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HARRAY CONTINUES IN GOOD FORM FOR MERKISTER CUP

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 


Date

10/07/2007

Venue

Harray

Names

Fish

Lb oz

Points

MORGAN A 22 15 Lb. 07¼ oz 16
HUTCHISON E 22 12 Lb. 11¼ oz 15
YOUNG K 17 11 Lb. 09½ oz 14
IRVINE N 19 11 Lb. 01½ oz 13
STANGER S 15 9 Lb. 13¼ oz 12
MUIR K 18 9 Lb. 10¼ oz 11
KENNEDY K 16 9 Lb. 00½ oz 10
SHEARER A 14 8 Lb. 05 oz 9
MACLEOD K 13 8 Lb. 03¼ oz 8
CRAIGIE A 12 7 Lb. 07¼ oz 7
FORMAN B 11 7 Lb. 07¼ oz 6
HARCUS J 12 7 Lb. 04¾ oz 5
WOOD S 12 7 Lb. 01½ oz 4
LESLIE S 10 7 Lb. 01¼ oz 3
SINCLAIR WS 8 6 Lb. 10 oz 2
THOMSON BILLY 9 5 Lb. 14¼ oz 1
HUTCHEON I 10 5 Lb. 11¼ oz 1
SMITH W 8 5 Lb. 03½ oz 1
MCCONNACHIE S 10 5 Lb. 02½ oz 1
SPENCE J 8 4 Lb. 11¾ oz 1
MILLER L 9 4 Lb. 11¼ oz 1
SUTHERLAND C 6 4 Lb. 06¾ oz 1
ADAMS J 7 4 Lb. 02¼ oz 1
MUNSON J 5 4 Lb. 00½ oz 1
MILLER H 6 3 Lb. 15 oz 1
MILLER R 6 3 Lb. 12¼ oz 1
THOMAS B 6 3 Lb. 04½ oz 1
RENDALL M 6 3 Lb. 04¼ oz 1
RUSSELL M 3 1 Lb. 10¼ oz 1
GRANT J 2 1 Lb. 02 oz 1
CHALMERS N 2 1 Lb. 01 oz 1
ADAMSON G      
BEWS J      
ADAM K      
LEASK J      
ROBERTSON I      
GREIVE E      
SMITH I      
HARCUS D      
ONEILL S      
SKEA G      
STANGER W      
THOMSON BRIAN      
TULLOCH I      
NORQUOY B      
       
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