Competition Results 2010

Unfortunately for the thirteen anglers that braved the cold conditions, the fishing never really materialised due to the low water temperatures.

There were plenty of flies around but only two or three fish were seen breaking the surface.

It was one of those days where you just have to go through the motions and hope your flies get in front of a willing fish. Fly pattern doesn’t seem to be that crucial in these conditions.

There were two fish successfully landed and both were in good condition. When the water warms up some of these over wintered trout are going to give a good account of themselves.

The anglers who were fortunate enough to land a fish were Kenny Riddell who’s fish of 2lb 12oz earned him first place and Paul Toseland’s early fish of 1lb 15oz gained him a second.

Both anglers now have a healthy lead in the Championship race.

JOHN CAMERON TROPHY – 20th June Upper Fintray

Eight anglers turned up for this one and conditions before the start looked quite promising.
Overcast skies and good water clarity should have helped to put plenty fish in the net but as usual, the fish hadn’t read the script.

There was the odd ‘riser’ but the majority of fish that were hooked came up ‘blind’ to a well presented dry fly or a swung wet fly.

A couple of good sea trout were landed by Kenny Riddell, the biggest estimated at a massive 6lbs. The competition is for brown trout only and Kenny was also unlucky to lose some brownies he hooked on the wet fly.
Richard McHattie landed and released a brown trout of around 3lb on a klinkhamer and the only other anglers to net a fish that counted were Paul Toseland with a brown at 27cm and Keith McHattie slightly smaller at 26cm.

President’s Trophy 25th July – Butterstone Loch

Butterstone was once again the venue for the ‘away’ competition of the season. Eleven anglers made to the trip, meeting at 6 a.m. at the bothy. First stop was McDonald’s near Forfar to fuel up for the day. The loch was flat calm on arrival and fish could be seen rising all over.

There weren’t enough outboards to go round so rowing was the order of the day.
Fish were caught right from the start and many were tempted from the shallower east side of the loch. The morning seemed to be the time that most anglers caught the majority of their fish. Top flies ranged from boobies and blobs, to diawl bachs and crunchers. The fish were in good condition and fought very hard.

In all there were 43 fish caught including a couple of blues and a brownie.

There was also a rod captured complete with reel, line, flies and a fish!
Richard McHattie had laid his rod down in order to turn his boat slightly and that was the exact time that a fish grabbed his fly and pulled the rod overboard. Thankfully he was using a floating line and this kept appearing on the surface whenever the fish slowed down.

Ernest MacKay was the one who finally managed to hook the fly line and recover the rod, complete with fish.

Unfortunately the wind got up and having to row against it certainly tired the guys out. Many were pleased when the fishing finally ended at 5 p.m.

Everyone caught fish but Kenny was the clear winner with 9 fish, second was Mike Cordiner with 5 fish for 11lb 7oz and Ernie MacKay had 6 fish for 10lb 14oz.

This result certainly makes things interesting at the top of the leader board.