2019 National

National

Scottish National Trout Fly Fishing Championship

2019

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2019 National Champion Allan McLachlan receiving the National Trophy from Spencer Tolley of sponsors Ridgeline UK

127th Scottish National Trout Fly Fishing Championship

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Lake of Menteith - 14th September 2019

The 2019 Scottish National Trout Fly Fishing Championship was won by Allan McLachlan of Costa Ecosse with 23 trout for 49lbs 10.4ozs. There was not much in it at the end of the day with the 2018 Champion, Derek Pozzi, having to settle for second place with his 22 trout for 48lbs 10.9ozs. Martin McCafferty of Future FF was only two fish further away in third with 20 trout for 42lbs 12.1ozs. The 2018 third placed Scott Aitken of Tartan Tyers was fourth with 19 trout and Calum Crosbie of Alba Orvis FF was fifth with 17 trout.

The match was fished as a partial catch and release with the first three trout being retained and 2lbs awarded for each returned fish. Heavy fish were capped at 4lbs. The top 19 competitors qualified automatically for the 2020 teams.

The heaviest fish of the day was caught by Richard McHattie of Ormiston AC and weighed 4lbs 11.7ozs.

Spencer Tolley of sponsors Ridgeline UK presented the prizes to the winners and in addition to the National Trophy, Allan McLachlan received a Ridgeline Evolution jacket.

Derek Pozzi (second) received a Ridgeline Typhoon jacket; Martin McCafferty (third) received a Ridgeline Seasons jacket and Richard McHattie who caught the heaviest fish received a Ridgeline Torrent 111 jacket. Spencer also presented Ridgeline Ballistic Hoodies to each of the semi-final winners.

The SANACC Committee wish to thank the 33 boatmen who gave up their time to boat for the competitors. The Committee also wish to thank Ridgeline UK who provided their products to the winners of each of the six semi-finals in addition the top three and the heaviest fish prize in the final; 7plus7 Construction who provided the fly measures, R & E Hygiene who provided the waterproof paper used for the catch returns, Stewart Marshall who piped off the competitors, Wilson and Wendy Mitchell who did the buffet, Eleanor and Ian Campbell who recorded the weigh-in and printed the results, the OTFA Committee who managed the Orkney heat and Quint and Douglas along with the staff at the fisheries that hosted the heats and semis.

Derek Pozzi - 2nd Place

Martin McCafferty - 3rd Place

Richard McHattie - Heaviest Fish

Best Boatman - Ian Colligan

Piper - Stewart Marshall

Semi-final winners - Peter Auchterlonie, Ronnie Gilbert, Scott Aitken, Peter Batchelor and Douglas Beckett

