News, Fish Reports and Water Conditions
28 Feb 10
The end of Feb and whilst the water remains stubbornly low despite
the snow it will surely rise once the thaw arrives and with it the first real
opportunity this year for a springer. Realistically the first fish will
probably not be taken until towards the end on the month.
I will be away for a couple of weeks so there will be no updates
until 22 Mar but please send me any catch reports.
The trout season opens on 15 Mar and with it Drummond Loch which
traditionally fishes well right through to May.
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Opening Day Report Some forty hardy souls met this morning at Strageath Mill before being piped to the water at Dornoch. The President, Alan Brock Snr, welcomed the assembled crowd which, fortified by a dram from The Famous Grouse experience looked on as the water was blessed and the President took the first cast before anglers took to the water. The first fish and only fish of the morning, a well mended hen of about 5lbs, was taken by Peter MacDonald on a black Flying C. a quick photo and it was carefully returned. Peter won the commemorative whisky bottle and will collect the Peter Baird Memorial Trophy at the AGM in December.
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A few anglers stayed on or fished elsewhere and the odd kelt was
reported. Remember, it is unlikely that any spring fish will appear on
the Crieff beats until late March.
All kelts, baggots and rawners must be returned so if in doubt – return it. |
Beaver Re-introduction – Do
you have a view? An article on
the potential effect is here
Information on the Earn water level is available based on the Dalginross (Comrie) and Kinkell Bridge monitoring stations. This is updated on an hourly basis and gives a good idea of the current level - visiting anglers would be well advised to check this when planning a trip. The graph shows the river level relative to a 'base level'. The base level represents a typical summer level in the river and has been calculated as the level that is exceeded for 95% of the time - it does not indicate the 'actual' height of the water. Anglers will therefore find it helpful to check the level given prior to setting out and then compare that with the actual water level in the area where they plan to fish. Future visits to the Earn site will therefore given them a point of reference on which to base any proposed trip to the river. As a guide, 0m in practice means very difficult conditions with slack water and increasing amounts of weed during the summer; so, it's not worth really venturing out. A level around +6-9 inches is a good medium height. A level at Comrie that is considerably above that at Kinkell often means either it has rained in the catchment area, or the Hydro Board have started generating, and the level over the whole length of the river is likely to rise as a consequence. For details of other, non-Tay system, rivers go the SEPA interactive map.
Club
Rules:
A
full list of the Club Rules can be found here.
Rainbows:
In
the interests of indigenous fish preservation all rainbow trout should be
killed.
Annual Catch Statistics
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