2016 Final Standings and Competition Reports

Club Championship 2016 Final Table

Here is the Club Championship Final Table for 2016

Place Name Points
1 Paul W 60.5 (best 8 Scores)
2 Jackie N 59.5
3 Laurie T 53 (Greater total catch weight)
4 Robin B 53
5 Ian G 44
6 Barrie D 41
7 Tom C 35.5
8 John G 33
9 Willie E 24
10 Keith J 22
11 Alex G 19.5
12 Tom B 19
13 Bill M 17
14 Alastair S 15
15 Bobby R 14
16 David O 13.5
17 Sam F 12
18 Sydney 2
19 Gilbert O 1 (Greater total catch weight)
20 Billy S 1
21 David P 1
22 David B 0.5

Black Loch - 24 September 2016

It was a pretty wild day at the Black Loch and it seems that the bravest reaped the rewards. The day saw a straight shootout for the Club Championship between Paul and Jackie, who were fishing together. The simple arithmetic mean that if Paul beat Jackie, then Paul would win the Club Championship - if Jackie beat Paul then it was all going to be decided by how far ahead Jackie finished. Our guest for the day, Raymond, was into a fish almost first cast - under the high bank. Little did he and boat partner David know that that was going to be it for them for the day! Ian and Barrie had a fish each in the morning, but the usual 'lunch bunch' had very little to report at 1pm. Paul picked up a fish around 2pm to take a firm advantage, but, as we know, the championship has gone down to the last half hour in the past. And so it happened - Jackie landed a fish just before the finish time, and if there was a pod he (or Paul) might have had a chance of another - not to be. Six was going to matter. Meanwhile, Robin was accumulating down in the wind off the heather bank, compiling an excellent bag of 4 fish, comfortably winning the day. The rest of the results are as follows:

1st Robin B 4 Fish 8 lb 12 oz 10 points
2nd Ian G 2 Fish 4 lb 12 oz 9 points
3rd Barrie D 2 Fish 4 lb 06.5 oz 8 points
4th Alastair S 2 Fish 3 lb 10 oz 7 points
5th Alex G 1 Fish 2 lb 03 oz 6 points
6th= Jackie N 1 Fish 2 lb 01.5 oz 4.5 points
6th= Paul W 1 Fish 2 lb 01.5 oz 4.5 points

So the shootout ended up as a tie! This means that Paul W wins the 2016 Club Championship with 60.5 points, exactly one point ahead of Jackie N. Many congrats to both anglers - great season. Robin took the plaudits on the day, with Ian and Barrie doing very well, too. It was an interesting, if challenging end to the season!

14 rods caught 13 fish for a total weight of 27lb - just over 2lb per fish. I've no idea what the successful method was - ask Robin at the AGM!

Loch Leven - 27 August 2016

The Loch Leven competition was fished in difficult conditions (as usual) and, as become the habit, the trout did not cooperate at all. Nil point! Therefore, no change to the Club Championship table.

Lake of Menteith - 11 August 2016

Here are the results from the Lake:

1st Paul W 4 Fish 12 lb 08 oz 10 points
2nd Tom C 4 Fish 9 lb 04 oz 9 points
3rd Keith J 4 Fish 9 lb 02 oz 8 points
4th John G 4 Fish 8 lb 14 oz 7 points
5th Laurie T 4 Fish 8 lb 05 oz 6 points
6th Tom B 4 Fish 8 lb 00 oz 5 points
7th Robin B 4 Fish 7 lb 05 oz 4 points
8th Bobby R 3 Fish 7 lb 02 oz 3 points
9th Barrie D 3 Fish 6 lb 04 oz 2 points
10th Sam F 2 Fish 6 lb 00 oz 1 point

Paul reports: We caught LOM on a good day with fish being taken all over the top end - from Gateside Bay, to the Malling Shore and the Heronry. Successful flies were boobies and cormorants in the morning, with dries coming on strong in the afternoon. I was lucky enough to get a first fish of 4lb 14oz and later 1 over 3lb, bagged up by 1130. BP Tom also had his limit by early pm. My set up was fast glass, 4 files, 2 fabs with red holo and green holo corms in between.

Well done to everyone.

Carron Valley Reservoir - 16 July 2016

The Carron Competition was cancelled due to weather conditions.

