Spring 2026

Loch Internationals

Spring International

Llyn Trawsfynydd, Wales

22nd May 2026

Scotland Team sponsored by

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Lake of Menteith

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Spring International

Llyn Trawsfynydd, Wales

22nd May 2026

On the day of the international all four countries had good bags of fish with a total of 579 trout being caught. The match was full catch and release with each fish that made the 30cm mark being measured and rewarded with 20 points plus 1 point for each centimetre of length.

There were strong winds on the days leading up to the match with no boats allowed out on the Wednesday. Fortunately the wind eased on competition day. The gold medal went to Scotland with their hail of 199 fish. Silver went to England with 154 with Wales third with 112 and Ireland fourth with 114.

Spring International Llyn Trawsfynydd 22nd May 2026 The full result can be viewed at iffa.biz
		Fish	Points
1st	Scotland	199	11432
2nd	England	154	8943
3rd	Wales	112	6489
4th	Ireland	114	6486

Back Row: Albert Berry(IFFA President), Derek Kennan(Manager), George Mackenzie(International Secretary), Martin McCafferty, Neil Anderson, Peter Auchterlonie, Tyler Hay, Adam King and Paul Angell(IFFA Secretary)

Front Row: Gregor Fleming, Peter Cameron, Wullie Leach, Kevin McCabe(Captain), Robert Gibson, William Davidson, Brad Gair, Campbell Cree and Joseph Wood

This was a superb performance by the whole Scottish team captained by Kevin McCabe and managed by Derek Keenan and resulted in six of the team in the top 10. The six were Tyler Hay (1st), Martin McCafferty (3rd), Campbell Cree (4th), Joseph Wood (7th), Kevin McCabe (8th) and Gregor Fleming (10th).

A further four of the team Neil Anderson (13th), Adam King (15th), Wullie Leach (16th) and William Davidson (19th) were in the top twenty. Close behind with catches of 10 fish were Peter Auchterlonie (30th) and Robert Gibson (31st), followed by Peter Cameron (36th) with 9 fish and Brad Gair (41st) with 7 fish.

photo: Kevin McCabe (Captain) receiving

the captain's badge and team trophy from Albert Berry (IFFA President)

Top rod for Scotland and winner of the Brown Bowl as the top individual was Tyler Hay with an incredible 30 fish which were worth 1723 points. Tyler also won the Brown Bowl at the Spring International in 2025 at Rutland and at the Autumn International in 2025 at Menteith. This was the first time that an angler won the Brown Bowl at three consecutive matches.

Top rod for England was Jake Wenman with 26 fish. Top rod for Ireland was Robert Flaherty with 17 fish and top rod for Wales with 16 fish was Justin Allen.

Photo:

Tyler Hay receiving the Brown Bowl

from Albert Berry (IFFA President) and Paul Angell (IFFA Secretary)

Team