Scottish National Trout Fly Fishing Championsip Sponsored by Ridgeline UK 14th September 2019 Lake of Menteith
Pos			Fish	Lbs	Ozs
1	Allan McLachlan	Costa Ecosse	23	49	10.4
2	Derek Pozzi	Thalassa AC	22	48	10.9
3	Martin McCafferty	Future FF	20	42	12.1
4	Scott Aitken	Tartan Tyers	19	41	10.1
5	Calum Crosbie	Alba Orvis FF	17	37	6.8
6	Ben Robertson	Phoenix FF	16	36	13.9
7	Peter Batchelor	Harrow AC	17	36	0.3
8	Sean McCaffrey	Shetland AA	17	35	14
9	Gregor Fleming	Bridge of Weir Loch AC	16	34	0.6
10	Ronald Gilbert	Menteith Ospreys	16	33	15.3
11	Peter Auchterlonie	Menteith Ospreys	16	33	0.5
12	David Ezzi	Black Loch AC	13	30	1.2
13	Toby Bracey	Dounreay FFA	14	29	15.3
14	Ally Middlemass	Blairadam AC	14	29	13.3
15	Brian Mckenzie	Neilston FF	13	29	12.7
16	Gil Farid	Central Belters FF	14	29	2.2
17	Greig Davie	Thalassa AC	12	28	9.3
18	Jock Kettles	Change FF AC	13	28	2.8
19	Stuart Crockett	Team Flybox	13	28	2.1
20	Grant Osler	Future FF	13	28	0.6
21	Michael Low	Menteith Ospreys	12	27	12.7
22	Alex Galoway	Bridge of Allan 76 AC	12	27	8.7
23	Chris Davidson	Monifieth Trout AC	13	27	8.5
24	Stuart Leslie	OTFA Kirkwall	12	27	8
25	Richard McHattie	Ormiston AC	11	26	6.7
26	James Bews	Frozen North AC	12	26	4.8
27	James Gardiner	Alba Orvis FF	12	26	4.7
28	Paul Sharp	Granite City FF	12	26	2.1
29	David Mateer	SPRA FFS North	12	25	13.9
30	Derek Purves	Thalassa AC	11	24	13.2
31	Brian Carnegie	Ayr Travellers FF	11	24	13.1
32	David Moore	Dunfermline Artisan AC	10	23	14
33	Ken Oliver	Strathgryfe AA	11	23	13.3
34	Scott Reith	Arbroath AC	11	23	4.9
35	Grant Sutherland	Perth RASC AC	10	23	0.7
36	Craig Ingles	Grimm Anglers	11	22	9.2
37	Ritchie Rutherford	RAF Fish Hawks	10	21	11.3
38	Wullie Simpson	Rothes Oak	9	21	2.9
39	Tom Burnett	St Mirin AC	9	20	6.6
40	Thomas McMillan	Select FF	8	20	0.5
41	Willie Leach	Change FF AC	9	19	10.1
42	Douglas Beckett	Aberdour AA	8	18	15.2
43	James Harcus	OTFA Kirkwall	8	18	14.7
44	Kevin Andrews	Blairadam AC	8	18	6.9
45	Wayne Cram	West Lothian FD AC	8	18	3.5
46	Gary Wilkinson	Cupar AC	7	17	12.7
47	Andy Johnstone	Newton Stewart & District AC	7	17	5.1
48	Ken Kennedy	W.S. Sinclair FF	7	17	2.1
49	Keith Logan	Heriot AC	7	16	14.2
50=	Graeme Lynch	Beith St Inans AC	7	16	0.2
50=	Paul Donegan	Rowbank AC	7	16	0.2
52	Keith Renton	Tweed Valley Tanglers	7	15	12.1
53	Donnie MacBeth	SPPM AC	6	15	8
54	Jim Jack	Black Loch AC	6	14	12.3
55	Douglas Scott	Earlston AA	5	14	11.1
56	Gordon Findlay	Balbeggie AC	6	14	5.8
57	Gary Ormiston	Rothes Oak	6	14	2.2
58	Sandy McConnachie	OTFA Kirkwall	5	14	1.6
59	Brian Kennedy	Caley Liners FF	6	14	0.6
60	Ewan Clark	Strathtyrum AC	7	14	0
61	John Tullett	Kilmarnock FF	6	13	9.4
62	Robin Brown	Bothwell & Blantyre AC	6	13	1.7
63	Brian Brown	Kilmarnock FF	5	13	1.4
64	Brian Abel	ABC & D AC	5	12	11.9
65	Frank Ross	Monifieth Trout AC	4	10	0.1
66	Kevin Malcolm	Strathy AC	4	9	5.2
			704	1581	2.5

	Heaviest Fish	Richard McHattie - Ormiston AC		4	11.7
	Best Boatman	Ian Colligan	43	92	6.5

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Semi-Final No 6 - 28th June 2019 - Menteith

The sixth of the 2019 semi-finals was won by Ronnie Gilbert of Menteith Ospreys with 23 fish for 47lbs 2.9ozs. Allan McLachan of Costa Ecosse was second with 21 fish for 42lbs 12.2ozs and James Gardiner of Alba Orvis FF was third with 16 fish for 34lbs 1.5ozs The top 10 qualified for the final.

Ridgeline UK presented Ronnie with their Ballistic Hoodie.

James, Allan and Ronnie

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Semi-Final No 5 - 27th June 2019 - Carron

The fifth of the 2019 semi-finals was won by Scott Aitken of Tartan Tyers with 7 fish for 5lbs 4.6ozs. Robin Brown of Bothwell & Blantyre AC was second with 6 fish for 4lbs 7.4ozs and Paul Donegan of Rowbank AC was third with 5 fish for 4lbs 3.8ozs The top 12 qualified for the final.

Ridgeline UK presented Scott with their Ballistic Hoodie.

