2017 Scottish Club Championship - SANACC

  photo:  Lintrathen - Neil, Mike and Chris with Euan Birrell                           photo: RAF Fish Hawks - David, Si and Dave with Euan Birrell

The second Scottish Club Championship semi-final was won by RAF Fish Hawks represented by Phil Thomas (11 fish), Simon Gaines (9 fish) and Allan Gamble (8 fish) with a total of 28 trout for 58lbs 13.8ozs.  Gateside FC represented by Brad Chalmers (11 fish), Derek Hassett (6 fish) and Greg McLaren (9 fish) was second with their tally of 26 trout for 53lbs 15.5ozs and Lintraten FF "B" represented by Derek Marklow (7 fish), Stuart Marklow (6 fish) and Alan Ramshaw (10 fish) were third with a total of 23 trout for 47lbs 3.7ozs.

A very strong field of anglers braved the wet and windy conditions for the first semi final of the Scottish Club Championships 2017. With the top 10 teams progressing through to the Final on Friday the 22nd of September. A total of 388 fish where caught for an amazing 859lb 13.4oz. Well done to everyone who made it through to this stage and congratulations to all the teams who qualified for the final.

Top team was Change FF AC  "A" represemted by Kevin McCabe (8 fish)  Andy Dunn (13 fish)  and Jock Kettles (11 fish)  to give them a total of 32 trout for 69lbs 1.8ozs.  The Change team were fishing diawl bachs and candy boobies on midge tip lines in the areas from the Rookery to Reedy Point along with Lochend and the Butts.

The third placed team, who also had 32 fish trout, was SPRA West represented by Alan Gilbert (14 fish), Alan Hill (9 fish) and Brian Carnegie (9 fish) to give a weight of 67lbs 15.1ozs.

Mixed weather conditions for heat 12 of the Scottish Club Championships, gusty winds and some heavy downpours made fishing conditions hard on the night. Once again most boats headed to the Rookery and Gateside Bay to escape the conditions. A total of 50 fish where caught and 11 of these where returned for a total weight of 125lb 9.10oz.

1st:  Stevie Whitehead, Glencorse 5 fish for 10lb 0.9oz

2nd:  Campbell Morgan, Strathleven 4 fish for 9lb 5.4oz

3rd:  Jock Craig, Brechin 4 fish for 9lb 5.4oz

4th: Bradley Chalmers, Gateside 3 fish for 8lb 12.2oz

5th:  Derek Hessett, Gateside 3 fish for 7lb 0.9oz

The best fish of the night fell to Dick Logan, Coldstream a 5lb 12.9oz rainbow.

The top club, top angler and captor of the best fish all received a bottle of whisky from our sponsor Loch Lomond Distillery.

Twelve teams took part in heat 11 on 15th July with the top three teams going through to the semi-final on 25th August and the top five individuals going through to the Champion of Champions on 6th October.  When the competitors arrived there was a stiff westerly wind and almost constant rain but by the time they went out the wind had softened a touch and the rain stopped to give them a dry and overcast evening.

The top rod and recipient of a bottle of Lomond Single malt whisky was David McAllister of Balfron Piscatorials with 7 trout for 14lbs 9.5ozs.  David took five of his trout at the Malling Shore and the other two at the Rookery and they fell to snatchers and boobies initially fished on a floater and later on a slow glass.

1. David McAllister of Balfron Piscatorials with 7 trout for 14lbs 9.5ozs

2. John Buchanan of Dows FFC with 6 trout for 13lbs 15ozs

3. Tyler Hay of Lintrtahen FF with 6 trout for 12lbs 0.3ozs

4. Alan Ramshaw of Lintrathen FF with 5 trout for 11lbs 4.9ozs

5. Bob Robertson of Balfron Piscatorials with 5 trout for 11lbs 2.3ozs

Breezy and bright sunshine where not the ideal conditions to start heat 10 of the Scottish Club Championships but with the forecast predicting the wind to drop later in the evening it looked as if we where going to have a good evening.

 Of the ten clubs competing in heat 9,   two were previous winners . Conditions were choppy, but within 40 minutes the wind had settled and conditions were looking good. Most boats headed to top of the wind at Malling shore, Plantation and west side Gateside Bay (Cages). By the end of the night 90 trout had been caught with 46 being released. 