Linlithgow Loch - 2 July 2016

Here are the results:

1st Robin B 5 Fish 11 lb 10 oz 10 points
2nd Jackie N 4 Fish 8 lb 02 oz 9 points
3rd= Bobby R 2 Fish 8 lb 00 oz 7.5 points
3rd= Alex G N 4 Fish 8 lb 03 oz 7.5 points
5th Ian G 3 Fish 6 lb 08 oz 6 points
6th Laurie T 3 Fish 6 lb 04 oz 5 points
7th Paul W 2 Fish 5 lb 00 oz 4 points
8th Alastair S 2 Fish 4 lb 10 oz 3 points
9th Willie E 2 Fish 4 lb 00 oz 2 points
10th David P 1 Fish 2 lb 03 oz 1 point

A few recent Pics

Lake of Menteith - 23 June 2016

Here are the results:

1st Robin B 4 Fish 9 lb 06 oz 10 points
2nd Laurie T 4 Fish 8 lb 13 oz 9 points
3rd Tom C 4 Fish 8 lb 10 oz 8 points
4th Jackie N 4 Fish 8 lb 03 oz 7 points
5th Paul W 3 Fish 7 lb 13 oz 6 points
6th Ian G 4 Fish 7 lb 08 oz 5 points
7th Keith J 3 Fish 6 lb 04 oz 4 points
8th John G 3 Fish 5 lb 14 oz 3 points
9th Bobby R 2 Fish 5 lb 09 oz 2 points
10th Tom B 2 Fish 5 lb 02 oz 1 point

Black Loch - 4 June 2016 (Late switch from Carron due to booking faf)

Here are the results:

1st Ian G 5 Fish 11 lb 14 oz 10 points
2nd Laurie 5 Fish 11 lb 04 oz 9 points
3rd Sam F 5 Fish 11 lb 00 oz 8 points
4th Robin B 5 Fish 10 lb 11 oz 7 points
5th Paul W 5 Fish 10 lb 04 oz 6 points
6th Jackie N 5 Fish 10 lb 01 oz 5 points
7th Barrie D 4 Fish 8 lb 01 oz 4 points
8th Alastair S 3 Fish 6 lb 13 oz 3 points
9th Willie E 3 Fish 5 lb 11 oz 2 points
10th= David B 2 Fish 4 lb 06 oz 0.5 point
10th= Bobby R 2 fish 4 lb 06 oz 0.5 points

Frandy - 21 May 16

Here are the results:

1st Paul W 5 Fish 12 lb 08 oz 10 points
2nd Robin B 5 Fish 12 lb 00 oz 9 points
3rd Laurie T 5 Fish 11 lb 08 oz 8 points
4th Jackie N 5 Fish 11 lb 04 oz 7 points
5th Ian G 5 Fish 11 lb 00 oz 6 points
6th Tom B 5 Fish 10 lb 10 oz 5 points
7th Bill M 5 Fish 10 lb 02 oz 4 points
8th John G 5 Fish 10 lb 00 oz 3 points
9th David O 5 Fish 9 lb 14 oz 2 points
10th Billy S 4 Fish 7 lb 08 oz 1 point

Lake of Menteith - 5 May 2016

So much to report, so little time... I'm not sure those who ventured out early benefitted much. Anyway, the bulk of the club members present left the beach on or after 9.30 and started to scratch their heads in puzzlement almost immediately. Apart from Willie and Jackie that is, who just got on with the nasty business of catching fish. Most of the boats were in the Butts, Tod Hole, Lochend area, where there seemed to be lots of fish, but we now know that they were interested only in Willie's green buzzer and Jackie's tiny black booby. Laurie and David struggled, Robert picked up a fish early, then struggled, Gilbert and Sam didn't seem to be having an action packed time and meanwhile in Gateside Bay.... Sydney was putting us all to shame. Yup, Sydney was sorting out a large, overwintered rainbow trout which took, according to boat-partner Paul, 20 minutes or so to get to the net. The fine fish weighed in at 5lb and 6 oz - very well done, Sydney, but what did you do for the rest of the day? Lunch time came all too quickly, with Laurie using the time that David was in the shed with the rest of the lunch revellers most profitably - by failing to add to his morning trout total. All this after the dynamic duo had tried and failed to get a stray lamb back into the field with the rest of its cousins. Amazing what happens at a B&B competition - sheep rustling scenes! The afternoon saw something of an upturn in fortunes with a few more fish being caught and Robert and Alex managing to run aground, lose something overboard (which had to be netted), fail to start the engine, catch a tree and break a rod all at the same time! Exemplary, and thanks of the entertainment. (Thanks also to guest Sam, who helped out - Laurie and David didn't, being unable to stop laughing. Guys, if you are going to do something like that, make sure 'the scribe' is not watching on.) And so to the results:

1st Tom C 4 Fish 8 lb 09 oz 10 points
2nd Jackie 4 Fish 8 lb 06 oz 9 points
3rd David O 4 Fish 8 lb 03 oz 8 points
4th Willie E 4 Fish 7 lb 08 oz 7 points
5th Barrie 4 Fish 6 lb 08 oz 6 points
6th John G 3 Fish 6 lb 00 oz 5 points
7th Tom B 3 Fish 5 lb 08 oz 4 points
8th Laurie T 3 Fish 5 lb 07 oz 3 points
9th Sydney 1 Fish 5 lb 06 oz 2 points
10th Paul W 2 Fish 5 lb 02 oz 1 point