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Semi-Final No 4 - 25th June 2019 - Menteith

The fourth of the 2019 semi-finals was won by Peter Auchterlonie of Menteith Ospreys with 19 fish for 38lbs 10.6ozs. Gregor Fleming of Bridge of Weir (Loch) AC was second with 18 fish for 38lbs 6.9ozs and Gary Ormiston of Rothes Oak was third with 17 fish for 34lbs 5.4ozs The top 13 qualified for the final.

Ridgeline UK presented Peter with their Ballistic Hoodie.

Peter, Gregor and Gary

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Semi-Final No 3 - 18th June 2019 - Carron

The third of the 2019 semi-finals was won by Peter Batchelor of Harrow AC with 6 fish for 5lbs 5.6ozs. Brian Carnegie of Ayr Travellers was second with 4 fish for 4lbs 8ozs and Grant Osler of Future FF was third with 3 fish for 4lbs 8ozs The top 14 qualified for the final.

Ridgeline UK presented Peter with their Ballistic Hoodie.

Brian, Peter and Grant

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Semi-Final No 2 - 14th June 2019 - Loch Leven

The second of the 2019 semi-finals was won by Ewan Clark of Strathtyrum AC with 4 fish for 7lbs 10.5ozs. Allay Middlemass of Blairadam AC second with 3 fish for 3lbs 3ozs. The top 2 qualified for the final.

Ridgeline UK presented Ewan with their Ballistic Hoodie.

Ewan and Ally

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Semi-Final No 1 - 11th June 2019 - Lintrathen

The first of the 2019 semi-finals was won by Douglas Beckett of Aberdour AA with 6 fish for 9lbs 11.6ozs. Wullie Simpson of Rothes Oak was close behind in second with 6 fish for 9lbs 10.3ozs and David Mateer of SPRA FFS North was third with 6 fish for 8lbs 15.7ozs. The top 13 qualified for the final.

Ridgeline UK presented Douglas with their Ballistic Hoodie.

David, Wullie and Douglas

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Heat 10 - 26th May 2019 Harray

Harray had proved to be rock hard in the days preceding this National Heat, but a change in wind direction to the SE helped improve matters, and the weigh in had more fish caught than expected.

All but two of the 10 boats headed north at the 10am start, with Decca, Bankhead and Tenston the favoured areas. There was a smattering of olives hatching but nothing seemed to stimulate the trout to feed early on, probably too cold, but they did come on in the afternoon.

Top rod for the day was Stewy Leslie with 10 fish for 7lb 4ozs, great angling on a tough day. Stewy fished Kirk Bay, Neds, Bochan, and Road Shore for his basket. Runner up was Sandy McConnachie with 9 for 7lb, fishing Bankhead, Biggings and Nistaben. Jimmy Grant took third spot with 9 for 6lb 1oz, which included the best fish of the day going, 2lb 3ozs. The other qualifiers on the day were Ken Kennedy, Erlend Hutchison, Raymond Miller, John Leask, James Harcus, James Bews and Brian Forman.

The other qualifiers on the day were Ken Kennedy, Erlend Hutchison, Raymond Miller, John Leask, James Harcus, James Bews and Brian Forman.

Successful tactics for Stewy was Fast Glass with Erlends Cat and Merkister Maid over the skerries, where Sandy fished more imitative patterns on a Fast Tip line with Hutch’s Pennel his best fly, again over the skerries, especially in Nistaben.

So all roads lead to Menteith or Lintrathen for the next round, tight lines to all who qualified today. KK

Stuart, Sandy and Jim

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Heat 9 - 24th May 2019 Lake of Menteith

Heat 9 of the Scottish Club Championship at the Lake of Menteith on 24th May was won by Chris McAllister of Raemoir TF with 18 fish for 35lbs 12.5ozs. James Kerr of Firecats AC was second with 14 fish for 26lbs 8.70zs and Ken Oliver of Strathgryfe AA was third with 10 fish for 22lbs 0.5ozs. Forty one anglers took part and the top 21 qualified for the semi-finals.

Ken, Chris and James

It was bright throughout the day with a swirly NE wind and although cloud threatened during the afternoon it was burnt off as quick as it appeared. It was a tough day but the 41 competitors still managed 200 fish for 417lbs 7.2ozs.

