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Heat 12 - 21st July

Sixteen clubs took part in the 12th heat of the Scottish Club Championship on Saturday night. With a good westerly breeze and overcast skies, conditions were near perfect as the teams went out. The wind gradually dropped as the night wore on and the temperature remained high for a change.

Top club was Saturday AC with their team of Gordon Walder (9 fish), Steven Walder (4 fish) and Robert Ewing (2 fish) taking 15 trout for 39lb 15oz. In second place was Rainbow Warriors "A" with their three man team of Laurie Taylor (6 fish), Iain Earle (5 fish) and Alex McEwan (4 fish) taking 15 fish for 35lb 15oz. The third place was taken by Alba Orvis FF "A" with 10 fish for 23lb 10oz. Their team was Calum Crosbie (5 fish), Gregor Fleming (3 fish) and Rory Crosbie (2 fish). These three teams go through to the semi final on 21st September.

The top individual was Gordon Walder of Saturday AC with 9 fish for 21lb. Gordon took all his fish in Hotel Bay where he was fishing an orange blob, cormorants and a candy booby on a fast glass line. In second place was Laurie Taylor of Rainbow Warriors who had 6 fish for 14lb 13oz. Laurie took his fish at the Malling Shore where he was fishing cormorants and a booby on a floating line. The third place was taken by Calum Crosbie of Alba Orvis FF who had 5 fish for 12lb 13oz. Calum took his fish at the Plantation on dries. The top five go through to the final of the Champion of Champions and the top three are joined by Iain Earle (5 fish) of Rainbow Warriors and Alan White (5 fish) of West of Scotland AC.

The heaviest fish of the evening fell to Drew Carrie of Ciba AC and weighed 4lb 11oz.

Saturday AC - Robert Ewing, Gordon Walder and Steven Walder

Through to Champions of Champions
Laurie Taylor, Alan White, Iain Earle, Calum Crosbie and Gordon Walder

Heat 11 - 14th July

Just for a change it stayed dry all night and the sun shone for most of the evening. However there was an edge to the wind which gradually increased in strength as the night progressed and by the end of the session it was chilly. Twelve teams were out and many of the competitors found it hard going.

Top team on the night was the Clan Chiefs team of Barrie Robertson (5 fish) Alan Ramshaw (4 fish) and Max McInstrey (2 fish). Their 11 fish weighed 28lb 15oz. Second were Leslie & Glenrothes with 11 fish for 26lb 9oz. Their team was Neil Duff (1 fish), Raymond Anderson (8 fish) and Stevie Anderson (2 fish). The third team was Dows FF with 10 fish for 24lb 9oz. Their team was Stewart Montgomery (6 fish), Abigail Montgomery (4 fish) and Jim Dick. These three teams go through to the semi final on 21st September.

Raymond Anderson of Leslie & Glenrothes was the top individual rod with 8 fish for 16lb 11oz. Raymond took all of his fish on dries at Sams Point. Second was Stewart Montgomery of Dows FF with 6 fish for 13lb 14oz. Stewart took his fish in Cages Bay on a tequila booby and cormorants fished on a midge tip line. Third spot went to Ralph Fleming of Kilbirnie AC who had 5 fish for 12lb 13oz. Ralph also took his fish in Cages Bay where he was fishing nymphs and boobies on a floating line. Fourth and fifth were Barrie Robertson of Clan Chiefs and Abigail Montgomery of Dows. These five go through to the Champion of Champions final.

The heaviest fish of the night was a cracker of 3lb 12oz which was taken by Gordon Armstrong of Rescobie Loch

Clan Chiefs - Alan Ramshaw, Barrie Robertson & Max McInstrey

photo: Top Rod - Raymond Anderson

Heat 10 - 7th July

It was a tougher night than of late, with a flat calm of a night but there was still a respectable catch of fish. The fish are averaging just under the 3lbs at present (2lb 13.5oz) and at this weight a higher percentage are lost and 10lb fluorocarbon is recommended.

Roofer Kenny Hunter from Gargunnock netted all five of his fish in Gateside Bay. He was fishing a cat booby and blob with a midge tip line and latterly changed to a fast glass line. Kenny was broken twice and lost also dropped two.

photo: Crieff Team of Bob Vietch, Jack Hamilton and Ian Bowdler

Heat 9

Once again Sat evening saw the rain and wind which had prevailed during the day move away and conditions improved into a lovely evening. Two previous winners were in the 14 team competing. In all 132 trout weighing a total of 294lbs 8oz were caught. The anglers were on the usual 2 fish kept, then C&R for 2lb per returned fish bonus. 57 trout were released.

