Help is required for the boats in on 6th March at 10am for Loch Tarsan and also 13th March at 10am for Loch Loskin it would be nice to see some new faces there apart from the usual lads who turn out religiously every time ! The job wont take long, and remember many hands make light work.
Loch Tarsan
A cold and tranquil Loch Tarsan this morning, but look on the bright side, it’s only eight weeks till the start of the brown trout season, so get your rods and reels all ready for the big event …. It’s going to be a good year !
The result for the “Jimmy Docherty Rover Challenge Trophy” is shared this year between Bill Rankin and Paul McLean, well done guys ! The trophy was donated by Joe Docherty in memory of his father Jimmy, a member of this club in the early years.
The fifth and final Tarsan competition was held on Saturday, 8th August. The loch was high and the weather windy, making fishing challenging. Only five members weighed in and the top rod was once again Lee Lindop with 10 brown trout, at 6lb 4 0zs.
The top three competitors of this year’s Tarsan competitions will represent the club in the Scottish Nationals next season are as follows:
Ø Lee Lindop, 40 @ 27lbs 14ozs
Ø Bill Rankin, 22 @16lbs 3ozs
Ø Jake Chambers, 20 @ 14lbs 12 ozs
The P J Mackenzie trophy for the most fish caught over the four competitions was Lee Lindop. Paul McLean won the Tarsan cup for the heaviest fish of 1lb 12 ozs.
That’s it for the Tarsan competitions this season, see you all next season, new members always welcome.
Its the final round of the Tarsan Competition this Saturday (8th), here’s hoping for some better weather and good catches.
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.
