We now have installed a new marker on Colmonell bridge – one which can be read from the camera. I contacted Glyn Howells from Farsons during the winter with the view to zooming in to be able to see the gauge clearly without the imposing scale in the view. Glyn informed me the only way […]
The honour of landing the first fish of the season goes to Les Howarth. Les was spinning midway down the Duchat on Colmonell Club water on the morning of May 8th when he hooked and landed a sea-liced fish around 6lbs. The fish was quickly returned and sent on its way. Well done Les!! It […]
The season ended on the 31st October on Stinchar, and like last season, for the majority of the beats, most were pleased to see the end. I found it quite amusing on the last day as I drove to work over Colmonell Bridge. No cars to be seen, all the desperadoes who are usually there […]
Ballantrae Bridge and Balnowlart are getting a few fish, around a dozen each for the week which is poor for the time of year. Knockdolian had 27 both weeks commencing 9th and 16th September. Stuart Cronans party had 16 for the week; Mr Cherry’s party had 7 inc fish of 14 & 15lbs and a […]
The River Stinchar Board will be convening in the month of October. On the Agenda one of the subjects to discuss will be the event that occurred on the river last week. Members of the Board will be looking again at our voluntary ‘Code of Practice’ and addressing why under such exceptional circumstances, its guide […]
August was a very difficult month with only the very odd freshet. Dalreoch faired best with a few Grilse as did Balnowlart but overall the fishing was very slow. September started the same with very low water until Sat 7th heavy rain in the morning lifted the river by 2ft. This was very slow to […]
Monday June 17th, Billy Morrison was up bright and early and headed up to Almont and was rewarded with 3 salmon. He landed a 7lb fish in the Hut Pool which he kept, then down in the flat one around 10lbs and back up to the Hut where he beached one around 14lbs. These two […]
Bruce Hamilton landed the season’s first fish on Monday 20th May from Kirkhill. This was a 10lb sea-liced fish which was quickly unhooked and returned. Bruce also had the honour of the first one in 2011, two days earlier if I remember correctly. No other fish have been reported despite many rods out in the […]
The water levels for the first week of Oct could only be described as perfect. Showers throughout the week kept it topped up, and yes some days had it creeping up but even though it can unsettle the fish, one would of thought given these conditions catches would surely improve. Not so, in fact it […]