1st place with 16 trout were Neilston Fly Fishers for 38lb 2oz
2nd place with 15 trout were Port Glasgow A.C. for 34lb 7oz
3rd place with 11 trout were Kinross Ex-Servicemen for 27lb 11oz
Top Individuals Stevie O"Neill Neilston F.F. with 10 trout for 22lb 15oz
Alex Galloway Kinross Ex-Servicemen 5 trout for 13lb 5oz
Wullie Fulton Port Glasgow with 6 fish for 12lb 14 oz
George Martin Port Glasgow with 5 fish for 12lb 9-4 oz
Kenny Sichi Priory with 6 fish for 12lb 9-2 oz

Heaviest fish was a beauty of 5lb 5-4 oz caught by George Martin of Port Glasgow A.C.

Stevie an ex-internationalist, is working on long term project in island of Orkney, and had returned home to help his Neilston 6 man team to a place in thew "Anglian Water" final. His tactics were floating line with CDC shuttlecocks at Malling Shore, Stable Point and into GatesideBay.
Second placed Alex Galloway of Kinross and Tillicoultry fame also fished the Malling shore near Dog Island. He was using a midge tip line on the "washing line" method with candy booby or orange FAB on tail and diawl bachs above.

Heat 8 - 23rd June

Heat 8 was won by the Falkirk Fly Dressers team of George Leishman, Alex Adams and Scott Adams who had 19 fish for 40lb 9oz. Strathleven FF "A" were second with 18 fish and Brechin AC "A" were third with 15 fish. These three teams qualified for the semi finals.

Top rod on the night was Donald Forbes of Strathleven who had 9 fish for 19lb 2oz. Donald took seven of his fish at the Gravel Pits with the other 2 coming from International Bay. They fell to buscuit boobies and cat boobies fished on a mdige tip line.

In second place was George Leishman with 8 fish for 18lb. George took all of his fish in Cages Bay where he was fishing blobs, buzzers and boobies on a midge tip line.

Andy McKay of Inverclyde FF was third with 8 fish for 17lb 14oz. Andy took all of his fish on dries in the Butts. The top three individuals along with 4th and 5th placed men Ron Gray of Brechin AC and Willie Riddicks of Ayr Travellers go through to the Champion of Champions final.

The heaviest fish was a well conditioned specimen of 5lb 6oz which was taken by Jock Craig of Brechin AC

photo: Falkirk Fly Dressers

Donald Forbes - Top Individual

Jock Craig - Heaviest Fish

Heat 2 - 12th May

Thirteen teams contested the second heat with most boats heading initially for the Butts and Tod's hole. Straight lining Buzzers or washing line with white cat, FAB blob or Booby on tail. Later in the evening the boats moved around with the Heronry, Stable Point, and International Bay also producing good catches. In all 96 trout were caught with 41 being returned. The top three teams go through to the semi final on 7th September.

1st Rothes Oak with 21 trout for 44lb 5oz
2nd East Kilbride with 14 trout for 28lb 13 oz
3rd Strathleven with 11 trout for 27lb 2oz

The top five individual catches go through to the "Champion of Champions" final on 12th October:

1st Steve Bett (Rothes Oak) 12 trout for 24lb 13oz
2nd Wullie Winning (East Kilbride) 8 trout for 15lb 4oz
3rd Wullie Simpson (Rothes Oak) 7 fish for 14lb 7oz
4th Derek Kilgour (Heriots AC) 6 fish for 13lb 7oz
5th Mark Tweedie (Strathleven FF) 5 fish for 12lb 8oz

Heaviest fish of night was caught by Alex Barnes of Strathleven, and was a lovely rainbow of 3lb 14oz.

Heat 1 - 5th May

The Scottish Club Championship got underway on Saturday night and with the temperature steadily dropping through out the evening it was always going to be hard. Twelve teams set out at 6pm and between them they caught 69 trout.

The top club was Change FF AC "A" who had 11 fish for 25lb 9.6oz. Their best rod was Jock Kettles with 6 fish for 12lb 9.8oz. Jock took his fish in the Heronry on buzzers and fabs on a midge tip line. The other team members, Kevin McCabe and Andy Dunn had three trout and two trout.

Saltire FF were second with 12 fish for 24lb 10.7oz. There best rod was Gus Shepherd with 6 fish for 13lb 5.5oz. Gus took his fish on dries in the Butts. David McAllister had 5 trout and Derek Keenan had 1.

Rescobie Loch DA "A" were third with 9 trout for 22lb 13.8. Their top rod was Charlie Walls who had three fish for 9lb 3.4oz. George Gall and Scott McGregor had three each.

The top five individuals qualify for the final of the Champion of Champions and they are:

1. Gus Shepherd (Saltire FF)
2. Greg Donnelly (Craufurdland)
3. Jock Kettles (Change FF AC)
4. David McAllister (Saltire FF)
5. Charlie Walls (Rescobie Loch DA)

The heaviest fish weighed in at 4lb 8oz and was caught by Andy Dunn (Change FF AC)

...............................photo: Satire FF ... ...... .......... ....................................................... ....................... photo: Change ff AC (Jock and Andy)