by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 4, 2014 | Conservation, General
Well rain came eventually and all rivers have risen into spate. Lets hope the fish come in quickly and fishing next week is good. I went to Catrine today to see how the completed dam looked in spate. It isn’t the biggest spate in the world and we could normally...
by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 2, 2014 | Electrofishing, General
We are taking part in a long term temperature study of the River Ayr catchment. To assist a PhD student in their research, we agreed to install temperature data loggers in carefully chosen locations across the catchment. These data loggers will be active for 20 years...
by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 1, 2014 | General
We’ve been asked to post a notice for members of Newmilns and Greenhom AC . Members of the Club are reminded that they have until the 17th October to vote either for or against a merger with Darvel AC in 2015. Votes may be cast at the Scottish Cancer Charity...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 30, 2014 | General
We received some encouraging news from Scottish Power today that it looks as though we may well receive some funding towards our Loch Doon project. Nothing is certain yet but we are certainly in with a shout. We will continue to seek support from other partner...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 29, 2014 | General
This year our annual fisherman’s supper will be held at a new venue – The Abbotsford Hotel in Ayr. After hosting a successful quiz night at the hotel earlier in the year we decided that it would be a good choice for the fisherman’s supper. We will...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 27, 2014 | Electrofishing, General
We had planned to visit Loch Doon burns again today but plans changed slightly this morning and we decided that time was too limited to do this justice. Instead we headed to the Meikleholm Burn at Patna where we have arranged a contractor to install fencing (part...