Items filtered by date: July 2018

“Lucky for some”

It’s been a day laced with silver on the River Ness today (July 13) as members of Inverness Angling Club finally landed some fresh-run summer salmon. Arthur Ferguson had an astounding, hour long contest with what proved to be a massive 25lb sea-liced salmon attracted by a size 10 Silver Stoat. The fish was released and, despite the length of the struggle, swam away strongly. Said Arthur: “Friday the 13th is certainly lucky for some.”

Also on the Little Isle, Davey Dyce had the good fortune to hook and land a six pound grilse on a three inch black and orange Devon minnow. Hopefully, more catches will come as the intensity of the summer sun wanes and anglers welcome cloud and rain.

 

Delighted: Davey with his fish

Weir tidy

Substantial debris has been removed from the top of the Ness Weir ‘spout’, thanks to the efforts of club members David Dyce and Donnie Allan. Tree trunks deposited at the weir in high water posed a potential blockage of the ‘spout’, which offers the main route for migrating salmon through the weir to the waters beyond. Further work is scheduled to remove tree branches from the top section of the weir.

Ness success for Donnie

A nice wee grilse of four pounds fell to the fly rod of club member Donnie Allan today (July 11). The location was the Black Stream where fish will find a little more dissolved oxygen than some other pools, and be more inclined to take given current weather conditions. Hopefully, more grilse will show up and some rain appears to be on the way.

 

Well done: Grilse for Donnie

Help Sandy get all his gear

New member Sandy Christie is seeking help to secure the return of angling equipment mistakenly left outside the Little Isle Hut this week. His gear is in a light grey backpack with blue trim and contains a reel with line, a spare spool with line, two black boxes with salmon and trout flies and a collapsible Scierra wading stick. 

Sandy left the river at about 10 pm on Tuesday night, leaving the gear under the seat at the hut. On realising that he had not taken the tackle home, he returned about half an hour later, but it was gone. If anyone can help return Sandy’s gear, they can pass a message through the club’s web site - www.invernessanglingclub.co.uk Go to club details, select contact and fill in and send the message.

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