SANACC

2012 Scottish National River Championship

Heat 4 - 27th May
Top 4 qualify for the Final

photo: Andrew Foggin, Grant Gibson,
David Downie and Hugh Skeoch

Heat 3

photo:
qualifiers for the final from heat 3
Martin Stewart, Robert Irvine,
Calum Crosbie and Jake Harvey

Heat 2

The eleven competitors in heat 2 faced difficult conditions with low water and a day that was a mix of sun, hail, warmth and cold. Between them they caught 48 trout and 2 grayling and the top five anglers go through to the final.

Ian Jones (Dunkeld & Birnam AA) won the first session with 3 fish. David Graham (West of Scotland AC) was second with 2 fish and Mike Cordiner (Aberedeen & District AA), also with 2 fish, was third.

Dick Logan (Coldstream & District AA) took the second session with 3 fish with Mike Cordiner second with 2 and John McCallum(Stanley & District AC) third with 1. This put Mike Cordiner into the lead after session 2 with Dick Logan in second and Ian Jones in third.

Dick took the third session with 4 fish with Campbell Morgan's (Strathleven FF) 2 fish giving him a second place and John McCallum took third with his 2 fish. By the end of session 3, Dick had moved into the lead from Campbell Morgan and Ian Jones.

In the final session Mike Cordiner was first with 3 fish while James Mackie (Dalzell AC) and Ian Jones took second and third with 2 fish.

At the end of the heat Dick Logan was first with Ian Jones second and Mike Cordiner third. The other two qualifiers were Campbell Morgan and James Mackie.

Dick was drawn in the lower section in the morning and the upper section in the afternoon and took his fish on an iron blue dun and a dark olive. Ian Jones was drawn in the upper section in the morning and the lower section in the afternoon and took his first three fish on wets and the rest on dries. Mike Cordiner was in the lower section in the morning and the upper section in the afternoon and took 6 fish on wets and 1 on dries.

There is now a break with the Championship resuming on 20th May.


photo: Dick Logan Ian Jones James Mackie Mike Cordiner and Campbell Morgan

Heat 1

The 2012 Scottish National Trout Fly Fishing Championship started on Sunday 29th April with 12 competitors trying for a place in the final. It was chilly at the start of session one the net result of which was that 5 competitors blanked in that session with another 3 managing one apiece. As the temperature gradually rose the fish were easier to tempt and 10 competitors took fish in session 2. Consistency throughout the day was required to win a place in the final with the top 4 competitors taking fish in all four sessions. The top five qualified for the final.

Top rod was Alan Hill (Strathclyde Police RAAS). Alan was drawn in the upper section in the morning and after taking 5 trout in session 1 and 3 trout in session 2 he was in third place at the halfway point. He moved to the lower section in the afternoon where a further 5 fish in session 3 followed by 3 fish in session 4 put him in first place. All of Alan's 16 fish were taken on dries.

In second place was Craig Osborne (Crown FF). Craig also started in the upper section and his 3 fish in session 1 and 6 fish in session 2 put him in second place at halfway. In the lower section in the afternoon he picked up 3 fish in session 3 and 1 in session 4 and held on to second place. Again all of Craig's fish were taken on dries.

In third place was James Litster (Neilston FF). James started off in the lower section and with 1 fish in session 1 and 8 fish in session 2 he was lying in 4th at the halfway point. His 1 fish in session 3 and 2 fish in session 4 were good enough to move him up one place at the end. Jim took all his fish on wets.

The other two qualifiers were David Deane (Pentland FF) who also had fish in all four sessions and Jim Fairgrieve (Edinburgh Breadalbane AC)

photo: David Deane, James Litster, Alan Hill, Craig Osborne, Jim Fairgrieve