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Fisherman’s Supper 2013

by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 26, 2013 | Events, General | 0 Comments

Following on from Stuarts last post, I would just like to thank everyone who attended the fisherman's supper last Friday. Yet again the support from everyone has been amazing and our raffle and auction on the evening helped us to raise some funds for the trust. The...

River Ayr Map

by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 20, 2013 | fishing, General | 2 Comments

The river Ayr map is nearing completion. Harriet Ellis has been working away to finish the watercolour paintings and is about to start adding pool names. Davie McPhail the world famous local fly tier and creator of the 'Ayrshire Man' fly is delighted that Harriet will...

Ponesk Coal site

by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 16, 2013 | Conservation, General | 1 Comment

I walked the new Ponesk channel a year ago exactly. Since that time Scottish Coal has gone into liquidation leaving this entire area in a heck of a mess with little chance that it will ever be restored satisfactorily. SEPA's opinion is that water quality will...

Problem Culvert in the Stinchar Valley

by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 8, 2013 | Conservation, General | 1 Comment

We electrofished the Traboyak burn last year at several sites. Although we found salmon parr at each site, we didn't manage to find a single fry which points to an access issue somewhere in the lower reaches. The problem lies with the Culvert near the Barr road. Fry...

Spreading Knotweed on Marchburn

by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 8, 2013 | General, Invasives | 0 Comments

Despite our best efforts, we still come across instances where poor practice is likely to have caused Japanese Knotweed to spread. I've moaned about verge cutting in the past and this still continues seemingly unabated. Gordon last week visited the Marchburn area of...

CIRB project newsletter

by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 7, 2013 | Conservation, General, Invasives | 0 Comments

The latest newsletter from the CIRB project has now been published. Just click the link below. Newsletter October_2013

The River Girvan District Salmon Fishery Board

by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 7, 2013 | Events, General | 0 Comments

The next River Girvan District Salmon Fishery Board meeting takes place at 6.30pm on 20th November at the Carrick Centre, Maybole. This meeting is open to the public (but they may not contribute). The Girvan AGM will follow at 7.00pm. The Triennial election of board...

Broodstock Tags

by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 3, 2013 | Conservation, General | 0 Comments

I've made a load of Brooodstck tags to keep a track of any salmon we take into the hatcheries before they are ready for stripping. Hopefully this will ensure there are no mix ups between fish from one part of a system and another. Unfortunately pre printed tags are...