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HARRAY FISHES WELL FOR THE 2011 FINAL FLING
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| Ally Clouston, John Munson. Ian Hutcheon, Andrew Morgan, Colin Stiles and Kenny Mcleod |
For once, it seemed, the weather was favourable for a weekend competition. Saturday the 3rd was the day for the last competition of the season, the very popular WS Sinclair trophy, where entries are put in the hat and a draw is made, mixing up all the usual boat partners.
A southerly wind and light rain greeted the competitors for the 10am start but this soon improved and light winds and a warm breeze were the order of the day. The loch had been coloured by the large influx of burn water from the torrential rain the previous weekend, but early fears were allayed as fish were still to be had in the shallower water. It is fair to say that the deep water drifts with sinking lines were generally fruitless, and with the loch at winter levels, boats could be seen drifting right up to the grassy banks in places, most peculiar.
There was a smattering of olives hatching, although very sporadic, but they certainly brought the fish up, you just had to be in the right place at the right time. Daddies are beginning to make a late show and these could bring some good sport before the season closes.
Best basket on the day was a very close contest, with only 1/2oz separating Kenny McLeod and John Munson with Kenny’s basket of 9 fish for 8lb 7 1/2ozs enough to win the WS Sinclair Trophy. Other good individual efforts came from Ally Clouston with 9, Ian Hutcheon with 8, Malcolm Russell with 8 and Norman Irvine with 8. Best fish of the day, it was actually a tie, with visitor Colin Stiles and Jim Harcus both weighing in fish of 1lb 13ozs, with Colin’s generally felt to be the more meritorious as it was caught in the “men’s loch” as opposed to the Ducky Pond at Stoneyhill. The prize for top boat went to Ian Hutcheon and Ally Clouston’s joint effort of 17 fish for 16lb 2ozs, with Kenny McLeod and Ken Kennedy closest with 16 for 15lb 3ozs.
It was a very enjoyable day for all concerned which was partly due to very generous sponsorship from WS Sinclair’s in Stromness, Knowle's in Kirkwall and the Smithfield Hotel, who also supplied the anglers with much needed soup and sandwiches, very much appreciated by all.
KK
2011 Junior Angling Competition on Kirbister Loch
On Friday the 3rd of June, a small group of very enthusiastic young anglers gathered on the shores of the Kirbister Loch for the first Orkney AFYD,(Angling for Youth Development), Competition, sponsored by the OTFA. AFYD is a relatively new initiative whose aim is to encourage more young people in to angling. They have been teaching fly dressing at the schools and some of the youngsters were actually fishing with flies they had tied themselves The group included 8 anglers from Kirkwall Grammar School, and four anglers who had travelled in from Stronsay School. This was a bank fishing only competition with only wellie boots allowed. This factor and the flat calm conditions at the start provided very testing conditions, but nothing could discourage these lads as they fished along the west shores of the loch.
The young anglers were encouraged and advised by their AFYD mentors, Neil Ewing, Antoine Pietre, Simon Hall, Jim Erskine and photographer for the day, Stuart Topp. Conditions did not improve as the day went on with the bright sunshine definitely putting the fish off. There were fish caught though and at the weigh in, Official Weigher Norman Irvine had to put numerous fish on the scales. The results were as follows, Winner of the Senior Fly Section and the Scorrabrae Cup was Jason Cook with a very commendable 3 fish. Winner of the Junior Fly Section was Craig Stout also with a great effort, landing 3 trout. Junior bait section winner was Steven Newlands who managed 1 fish. There was a fantastic selection of prizes and all competitors received something to remember their day. Many thanks to the businesses and individuals who donated prizes and their time to what was a brilliant and rewarding day for all concerned, especially, W Shearer’s, Kirkwall, WS Sinclair’s, Stromness, Glasgow Angling Centre and Gilbert Archer.
The hope is to expand the net as it were in the future and include more of Orkney’s Schools and youngsters into a past time which they can enjoy for years to come, come on dads out there, take them fishing!
KK
Miscellaneous Events 2011
2011 Brodgar League Points Table
Place |
Names |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Points |
Aggregate Points |
1 |
LESLIE J |
10 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
78 |
60 |
2 |
BROUGH A |
6 |
5 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
54 |
45 |
3 |
CHALMERS K |
9 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
9 |
47 |
45 |
4 |
BARNETT E |
7 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
8 |
44 |
42 |
5 |
FLETT A |
0 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
46 |
41 |
6 |
CAMERON D |
4 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
30 |
30 |
7 |
BARNETT A |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
7 |
24 |
24 |
8 |
SUTHERLAND A |
0 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
24 |
24 |
9 |
DREVER R |
5 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
22 |
22 |
10 |
BROUGH S |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
17 |
17 |
11 |
FLETT D |
8 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
15 |
12 |
BARNETT C |
0 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
PHILLIPS P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
14 |
GIBSON C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |