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Last survey

by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 24, 2013 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General | 2 Comments

With the weather being so nice and water levels dropping, I decided to have one last day at surveying before hanging up the waders so Helen and I headed back to the Doon catchment. We managed a single site on the Chapelton burn before our electro-fishing gear once...

Final survey roundup for 2013

by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 23, 2013 | Electrofishing, Events, General | 0 Comments

I've been on holiday recently hence the lack of activity in the last week or two. Two burns in North Ayrshire have been the focus of fish habitat surveys in the last week. The Kelly and Skelmorlie Burns are short coastal burns rising on the Ferret of Keith Moor in...

Fish killed by unknown pollution source

by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 4, 2013 | General | 3 Comments

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

by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 4, 2013 | Conservation, fishing, General | 8 Comments

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.

by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 3, 2013 | Events | 0 Comments

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)

by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 1, 2013 | General | 2 Comments

Please follow the link for further details. http://www.rafts.org.uk/vacancies/

More Ayr system surveys

by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 25, 2013 | Electrofishing, General | 0 Comments

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

by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 19, 2013 | fishing, General | 0 Comments

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...