Bill Rankin and Alister McGilvery were out on Loch Eck on 8th Oct. Bill caught three nice fish, the biggest was 2.5 lbs and the others were half pounders, all returned safely. All caught on the fly … Well done !
Bill’s sea trout
Worthy winner of the competition was Bill Rankin with his 3lb Sea-Trout … well done Bill ! Twelve members fished during the week, a good turn-out for the time of year, The weather was terrific, blue sky, gentle light breezes, but unfortunately not the ideal conditions for Loch Eck. Hopefully next year will bring a bigger response and more favorable weather for trophy.
Winner of the largest fish at the Reservoir was John Pickett Sr with 1lb 15oz, in second place Jake Chambers with 1lb 12oz
A wee reminder that the fly tying classes start on the 1st October at 19.30 in the Edward Street Community Center. Get some tuition from the experts, tools and materials can be provided if necessary. Come along and join in the fun.
This years winner of the Pittman Competition is John Pickett Sr with 5 fish for 9lb 15oz, his biggest fish was 2lb 10oz.. Well done John ! Twenty five members fished this week with only seven weighing in, 34 fish were caught including those who didn’t weigh in. John Pickett Sr and Jake Chambers will have a fish-off on Tuesday for the biggest fish.
This beautiful full finned brownie was caught by Lee Lindop last week on the Loskin, nice fish in there by the way, and here is the proof.
Reminding members that the Loch Eck Competition runs this year from the 26th September to the 3rd October with the exception of Sunday 27th September, members wishing to fish please book a boat for their chosen day at Campbell’s Paint Shop, limit is one salmon and two sea-trout. Weigh-in at the boathouse at 6pm.
A reminder that the annual Pittman Competition is on from the 20th – 27th September at Dunoon Reservoir, members are reminded to purchase a permit for their chosen day at Campbell’s Paint Shop, five fish limit, weigh-in at 6pm. Tight lines !
Result for the 1st semi-final for the Scottish Clubs Competition
Lee Lindop, Keith McKenzie and Bill Rankin came 17th out of 21 clubs taking part. It was a hard days fishing to this level of competition angling against the very best (21 teams were competing, including 5 previous winners), as can be seen by the result chart above. First place (not shown here) won with 25 fish, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places with 20 fish. The weather was not always kind to the angler, some rain, flat calm – strong breeze – small ripple and strong sunshine.
All had to fish with barbless or debarbed hooks with the first ten places up for grabs. Unfortunately a member of our team had his fly rod broken and could not fish thereafter.
Ahh … just another three fish !!
The Cameron Cup has again been won by Keith MacKenzie with four fish, not as good as last year however when he had six.
John Pickett Snr and Ronnie Ganley ran him a close second with three fish each.
If it had come down to deciding it on weight Keith would still have won with 9lbs 9ozs, next would have been John with 6lbs 14ozs followed by Ronnie with 6lbs 12ozs. So quite tight !
Dunoon and District Angling Club 