A work party is organized, on the 16th Aug up the River Ruel, for fixing styles and fences, help required if anyone has a spare couple of hours that day.
Its the final round of the Tarsan Competition this Saturday (8th), here’s hoping for some better weather and good catches.
The outing to Loch Frandy took place on Saturday 18th July, 13 members attended, conditions were very hard on the day with strong winds and squally showers but that didn’t dampen our spirits for a very enjoyable day !
The results were….. Heaviest catch was Ronnie Ganley with 3 fish for 6lb 12oz, John Pickett Sr caught the heaviest fish at 3lb, and the total catch for 13 members was 14 fish for 32lb 3oz.
After fishing all members went to The Inn at Yetts of Muckart for a very enjoyable meal, followed by the results and presentations for heaviest bag and heaviest fish.
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 !
It has been decided to resurrect the Loch Eck Trophy this year, the competition will run from 26th September until the 3rd October, with the exeption of Sunday 27th. Members participating will book their boat and day in the usual manner at Campbell’s Paint Shop. There will be two trophies awarded, first for the biggest fish and second for the biggest overall basket taken.
Catch limit to be one salmon, two seatrout
Any legal method may be used.
Weigh-in to be at the boathouse at 6 pm each night.
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.
The One Day Competition at the reservoir was a bit of a non-event, there was only one permit sold for the day and nobody turned up for the weigh-in. I guess the wind and rain was just too much on the day .. there is always next year !
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