SANACC

Sponsorship - 2011

International Loch Teams:

Once again the Board of the Lake of Menteith Fishery will sponsor the Spring and Autumn International Teams. This is the third year that the lake of Menteith has sponsored the teams and we are grateful to them for their continued support. The funding provided by them will be used to reduce the costs that would otherwise have to be paid by the individual team members.

Click here to visit the Lake of Menteith website

BVG Airflo and Flyfish Europe have sponsored the international loch teams for a number of years and will also do so again in 2011. We are pleased to report that six new sponsors are on board this year and they are Fishers, Pentland Ferries, Modus Building Services, Edmundson Electrical, Thrums Engineering Services and 7plus7 Construction. Click on BVG Airflo or Flyfish Europe or Fishers or Pentland Ferries or Edmundson Electrical or Thrums Engineering Services or 7plus7 to go to their respective websites.

Scottish National Trout Fly Fishing Championship:

The Glasgow Angling Centre will once again sponsor the National Championship by providing hook/fly measures, bass bags and prize vouchers and their website can be viewed by clicking on www.fishingmegastore.com

Scottish Club Championship:

In 2011 the Scottish Club Championship will be sponsored by Famous Grouse and The Angling Centre Stirling both of whom will provide prizes. Their websites can be visited by clicking on Famous Gouse or The Angling Centre Stirling.

Champion of Champions:

In 2011 the Scottish Club Champion of Champions will sponsored Famous Grouse and Snowbee both of whom will be providing prizes. Click on Snowbee to view their website.

The SANACC Committee wish to thank these sponsors for supporting our competitions and it would be appreciated if our members would in turn support them.

Fly Box Raffles

Boxes containing 140 flies tied by the 2011 International Loch Teams are being raffled at the heats for the Scottish National Trout Fly Fishing Championship.

The draw for the Spring International Team fly box was done at Lintrathen on 18th May after the heat there. The winner of the fly box was Bert Wason of Munnoch AC and £490 was raised for the team.

The International Teams wish to thank everyone who bought raffle tickets.

Newton Farm Fishery - Fundraiser, Sunday 17th April 2011

The fouth fundraiser of the year was held at Newton Farm Fishery on Sunday 17th April and was organised by Wullie Simpson, Captain of the Spring Team. Wullie had planned to hold this event earlier in the year to coincide with the reopening of the fishery but had to reschedule when the weather upset his plans. Rhona Gibson, fishery owner, very kindly offered to host the fundraiser on Sunday at the official opening.

The fishing was excellent and the heaviest bag on the day fell to Bill Barnes. The International Team Manager, John Ross, oficially opened the fishery and thanked the fishery owner, Rhona Gibson, for providing the opportunity to raise funds for the international teams.

photo - Rhona Gibson presents the winners prize to Bill Barnes

photo - Rhona Gibson(fishery owner) and John Ross(International Team Manager) opening the fishery

photo - the competitors

photo - heaviest fish

Arran View Fishery - Third Fundraiser of 2011

Ronnie Gilbert, Captain of the Autumn International Team, assisted by fellow International Team member Peter Auchterlonie organised the third fundraiser of the year at Arran View Fishery in Ayrshire and they were rewarded by another sellout event. Arran View is run by Anne and Jake Steven and they had made sure that there was no shortage of fish when the 59 competitors arrived there. Anne and Jake made everyone welcome and laid on breakfast to give everybody a good start to the day. They also provided lunch at the midway point and to round the day off tea/coffee was available to warm the competitors as they came off the water. We are doubly indebted to Anne and Jake as not only did they provide great catering and fishing they also put in a rod as the winners prize. The prizes for second and third were put in by Ronnie Gilbert.

We have been fortunate with the weather this year and once again we had a beauty of a day with the sun shining almost all day. The breeze was from the North and was a touch Arctic at times but neither the sun nor the cold breeze put the fish off. The trout were moving steadily throughout the day and each time the sun went behind a cloud the water was alive with fish. The fish came in all types and sizes with the largest of the day being one of 5lb 5oz which was taken by Tam Brown of Beith St Inans AC. There was a slight change on this occasion with the the first four fish being retained before going on to catch and release. Each fish returned earned the angler 1lb in weight. The 59 competitors netted 459 fish with two of them having 21 fish and another two having 19.

Our thanks to everyone who took part or who handed in raffle prizes or bought raffle tickets which enabled us to raise £1,010 which will go towards the costs that would otherwise have been paid by the team members at this years internationals.

Arran View are hosting a fundraiser for the Scottish Disabled Fly Fishing Association on 24th April and details can be obtained from the fishery on 07763170779.

Top rod was Wullie Leach of Falkirk Municipal AC who had 21 fish for 26lb. Wullie took his fish on a blob and a bug fished under a bung and like most of the competitors he lost as many fish as he netted. In second place was Scott Aitken of Sunburst AC who also had 21 fish. Scott had been using an intermediate line and mixed his retrieves throughout the day to take his fish on a black and green cat. He had a couple of nice blues and took 14 of his fish in the morning and 7 in the afternoon. In third place was Tam Brown of Beith St Inans AC who had 17 fish which included that big one at 5lb 5oz. Tam, who is a regular at this venue, used a floating line all day and fished two black cormorants and a black lure with a very slow retrieve. Like Scott he did better in the morning.


