Items filtered by date: October 2019

Funeral arrangements for John

The funeral service for the late John Hamilton will take place at 10.30 am this Thursday (October 10). It will be held in the funeral home of William T Fraser and Son on Culduthel Road, Inverness, when fellow members of Inverness Angling Club will have the opportunity to pay their last respects to a good friend.

Top team tackles Mac

With the annual close of season BBQ set for this Saturday, a willing work crew got together today to tidy up the location alongside the MacIntyre Hut. But the simple tidy up appears to have grown arms and legs. 

The unstable riverside frontage of the area was bolstered with wire netting and river rubble, hard core was applied to soft areas and the immediate area was strimmed, while bushes and branches over a sizeable area of the left bank were trimmed back.

It was a big job well done by a team including Davey Dyce, Chris Bruce, Davey ‘Sea Trout’, Malcolm Riddell, James Emery, Ian Jennings, Dougie Dyce, Andy Massari and Mike Campbell.

Spadework: Ian Jennings gets stuck in

Looking good: James and Davey inspect the works

Mixers: Good work guys!

Club loses popular member

John Hamilton, a life-long member of Inverness Angling Club and keen outdoorsman, died suddenly on Saturday (October 5). He was 64 and had suffered ill health for some years. 

A skilled angler and wildfowler, John had a varied career which included professional painting, the oil industry with the McDermott yard at Ardersier, the tackle shop of Grahams of Inverness and as a ghillie on the Laggan beat of the Ness. He had a range of high level practical skills and was the first port of call for anglers seeking repairs to rods and reels. His regular visits to the Little Isle Pool will be sorely missed.

John is survived by his wife Lorraine, daughter Natasha, son Paul and grandchildren, to whom club members extend their deepest sympathies. Funeral arrangements will be confirmed later.

Triumphant: John with his last fish, a fly-caught specimen

from the Little Isle Pool

Derek does it again

The Mill Stream is proving to be the perfect place for IAC member Derek Proctor. After landing a fresh fish of seven pounds there on Monday (September 30), the pool delivered further success for him today. This time it was a five pound hen grilse, just showing the first stages of colour, caught and released to continue its spawning journey.

Join a league of sport

October heralds the start of the 11th annual winter trout league run under the colours of Inverness Angling Club. Competitors are preparing for their first session at Achagour Trout Fishery, checking rods, lines and casts, and the flies that will attract prize-winning rainbows. 

The league presents opportunities for enjoyable outings in which the ‘craic’ is just as important as the fishing. Those who have not yet entered can do so by downloading and submitting entry forms from this web site. Click on the icon at the top right of the home page, go to Fishing/Winter trout league and download the appropriate entry form.

A tale of two anglers

Denny Mackay is a well known member of Inverness Angling Club who has caught a fair number of fish in his time. Although not fishing as much as before, he was in the right place at the right time on the Mill Stream today to land a seven pound cock salmon on his favoured two-inch Devon minnow.

Not so well known, at least to locals, is Joao Paulo Carvalho of Portugal who joined the club as an associate member this year, fishing the club beat from August 12 to 17. In a report submitted today, explained by the loss of his membership card, Joao confirmed that he caught a fresh grilse of around four pounds in the General’s Well Pool. Hopefully, Jaoa will return next season so that more of us will get to know him.

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