Tackle in the Attic rods for sale

by | Feb 11, 2011 | General

We were donated a collection of rods through our ‘Tackle in the Attic’ scheme. We are selling the rods through ebay where 11 rods are currently listed all starting at £0.99. Auctions will end on Sunday 20th Feb in the evening. Have a look and see if there...

Ayrshire rivercams

by | Feb 10, 2011 | General

The good news is that the Stinchar and Girvan webcams are now available live at http://www.farsondigital.co.uk/stinchar/live.php and http://www.farsondigital.co.uk/girvan/live.php. Hopefully these webcams will be an invaluable resource for anglers or others interested...

Ponesk Burn diversion

by | Feb 2, 2011 | General

There was a lot of coal in the Muirkirk area and it has been mined on and off for many many years. Scottish Coal have a large opencast mine in the area at Spireslack which has exploited most of the easily accessible deposits. One of the remaining large deposits lies...

Spraying Courses.

by | Feb 1, 2011 | General

ART has funding available to train volunteers to industry standards in the safe use of plant protection products (weed killers and pesticides to you and me). This training is funded under the INTERREG IVA project that we are delivering aimed at controlling Giant...

Invasive Weed Control: Tenders

by | Feb 1, 2011 | General

This week ART has published tender documents for the control of invasive non native weeds across Ayrshire in the first of 4 succesive years of INTERREG IVA funded control. In total, 8 tenders have been produced inviting suitably qualified contractors to submit prices...

Blueboots Lane flows again

by | Jan 27, 2011 | General

  During an investigation to find the source of a pollution incident last November Trust staff found that the Blueboots Lane, a tributary of the Burnock Water, which flows into the Lugar Water at Ochiltree, had been diverted down an artificial, straight channel. The...

Fish rustling

by | Jan 26, 2011 | General

Sadly I have to report that a large quantity of 5 -7″ brown trout destined for the River Ayr have been stolen from rearing ponds at some time in the run up to Christmas. Unconfirmed reports put the number taken at several thousand fish. This was a new venture...

River Ayr Grayling

by | Jan 25, 2011 | fishing

I spent a few hours last Saturday on the Ayr fishing for grayling. Despite the freezing fog, I managed a couple of nice fish but failed to find a feeding shoal so it couldn’t be described as an action packed afternoon. All the same, I enjoyed trotting maggots...