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Fish killed by unknown pollution source
Once again there has been an incident resulting in fish killed on the Ayr system. Almost a year ago to the day, the same burn was affected by a similar incident. I received a phone call this morning about the incident on the Yonderton Burn near Failford. A small group...
The Glenmuir Water
UPDATED The You Tube videos of combat fishing in Alaska are extreme but this morning with the Glenmuir in great order, I couldn't help but draw comparisons between this great wee river and these North American waters. As we headed towards Dalblair, there were cars and...
Fisherman’s supper 2013 – Tickets selling fast so please book asap.
This years fisherman’s supper will be held on Friday the 22nd of November at the Horizon Hotel in Ayr. As usual, the night will include speakers and a three course meal and we will also have the raffle and auction of prime fishing lots. Tickets should be priced at...
VACANCY – Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS) Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Please follow the link for further details. http://www.rafts.org.uk/vacancies/
More Ayr system surveys
We've been back on the Ayr catchment this week surveying regular sites to compare with previous results. We haven't entered the data yet but from memory, the Burnock was comparable to last years results with good numbers of trout being found in these upper river...
Thursday washout
We headed out electrofishing this morning on the off chance that we would find a site fishable but all the rivers and burns were rising and it just wasn't possible. We looked at a few obstacles on the way back to office before I decided to take the afternoon off to go...
Skelmorlie Water
As all the Ayrshire Rivers were still too big to electrofish today, we decided to take a chance and head North to look at a few burns around Largs and Skelmorlie. These coastal burns are small and largely unknown to us so it was an interesting day to see new waters....
More Doon Surveys
Once again we headed to the upper Doon catchment looking at burns. Although the burns rose overnight, they were still fishable. The Cummock Burn at Camlarg was just fishable and slightly coloured but I was keen to see what was there. I had memories of fishing this...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
