Christmas Raffle – Prize Winners

Our annual Christmas raffle draw took place at the Chesnuts Hotel in Ayr last night and we would like to thank John Scott MSP who made the draw for us again. Many thanks to all who showed their support by buying tickets and to those who donated prizes this year, and...

Cummock Burn Pollution, River Doon

On Thursday evening I discovered that the Cummock Burn had been polluted by an an known source. By the time I found out about this it was already dark and I was aware that SEPA had been informed by a local angler so there was nothing more I could do until Friday...

Sallochan Burn, Stinchar

I had to deliver the pool names for the River Ayr map to Harriet Ellis today so I thought I’d have a look to see if any salmon or trout had spawned in the burn in the lower catchment. The Sallochan Burn is well known to us a trout burn, probably sea trout and...

Fisherman’s Supper 2013

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....

River Ayr Map

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...

Ponesk Coal site

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...