CLUB NEWS
SCOTTISH NATIONAL RIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009
This year’s Scottish National Rivers Championship final was held on the River Tweed on Sunday 2nd August 2009 on the waters managed by St Boswells & Newton District Angling Association. Added to this to enable double bank fishing throughout were “Private” sections of Makerstoun, Rutherford, Mertoun Estate, Dryburgh , Bemersyde and Ravenswood.
From previous eliminator events fished on the River Tummel, 20 competitors from all over Scotland progressed to the Tweed final. On the competition day itself, difficult fishing conditions prevailed after heavy rain overnight swelled the river level and colour infused the water column. Despite the difficult conditions two anglers managed to catch fish in each of the four one and a half hour sessions, and a total catch for the day was recorded as 43 wild brown trout and 12 grayling.
Various fly fishing methods were adopted with the most productive being weighted nymphs aimed at fish lying near the bottom of the river and dry fly and spider patters for fish lying higher in the water above the silt.
The results of the competition and team to fish in the 2010 international on the River Tees in England is:
EUROPEAN PAIRS COMPETITION – SPAIN 2009
St Boswells and Newtown anglers Jake Harvey and Grant Gibson have been selected to represent Scotland at the end of September in this European event. The teams participating this year include:
Czechoslovakia , Poland, France, Portugal, Spain, Scotland.
Summer 2009
Water levels were low and Challenging for much of the early summer, however some good catches of trout were reported, with the grayling being difficult to return due to the heat. Later on water levels fluctuated and the day time fishing became harder, possibly due to the numbers of anglers practising for the Scottish Final. Later on in the summer the grayling fishing improved and some big fish were being caught.
April 2009
With the new season barely days old reports of some quality trout being caught have already been on the grapevine. Good hatches of March Browns and Spring Olives have been witnessed and given decent weather the trout have been willing to come up for them.
Grayling Season
The winter grayling season was fairly successful and when the water played ball some good catches were made and a few fish around the 50cm mark were reported. Successful patterns were the usual suspects, pink shrimp, peeping caddis and a variety of natural czech nymphs. See below pic of a beautiful Tweed grayling caught by the master himself, Grant Gibson.
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