Its the final round of the Tarsan Competition this Saturday (8th), here’s hoping for some better weather and good catches.
Loch Tarsan
Seven members competed on a very windy day with a high water level … winner Keith McKenzie (You don’t want to know how few fish were caught)
Although it might be worth including a wee warning to those anglers who hang a bag of fish caught from one of the rowlocks. A competitor, who shall remain anonymous, did so and lost two fish, which presumably floated out the bag when no-one was watching ! At least it provided considerable hilarity for the rest of the members ! ( The person involved has already had the Macaulay Tankard )
A group of lung cancer patients from the Oncology Unit at Inverclyde Royal Hospital and Cowal Hospice and Therapy Services (CHATS) enjoyed a day of fly fishing at Loch Tarsan last Wednesday, courtesy of Argyll Fisheries Trust and Dunoon and District Angling Club.
The outing was based on the Casting for Recovery programme, which is specially designed for people recovering from cancer surgery or treatments, and utilises the same range of muscle movements in exercise programmes to aid recovery.
Everyone agreed the day was a huge success and as well as patients learning a new hobby they also benefited greatly from being with others with similar experiences.
It was their third annual visit to Tarsan.They had 7 members fishing, 28 fish caught, best fish 1.5 lbs.
In their thank-you letter, they said it had poured down with a blustery wind all day,
“but we all enjoyed it with some nice catches” – and went calm for the last hour,
when “We couldn’t see our cars for midges!”
Nice to hear of happy visiting anglers !
Lovely evening at Tarsan, dry with light intermittent breeze,
but, as usual, hunners o’ midges!
Results –
Lee Lindop 10
Bill Rankin 6
Jake Chambers 5
Harry Lindop 2
(4 others competed, but had nowt to weigh-in.)
So Lee has won the Tarsan Moth Competition Quaich this year.
Six members weighed in at the Tarsan Boathouse for the fourth Tarsan competition on Saturday, 20 June 2015.
The weather was kind, overcast with a slight breeze and all six competitors caught fish.
The top rod of the day was Lee with 10 fish at 9lb 4 ozs.
Paul was second with 8 fish at 7lb 4 ozs
Bill was third with 8 fish at 7lb 2ozs
Jake -7 fish at 5lb 3 ozs
Harry – 3 fish at 2lb 13 ozs
Keith – 3 fish at 2lb 1 oz
Paul had the heaviest fish of the day of 1lb 12 ozs, which is the heaviest fish to be weighed in so far at a Tarsan competition this year, with one more competition to go.
The next Tarsan competition is Saturday 8th August 2015, bank fishing only 12 noon start and weigh-in 6pm at the boathouse. New members will be made welcome.
Vice President Bill Rankin fished the Tarsan the other evening and wrote ….
Fished the evening before the stocking in Tarsan and took eight fish … four of them were around the 3/4 to 1lb mark, the fifth fish weighed in at 1lb 7oz (see photo), the other three were quite small. There are still big fish in there !
Seven members weighed in at the Tarsan boathouse for the third Tarsan competition on Saturday 23 May 2015. We all had a good day’s fishing and the weather was kind to us, compared to the last two competitions. Everyone caught fish, some more than others and the top rod for the day was Lee Lindop with 10 fish weighing 5lb 9 ozs. The heaviest fish to date is one of 15 ozs, also caught by Lee. The next Tarsan competition is Saturday 24th June 2015, bank fishing only and weigh-in 6pm at the boathouse. New members will be made most welcome.
1st Lee Lindop (10) … Bill Rankin (6) … Keith McKenzie (6) …Jake Chambers (6) .. John Pickett Jr (2) .. Harry Lindop (2)
All results posted on the “Results tab”
Have now been informed that the water level on the loch is now back to normal, and fishing well ! … Tight lines !
Dunoon and District Angling Club 