The top 3 teams qualified for the first semifinal on the 25th August are:-

With blustery conditions to start with it looked as if it was going to be a hard session on the Lake of Menteith for heat 8 of the Scottish Club Championships.

Saturday night saw 13 teams in contention. Westerly winds and choppy conditions prevailed. As the boats moved off, most of them headed west in the direction of Malling Shore, Gateside Bay (Cages Bay) and quieter water at Arnmach Point.  At end of the heat 154 trout had been caught with 86 being released. Each returned trout counts as 2 lb in anglers catch return.

Heat 6 - 10th June 2017 

At heat 5 Scottish Club Championships on Saturday 3rd June there was mixed weather conditions and it proved to be another hard session.  The competitors had a  light westerly wind, overcast with some sunny spells and a couple of light showers.

 

Heat 4 of the Scottish Club Championships, was contested with the breeze picking up and dropping off to a flat calm along with heavy downpours and very humid conditions this proved to be very challenging for most of the competitors.

1st George Cashmere 

2nd Paul O’Neil 

3rd Stevie Francis 

4th Ian Glassford 

5th Gregor Fleming.

The twelve teams that contested heat three had a light easterly wind, overcast skies and a couple of heavy downpours which proved to be a bit challenging for some of the clubs but they all stuck in and a few good bags where returned.

First place: SPRA West "B" with 21 fish for 46lb 0.2oz

Alan Hill 13 fish for 26lb 3.4oz

Andy Menmuir 12 fish for 24lb 15.6oz

Jim Mckinlay 8 fish for 16lb 4.2oz

Craig White 7 fish for 15lb 2.7oz

Alan Gilbert 6 fish for 13lb 13.4oz

Gil Farid caught the heaviest fish for the night which was a nice 4lb 13.3 rainbow.

SPRA West "B" team, Alan Hill and Gil Farid all received a bottle of Loch Lomond whisky.

Alan caught his fish on a team of snatchers between Gateside and the rookery on a floating line

A total of 147 fish for 318lb 12.2oz where caught on the night.

When the anglers arrived to contest heat 2 of the Scottish Club Championship they were faced with a strong, cold westerly wind and the prospects for a pleasant evenings fishing were not very good.  However by the time the briefing had been done and the competitors made their way to the boats the wind had dropped to a light breeze.  The wind remained light for the rest of the evening and other than a period of light rain conditions were excellent.  Most of the boats made their way to the open water between the Butts and Kates Brae which was alive with moving fish.

2nd: George Gall, Rescobie Loch DA with 10 fish for 20lbs 4ozs

3rd:  Ron Gray, Rescobie Loch DA with 10 fish for 19lbs 10.8ozs

4th:  Calum Stephen, Future FF with 9 fish for 18lbs 6.3ozs

5th:  Scott McGregor, Rescobie Loch DA with 8 fish for 18lbs 1.4ozs

The top team, the top individual and the captor of the heaviest all received a bottle of Loch Lomond malt whisky.

Heat 1 of Scottish Club Championship saw 12 teams competing including 2 previous winners.  Conditions were good with light wind and trout could be seen feeding in the surface film.   Most of the boats headed south towards Lochend Bay, with boats stopping at Todds Hole, Butts and Kates Brae. The anglers were mixed in the fly choice, some on straight lining buzzers, washing line tactics with booby or fab on the tail, and some pulling lures through the rising trout. A total of 127 trout were caught with 68 being released. Each returned trout counting as 2lb towards total bag weight.

Alan Martin, Tartan Tyers, 10 trout for 20lb 10oz

Jock Kettles, Change FF, 10 trout for 19lb 8.8oz

Norrie Laird, Falkirk Municipal, 8 trout for 16lb 5.3oz

Kevin Andrews, Ayr Travellers, 8 trout for 16lb 4.3oz

Martin Bateman, Dumfries & Galloway Police AC with 7 trout for 15lb 15.1 oz

The heaviest trout caught on the night was a cracking rainbow of 4lb 8.8oz caught by Cumnock & Dist angler Derek Hill.

Captain of winning team, angler with best catch and captor of heaviest trout all received bottles of Lomond single malt whisky from Loch Lomond Whisky Group.