
Again all enjoyed their day out.Weather stayed settled but warm with little wind, this made walking Tarsan a little hot under the collar
The Tarsan moth competition went ahead last night with only three people turning up, I think partly due to the England v Scotland match being on tv.
In first place was Lee Lindop with 10 fish for 9lbs 11ozs, in second place was Graeme Henry with 9 fish for 5lbs 10ozs is and in third place was Allan Miller with 4 fish for 4lbs 12ozs.
It was warm with a light breeze and a few fish moving with no midgies until the breeze died down then the midgies came out in force.
Ronnie Ganley 10 fish for 12lbs 10.1ozs
Allan Miller 3 fish for 3lbs 15.2ozs
Lee Lindop 3 fish 2lbs 9ozs
Simon Mullins 1 fish for 1lb 10.6ozs
Graeme Henry 1 fish for 0lbs 8.7ozs
The weather was foul at the start of the competition with rain and high winds, but the dog leg seemed to be the better side to fish as it was more sheltered.We had one competitor fall in – Tarsan at its best.
1 Graeme Henry – 10 fish for 14 lbs 15.4 ozs. also the heaviest fish at 2lbs 2.5 ozs
2 Ron Ganley – 10 fish for 14 lbs 3.1 ozs
3 Lee Lindop – 8 fish for 11 lbs 9.8 ozs
4 Harry Lindop – 4 fish for 6 lbs 4.5 ozs
5 David Halliday – 3 fish for 4 lbs 4.7 ozs
The weather did its usual, lovely sunshine with a biting North wind at times and snow/hailstones just to round it off. Everybody seemed to enjoy the day and the quality of the fish was a bonus.
The DDAC Competitions this coming year need to be be looked at with a view to try
and reconstruct them into a more amicable and enjoyable event.
If any member has an idea, please email the committee, all thoughts are welcome.
The Loch Tarsan five Saturday event has decreased over the years to a number not adequate enough to hold a proper competition. There was only two or three
members in 2019 that actually competed over the five Saturdays.
Which ended up with one winner going through to the SANACC National
Competition.
The SANACC Competitions: The National and the Scottish Clubs are not set in stone
within this club, they can be withdrawn, as it is dependent on the numbers fishing our
competitions, we have already withdrawn the one day challenge trophy.
We do recognise that not all members are competition minded, but for those
members who would like to join in, or members who enjoy the local events,
you do not need to go forward to the SANACC Competitions if so desired, after all
competitions are a fun day out, not just to win a place in the SANACC Comps.
The other events excluding the ‘Pitman trophy’ at the Reservoir were not that far
behind in numbers, generally around six or seven members enjoying a day out, a
few more would help improve the day’s enjoyment.
The Loch Eck trophy (or just a day’s fishing anytime) , has the ability to be a great
day out as one does not need to have special rods or flies, only what you would
need for Brown trout fishing, though heavier tippets is a help.
The benefit from joining in on the competitions is we all can learn from the anglers
who fish regular on our waters, after all, we are all members of the same club.
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