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HARRAY CONTINUES IN GOOD FORM FOR MERKISTER CUP
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| Andrew Morgan wins The Merkister Cup |
The weather in Orkney at the moment seems to be in good day, bad day routine,
and all the OTFA competitions seem to land on the bad days. Last Tuesday
was no exception with strong NW winds and drizzle. July fishing should be
in your shirt sleeves, casually casting a floating line to rising fish,
not yet its not. Enough wet weather gear donnned to survive a monsoon and
a fast sinking line is still the order of the day, although there were some
signs of a change in the fishing, more of that later.The good news is that
Harray is still fishing its socks off, with an excellent basket needed to
get anywhere on the scoreboard. Andrew Morgan was top rod on the night,
securing the Merkister Cup with a cracking basket of heavier fish than of
late, amounting to 22 for 15lb 7ozs, which also included the best fish of
the night at 1lb 4ozs. Other anglers on the money were Erlend Hutchison
also with 22, Keith Young with17 and Norman Irvine with 19. The interesting
thing at the post weigh-in discussion was the fact that a good few successful
anglers had caught there fish in the shallow water with floating lines.
Talk of hedgehogs, muddlers and suspender buzzers was certainly a change
from what its’ been. The top two baskets were still taken in deep
water on DI7, with Norski Lad, Merkister Maid, black and silver,White Cat,
Clan Chief, all taking their share.
Areas also changed a bit with Bochan, Burrian, Tenston and Josey’s
the places to be. 31 anglers were afloat on the night. That’s 9 down
and 5 to go, Boardhouse is the next venue, will we hit it on a bonny day
for a change, here’s hoping.
KK
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