Photo
Top Rod Wullie Leach

Photo: Scott Aitken being congratulated by Peter Auchterlonie

Photo: Tam Brown being congratulated by Peter Auchterlonie

Photographs from Arran View

Parkview Fishery - Second Fundraiser of 2011

The second fundraiser was run by Wullie Simpson, Spring Team Captain, at Parkview Fishery on Saturday 19th February. The main prizes for the fundraiser were provided by Angus Angling and Parkview Fishery with the winners prize being provided by Davie McAllister. Due to the prevailing weather conditions this fundraiser had to be switched from Newton Farm Fishery to Parkview and we are grateful to Parkview for accommodating us at short notice. The weather forecast for Saturday was not too clever with snow expected in many areas along with strong winds and cold temperatures. Many of those travelling to Parkview had to endure snow covered roads and it was a relief to find that the Parkview area had escaped the worst of the snow. The wind, although very cold, was light for most of the day and for a short spell it dropped away completely. The water level at Parkview was high but clarity was excellent.

The competition was entirely catch and release with a bonus point being awarded for fish over 4lbs. To keep things moving at lunch time Wullie had arranged a casting competition where the competitors could test their accuracy.

Twenty competitors had turned out on the day and some of them were into fish straight away. Fish were caught steadily throughout the morning with the pegs on the far bank being the most productive. Three fish over 4lbs were caught with a particularly big one being lost early on. It was harder in the afternoon when most competitors struggled although a couple did manage three or four fish. The leader changed frequently during the day and it was a close thing right to the end. Sandy Robertson almost snatched it towards the end with a late fish but unfortunately dropped it. His 9 fish plus a bonus for a large fish equalled that of Rab Maxwell but Rab secured the winners position with a heavier fish. Rab fished an SSI line all day and all his fish fell to an olive tadpole. Sandy had all his fish on a floating line on a bills bug under a bung. The heaviest fish (5.5lbs) was taken by Jock Craig.

Winner - Rab Maxwell

The casting competition was also hotly contested with the winners spot being a tie between Charlie Goodwin and Wullie Simpson both of whom managed to hit the ring five times. Charlie Goodwin was announced the winner on the grounds that he would look better in the photographs.

Before presenting the prizes Wullie thanked Angus Angling for their support and also thanked Jim, Jason and Edna Moffat of Parkview Fishery along with Karen Bonner and Willie Harley for their help on the day and for providing a superb lunch. Wullie also thanked everyone who had taken part on the day and everyone who had supplied raffle prizes or bought raffle tickets. A total of £690 was raised which will go towards paying for team members' costs at Orkney and Grafham.

2nd place - Sandy Robertson with his prize
which he put up for auction

3rd place - Neill Barrett

Jock Craig with the prize for the heaviest fish

Charlie Goodwin - winner of the casting competition

Photographs from Parkview

Markle Fishery - First Fundraiser of 2011

They're Off. Spring was in the air at Markle Fishery on Saturday 12th February when the sun shone on the 40 anglers who attended the first of three competitions to raise funds for the Spring and Autumn International Teams. Prizes for the winners and raffle were provided by Carron Valley Fishery, Crafteye, Country Life, Fishers, Flybox, FritzNFlies and the Glasgow Angling Centre. The competitors had a great start to the season with Markle having their fish in superb condition. 304 fish were caught and released with Neill Barrett of Gilmerton Miners FF coming out on top with 25 fish. Stuart Malcolmson with 17 fish was in second. Jock Cree (4th in 2010) with 13 fish was 3rd and Michael Low, also with 13 fish was 4th.

Nigel Burns and Jock kettles have run this event for the last three years and it is now a truly National opening to our season with anglers from the central belt being joined by competitors from North East England, Ayrshire, North East Scotland and Fife. Many of the anglers had come out of hibernation for the day and had dusted down equipment that had been put away in cupboards and garages last October.

It was a day to meet up with old friends and the craic in the car park and the comments being shouted across the water made this more a carnival than a competition. Lunch was provided half way through the day by Markle Fishery and the time out gave the competitors a chance to catch up on how they were doing and what had been happening over the winter.

The fishing was excellent and with the calm conditions for most of the day the trout were moving constantly on the top of the water. The water disturbance frequently hinted at the presence of some specimen fish and several beauties were caught. Reports of fish over 12 lbs came in during the day and 6 pounders were not uncommon. Neill Barrett took his 25 fish on a strip quill buzzer and a damsel on a floating line although he did change to a fast glass as the temperature dropped later in the day. Stuart Malcolmson took his 17 fish on a white and green gold head bug fished under a bung. Both Neill and Stuart caught their fish steadily throughout the day.

Winner - Neill Barrett

At the presentation and raffle Nigel and Jock congratulated the winners and thanked Jonathan Swift of Markle Fishery for providing excellent fishing and the lunch.

The purpose of the day was to raise funds for the internationals teams and Nigel and Jock acknowledged the support that had been provided by Carron Valley Fishery, Country Life, Crafteye, Fishers, Flybox, FritzNFlies, Glasgow Angling Centre, Markle Fishery, the competitors and the many other people who had donated prizes. A total of £1,220 was raised which is a great start to the year. All to soon it was all over but there is always next year.

Next Saturday (19th February) Wullie Simpson is running the fundraiser at Newton Farm Fishery and the following Sunday (27th February) Ronnie Gilbert is running the third one of the year at Arran View Fishery. Details are on the home page.

Photos On left - Stuart Malcolmson On right - Jock Cree