24/08/2026
A good report form the interclubs (see below) on Friday where the rod average was 5.4. The ospreys are still waiting for a northerly. This one is holding an anxious looking trout. The sea eagle visited today and the otter has taken to working during the day recently
Good morning Guys,
I would firstly like to thank all the clubs and participating anglers who took part yesterday and made the day such a success.
I would also like to thank my supporting Team Leaders, George Potts and Brian Stark for all their contributions to help make the day go as smoothly as it did.
Although this is a fiercely competitive competition, I'm delighted to say that it is also a fun day with many new friendships formed between all 3 teams.
I would like to congratulate Gil Farid as the Top Rod of the day with a magnificent catch of 16 fish, all caught on dries.
The new shield, which was generously donated by the Edinburgh & Leith A.C. was won by Eddie Fullarton for catching the 1st fish of the day at 9.33.
I would also like to thank my boat partner, Paul Chambers for looking after me all day due to my shoulder injury and giving me a "Master Class" in how to fish dries.
Paul was great company and always very supportive, and even giving me one of his most successful dries to use.........In the last half hour !!!
Paul was great company all day and I hope I've also managed to guide Paul into how to better maneuver the boat when setting up for a drift. 🤔🤣🤣
I would also like to give a special thanks to Quint and his Team for also looking after us with all the arrangements necessary to make the day go smoothly.
Everybody was very complimentary with the curry this year which I personally thought was superb and very efficiently served by Conner and Douglas.
I was delighted to see the water clarity has dramatically improved over the last week with the Lake truly back to its 1st class status as the best fishery in Scotland and one of the best in the U.K.
There's probably no more scenic a place to fish with such hard fighting fish that ripped line off the reel several times and looking like fresh run grilse, full finned fighting machines when finally netted.
There was a total of 196 fish caught between 36 anglers, which I think speaks volumes of how the Lake has managed to turn things around from the hard days that we all experienced through the heatwave weeks.
Dries were the order of the day with I'm sure, like myself, missing so many rises, but the pleasure of seeing a head come up to try to engulf your fly is for me the ultimate thrill of fishing a still water.
To my Glasgow Team, who all performed really well to mange to just pip Dundee, who I really thought had won it when the scores were coming in, but thanks to some big scores for Glasgow, from Gil, Gus Armour, Andy Smith, we managed to get over the line.
Can I also add for those who weren't as successful as they probably hoped, firstly, nobody in the whole competition blanked, and as this is a team event, every single fish counts.
All the one's two's and three's are the fish that get us over the line to a winning total.
Well done to all participants and look forward to meeting up with you all next year.
Cheers and Thanks again
Alastair