Chris started off at the Malling Shore but moved to Cages Bay where he took most of his fish on diawl bachs and boobies fished on a fast glass. James took his fish on cormorants and boobies fished on a midge tip line at Lochend and the cages. Ken took his fish on diawl bachs and boobies fished on a fast glass at the Malling Shore, Elbow and Tod Hole.

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Heat 8 - 23rd May 2019 Carron

Heat 8 of the Scottish Natonal Trout Fly Fishing Championship at Carron was won by Ian impson of Aberdour AA with 12 trout 13lbs 3.3ozs.. James Gardiner of Ruthven FF was second with 7 trout for 7lbs 11.1ozs and Allan Gamble of RAF Fish Hawk was third with 7 trout for 5lbs 13ozs.

James, Ian and Allan

It was a cold blustery day at Carron which felt more like March than May. It was overcast for most of the day but brightened during the afternoon as the wind strengthened. The competitors wish to thank the Carron management for providing a buffet at the end of the session.

Top rod, Ian Simpson, spent his day in Burnhouse Bay where he took all of his 12 fish on black cats fished on a 5 sweep. James Gardiner stayed in the area of the dam at the bottom of the wind and was rewarded with 7 fish which he took on an orange blob and a kate mclaren fished on a 5 sweep. Allan Gamble was higher in the water with a fast glass and took his 7 fish on a black cat and a black booby in Carron Bay all of whch were taken before 1.30pm.

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Heat 7 - 21st May 2019 Loch Leven

Heat 7 of the Scottish National Trout Fly Fishing Championship was won by Brian Mackenzie of Neilston FF with 7 trout. Paul Donegan of Rowbank AC, who also had 7 trout, was second and Tom Burnett of St Mirin AC was third with 5 trout. Brian and Paul were pulling sparklers in the Hole Of Inch and the Reed Bower.

Paul, Brian and Tom

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Heat 6 - 14th May - Lintrathen

Heat 6 of the National was won by Andrew Barrowman of Granite City FF with 16 fish. Kevin Neri of Raemoir TF was second with 11 fish and Derek Purves of Thalassa was third with 11 fish. The top 17 go through to the semi-finals.

Derek Purves, Kevin Neri and Andrew Barrowman

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Heat 5 - 2nd May - Lake of Menteith

Heat 5 of the National Trout Fly Fishing Championship was held at the Lake of Menteith on 2nd May in near perfect conditions. As the competitors arrived in the morning they were met with clear skies, a light breeze and temperatures of around 4 degrees. As the day progressed the temperature rose steadily and cloud cover increased with the breeze remaining light. In the last half hour the rain arrived along with a chilly wind.

Ewan Clark heat 5 winner

Sixty four competitors from clubs as far afield as Berwick, Dalbeattie and Shetland took part with the top thirty two going through to the semi-finals. Twelve fish for over 24lbs 9ozs were need to qualify. Between them the 64 anglers caught 856 trout (669 returned) for 1742lbs 2.5ozs.

Ewan spent his day between The Butts and Tod Hole and started of on a midge tip before changing to a floater and later returning to the midge tip. He was fishing buzzers with a booby on the point. Ben also spent his day at Tod Hole and stuck with buzzers and a booby on a floater.

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Heat 4 - 30th April - Carron Valley

18 competitors took part in heat 4 with the top 9 going through to the semi-finals. One boat was disqualified for returning late.

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Heat 3 - 23rd April - Lake of Menteith

The third heat was won by George Gall of Rescobie Loch DA with 13 fish. Connor Campbell of Kinross AC was second with 13 fish and William Davidson was third with 12 fish.

William Davidson, Connor Campbell and George Gall

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Heat 2 - Carron 18th April 2019

John Buchanan and Allan Mclachlan

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Heat 1 - Lake of Menteith 16th April

The day started off with a very cold easterly wind which was to continue throughout the day. 46 anglers took part with the top 23 qualifying for the semi finals.

At the end of the day Kevin McCabe of Change FF AC finished top rod with 23 fish for 45lb 3.7oz. Kevin was fishing at Shear Point with a floating line and buzzers. In second place with 14 fish for 30lbs 5.60oz was Neill Barrett of Gilmerton FFC fishing a floating line fab and cormmies. In third place was Wayne Cram of West Lothian FDAC with 13 fish for 27lb 13.70oz. Wayne fished Hotel Bay using a Buzzer Tip Boobies and diawl bachs.

Kevin McCabe and Neill Barrett