Black Loch - 23 April 2016

Not many details about this outing as your usual scribe was otherwise engaged. I hear the dam was a bit windy, but otherwise the conditions were pretty typical for a fishery perched on top of Scotland's central belt. The results were:

1st Paul W 5 Fish 10 lb 15oz 10 points
2nd Jackie N 5 Fish 10 lb 01 oz 9 points
3rd Barrie D 5 Fish 9 lb 14 oz 8 points
4th John G 5 Fish 9 lb 11 oz 7 points
5th Laurie T 5 Fish 9 lb 10 oz 6 points
6th Tom C 3 Fish 5 lb 10 oz 5 points
7th Tom B 3 Fish 5 lb 02 oz 4 points
8th Sam F 2 Fish 5 lb 00 oz 3 points
9th Alastair S 1 Fish 2 lb 02 oz 2 points
10th Gilbert O 1 Fish 2 lb 01 oz 1 point

Frandy Fishery - 9 April 2016

An other interesting, if very cold, day's fishing. Paul was the main man in the morning, getting off to a flier with his Di3 and a fly that is usually spoken of in hushed tones. The fish were actually pretty well spread out, which made for challenging angling, and, if I'm honest and despite my own (non) result, a much better day's fishing than sitting over a pod of fish. As ever, a variety of flies took fish, from the traditionals to the junk food. Here are the results:

1st Paul W 5 Fish 12 lb 07oz 10 points
2nd Jackie N 5 Fish 11 lb 10 oz 9 points
3rd Barrie D 5 Fish 11 lb 04 oz 8 points
4th Laurie T 5 Fish 11 lb 00 oz 7 points
5th Alex G 4 Fish 10 lb 08 oz 6 points
6th Willie E 3 Fish 8 lb 08 oz 5 points
7th Bill M 3 Fish 6 lb 04 oz 4 points
8th Robin B 2 Fish 5 lb 08 oz 3 points
9th Ian G 1 Fish 4 lb 04 oz 2 points
10th John G 1 Fish 3 lb 08 oz 1 point

Lake of Menteith - 26 March 2016

Well, that was a bit wet, wasn't it? Did I mention that it rained a bit? In the end, after much pre-match drama, 14 intrepid (translation: totally mad) anglers decided to actually fish. The sensible ones were Gilbert, Sydney, Alex, David P and Sam, while Robin can have our best wishes for a speedy recovery. As for the Hon Sec, well, Tom, we wish you a speedy recovery, too. We were delighted to welcome Kevin, fishing a s a guest, who did very well indeed, and if he had been a member of the club would have taken 3rd place on the day with his 4 fish.

The fishing was actually steady. Fish were found in a variety of locations around the Lake, from Lochend, to International Bay, Armnach point and the rookery. The usual variety of methods worked, with fish being high in the water and succumbing to buzzers, DBs, crunchers, junk food and traditionals. The full results are:

1st Keith J 4 Fish 9 lb 13 oz 10 points
2nd Bill M 4 Fish 9 lb 00 oz 9 points
3rd Willie E 4 Fish 8 lb 09 oz 8 points
4th John G 4 Fish 8 lb 08 oz 7 points
5th Ian G 4 Fish 8 lb 06 oz 6 points
6th Barrie D 4 Fish 8 lb 00 oz 5 points
7th= Tom C 4 Fish 7 lb 14 oz 3.5 points
7th= David O 4 Fish 7 lb 14 oz 3.5 points
9th Paul W 4 Fish 7 lb 10 oz 2 points
10th Bobby R 3 Fish 5 lb 04 oz 1 point

In total, we weighed in 47 fish for a rod average of around 3.36, and a total weight of approx 98 lb 6 oz , giving an average weight per fish of around 2 lb and 2 oz. We returned a number of fish - around 12, I would guess. Well done to all who partook, best wishes to the sickies and we look forward to better weather at Frandy on 9 Apr.

2016 Season Competitions

The 2016 Season is almost upon us, and this is what we have lined up:

26 March - Lake of Menteith
9 April - Frandy
23 April - Black Loch
5 May - Lake of Menteith - Thursday
21 May - Frandy
4 June - Carron Valley Reservoir
23 June - Lake of Menteith - Thursday
2 July - Linlithgow Loch
16 July - Carron Valley Reservoir
11 August - Lake of Menteith - Thursday
27 August - Loch Leven
24 September - Black Loch

The paperwork is out for the first 2 dates above, so remember to return your cheque by the due date. 10 boats have been booked for each competition, with the exception of Loch Leven, where 6 boats have been booked.